Edits / Books
Monocolumn
Wednesday 26 September
On a different page
For reasons too boring to mention, weight has become a pressing issue in my holiday packing.
- 17 results for e+readers
Midori House, episode 300
We report from Bethlehem where the city is included on Unesco’s world heritage list. We also discuss how the airlines ban on e-readers during take off and landing looks set to be overturned and take a look at the big sto…
The Stack, episode 28
Tom Edwards meets the editor of Bloomberg Pursuits magazine Ted Moncreiff and Scott Bentley, owner and creative director of coffee magazine Caffeine. We also visit London’s Publish and Be Damned festival and learn how e…
Culture / Books
Monocolumn
Monday 23 January
Apple’s e-book will take the joy out of reading
And so Apple continues its onward march towards world domination - the multi-billion dollar company is now focused on the lucrative e-book market.
Business / Books
Monocolumn
Saturday 23 January
Japan’s e-book thriller
Once upon a time the word “book” unequivocally meant a simple object consisting of a cover, white pages and sentences printed in black ink.
Affairs / Technology
Monocolumn
Sunday 13 December
The engine of the new economy
If it’s true that information is the only natural resource Germany has to offer, then Berlin is quickly moving from the equivalent of mining city to refinery.
Affairs / Publishing
Monocolumn
Sunday 9 September
Physical media isn’t going away
We recently welcomed the young British author Niven Govinden into our studios at Midori House.
Business / Publishing
Monocolumn
Tuesday 5 March
Turning the page
Warren Buffett's love of print newspapers is a refreshing rebuttal to iPad-or-nothing publishers.
Culture / Publishing
She's a believer
Author of four hit books, Vendela Vida, is alo the co-editor of US culture magazine 'The Believer'. Part of a celebrated literary couple (her husband is Dave Eggers) she tells Monocle how she works and what inspires her.
Culture / Entertainment
Novel Concept
Downloadable novels, written to be read on mobile phones, are the most remarkable success story in Japanese publishing. The fledgling industry is already worth ¥9 billion (€57m) a year – while sales of traditional books are…
Culture / Arts
Look & listen
Monocle’s summer arts calendar creams off the pick of the albums to line up, the books to take to the beach, the shows to saunter round and the movies to get to grips with in the evening – preferably in an open-air cinema…
Culture / Technology
Future forward
As the pace of technology speeds on full-throttle, four media visionaries describe how new developments will influence how we produce and consume news in 2011. And while they may have different views, one thing’s agreed:…
Culture / Arts
Culture Briefing
All the new books, music and films that are keeping us entertained this month.
End Point / Technology
Observation
Over the Christmas season Monocle will be going up a gear rather than winding down. But of course we’ll still find time to enjoy a glühwein or two in St Moritz.
End Point / Media
Observation
As the wall fills up with pages for the new issue and plans are made for the impending Country Fayre and the next Monocle Café, Midori House goes holiday happy at the approach of summer. Or it will if we can stop arguing…
Affairs / Politics
Letter from Tallinn
In 1991, impoverished Estonia broke free from the old Soviet Union. Today it is Europe’s fastest-growing economy. No surprise then that the nation has just voted back into power the coalition government which has overseen…
Affairs / Society
Our heroes
Welcome to Monocle’s annual round-up of 20 people who we think deserve a bigger stage. We cover diverse professions from shoe designers to politicians because we believe it’s not only the grand scale that matters, but the…