Normally I’d just link to an aritcle like this ,but I’ve already seen this reported as fact. The following is a joke, but the satire is subtle. I don’t want you to think I’m taking this seriously.
There’s an article in today’s Seattle PI about the first in-book advertisements:
What is little known is just how far [...]
Entries Tagged as 'humor'
Product placement in 19th Century British novels (humor)
September 7th, 2010 · No Comments · humor
Why kids love e-readers (humor)
September 5th, 2010 · 3 Comments · humor
I found this in today’s Sunday paper. It pretty much sums up all the concerns I’ve heard about children’s reading apps.
(click to enlarge)
via comics.com
Humor: David Pogue reviews the K3 (video)
August 27th, 2010 · No Comments · humor, video
So David Pogue of The NYTimes got one of the early Kindles (of course) and he did this video where he tries to compare it to the iPad.
It’s hilarious. The news coverage for gadgets has gotten so serious that the only option left is satire. I couldn’t help snickering
Meet the man who will cause the death of ebooks
August 25th, 2010 · No Comments · humor
There are days I feel I have luck like this.
According to Joseph Robert Lewis, his first ebook will be published in 1 February and this will trigger a catastrophic series of events leading to the destruction of ebooks about 45 days later. (I like to get an early start on things, so today I’ll working [...]
Someone’s looking for a video rental store, but for books
August 20th, 2010 · No Comments · humor
The Bookavore ebook drinking game
August 13th, 2010 · 2 Comments · humor
I noticed from the source that this is a couple weeks old, but I think it’s worth a repost.
The Bookavore blog have put together an ebook drinking game. Some of the rules are hilarious (I LOLed):
“Will e-books wipe out/kill/decimate/pulverize/HULKSMASH/angry verb real books?” — one drink
Above question is lede — one drink
Every use of phrase “real [...]
First draft of Beiber biography now available on Scribd
August 12th, 2010 · No Comments · humor
Do you remember when the Justin Bieber biography was announced last week? The satirical twitterati EvilWylie spent the day tweeting supposed excerpts of the book. Some excerpts were hilarious (but you have to know who Bieber is in order to get the jokes).
EvilWylie just announced that the first draft of his version of the Bieber [...]
McSweeney’s found “The Newspaper” to be the best e-reader
August 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment · humor
Mcsweeney’s have a really clever satirical article on how a newspaper is the superior e-reader. Here’s an excerpt:
Each device had its strengths. For some it was speed; for others it was capacity. Some were better with shorter articles; others with longer works. And cost, as always, was a factor. But in the end, one e-reader [...]
Humor: Book vs Ebook (3 videos)
August 9th, 2010 · 2 Comments · humor, video
This popped up in my Twitter feed this morning. A college student is starting his own publishing imprint as a senior project, and he made a series of video ads.He psoted the first one today.
