Yes, I am a dork. I make that announcement that to lessen the blow of my next statement. The iPad will be released on Saturday, so I’m making an apple cake to take to work tomorrow to “celebrate” the release. Not that I need an excuse to bake, but still…
Apple recently announced that presale for the WiFi iPad will begin March 12, 2010, with an April 3, 2010 release date. Nathan Bransford offered up a sweet video from Penguin UK about its iPad offerings, including–for you fans out there–a chunk from Richelle Mead’s Vampire Academy series. Very nice! UPDATE: More bookgeekery from Boing Boing.[…]
From today’s NY Times, publishers respond to iBooks on the Apple iPad. “We have learned that it is never wise to stand between a consumer and apreference” for how they get their content, said John Makinson, chief executiveof Penguin Group, the book publisher. Go team! 🙂