Charles Catton

If you’ve not tried an eReader recently, it might be worth another go. I love my Kobo Sage (which admittedly is the pricey end of the market) but there is a lot more choice available now for digital readers (phones & tablets too, of course) #ebook arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/1…

Been a while…

‘It suddenly’ doh

The colour won’t be anywhere as good as print or even a tablet, but it suddenly maps will be readable, colour coding is possible (on your own notes too) and much more.

I am excited about a new ebook reader. (If you like illustrated books, so should you.) theverge.com/2024/4/10/2412… #colour #ebook #kobo

From @thebookseller - “Bloomsbury expects revenue and profit to exceed expectations with growth driven by fantasy” [much like all other publishers, then… here all week, try the fish etc] #publishing

Beautiful sunset in London today.

@michaelbhaskar @HeraBooks So sad to hear this news.

A wonderful tribute to my former colleague @HeraBooks and long time publishing friend, the irrepressible Lindsey Mooney: thebookseller.com/news/hera-book… We went to the same school and shared the same journey from Norwich into digital publishing and then founding indies. She is deeply missed.

@michaelbhaskar @canelo_co Nine years! Where did the time go?

Personal news! After nine years, I am stepping down from day to day work @canelo_co to focus on AI writing and research. More here: thebookseller.com/news/bhaskar-s… Such a tough decision. I'll be staying on as a Non-Exec and will remain closely engaged. It's been an incredible journey, and I'm hugely proud of everything we have achieved. We've sold 20 million books at the best royalty rates on offer in the industry. It's been an immense privilege to work with so many talented authors and colleagues. Can't quite believe it is happening, but excited for next steps as well.

@pressfuturist Time to wheel out the Austro-Hungarian Empire…

Planning to start today's class on publishing and technology, with a brief history lesson on the path the music industry took from CD>mp3.Napster>iTunes>Spotify. And I've just realised that most of the students are younger than Napster. :-O

Other e-readers are available and also work with Libby… -> How A Library Card Can Become Your Kindle's Best Friend #ebook flip.it/Pvnjnz

Hey @MicrosoftHelps - the ability to email to groups on Outlook for Mac was supposed to be coming soon ages ago - my previous message seems to have disappeared but a dev said it was imminent. Any news? Pretty basic requirement for an email app, I’d say, yet it’s been MIA for ages

'A Plague on the Industry': Book Publishing's Broken Blurb System flip.it/G6yjTl

[#spoiler - submissions now open!]

I found this a very depressing read for a number of reasons (and the article conflates fiction marketing with all book publishing). If you trust influencers, caveat emptor #publishing -> The Merch-ification of Book Publishing flip.it/0AythB

@Louiestowell I was there, too. Always amazing hearing thousands of people all singing along to that song.

@DatabaseSponge But today is not that day.

@pawan_kapoor @Outlook Thanks for your response, Pawan, I appreciate it.

@crgc @Outlook Hang in tight @crgc we are very close. You will hear the announcement soon. Thanks for your patience.

@Outlook when are you going to enable Contact lists on new Mac Outlook? It has been months and having the grayed-out option is just trolling Mac users #outlook #mac

@Outlook Thanks for the reply - I have commented. It’s been ‘not currently available’ for over a year - ‘currently’ implies an imminence which seems unjustified in this case.

@crgc Hey Charles, unfortunately, this feature is not currently available. But we are always open to new ideas and suggestions. Other users have expressed a similar request. We encourage you to add your voice and vote here: msft.it/6017gmsL1

@iucounu The cast were the biggest problem for me, followed by the script. Premise was interesting though.