From the track listing:
- Part 1: We discuss London Book Fair to investigate the future of digital publishing, its relationship with the mobile industry and (briefly) the whereabouts of Rafe Blandford.
- Part 2: We visit the Nokia stand in the digital zone at London Book Fair to hear about Nokia Reading and how the firm views content distribution as an essential part of the new Lumia ecosystem.
- Part 3: We meet Michael from Kobo to discuss the firm’s innovative eBook distribution platform and how they see integration of social features as key to their product’s development.
- Part 4: We speak to Broma Patel – one of the organisers of London Book Fair – to discuss the new digital zone and hear how the show is adapting to include digital.
- Part 5: We meet Tom from Amazon to hear how they’re developing their Kindle platform, especially for authors wishing to self-publish.
- Part 6: We review their visit to London Book Fair and discuss the overlap between digital publishing platforms (like Amazon’s Kindle) and app developers. Can the two stay separate for long?
About 361 Degrees
361 Degrees is a podcast all about mobile technology. From consumer to enterprise and from fun to industry analysis, we investigate and discuss mobile technology and the mobile industry.
Created by Ben Smith of Wireless Worker and co-hosted by Ewan MacLeod of Mobile Industry Review and Rafe Blandford of All About Symbian / All About Windows Phone.
You can follow and subscribe to 361 Degrees on the dedicated mini-site, on Soundcloud, on Audioboo, with an RSS reader or podcatcher, via iTunes via Zune or on any of the hosts' sites.
In working together to create the 361 Degrees podcast, Ben, Ewan and Rafe hope to create an offering that would give the readers, of all their sites, a sampling of a broader range of topics than might usually be covered. They're keen to hear your feedback so please leave your comments below, or on one of the other sites hosting the audio content.
