Ebook news digest: phone as an e-reader, the history of qwerty, writing advice from Steve Jobs

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News on ebooks, writing and reading

Actually, reading books on a phone is great

The Next Web journalist admits that ebooks are more convenient to read than print books. The key factor was the realization that a phone can be used as an e-reader. Here is the story.

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Someone has to write the scripts for all those video games

Many writers apply their skills and knowledge to various media, writing different types of texts, articles or manuscripts. Even today’s most successful author JK Rowling writes young adult and suspense fiction (and who knows what else, because she has already used a pseudonym). As computer games have become more like … Read >

The five tech giants are also media business giants that dominate the distribution of ebooks

Five tech giants, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft are marketing products that most of us use daily – some people perhaps use them most of the hours they are awake. Each of these tech giants is – one way or another – a media company. Amazon, Apple, Google, … Read >