Apple iPad's iBook rips off indie dev's creation

Yet, in the same article the author mentions Delicious Library's influence on the design of Classics.<p>Rip off, my behind. It's an _obvious_ metaphor. Commenters on the article even point out other examples like Shelfari.

Wil Shipley responded to this very eloquently:<p>"As a creator, part of what I seek is recognition, immortality. I don’t work for Apple or Google (I’ve been offered jobs &#38; buyouts) because I want the fame myself. It’s my shot at immortality. My designs are my children. So it stinks when I feel like Steve might get the fame for my innovation. I lose my children, as it were.<p>But your children aren’t really yours. They have lives of their own. So when your designs do change the world, you have to accept it. You have to say, ‘Ok, this was such a good idea, other people took it and ran with it. I win.’"<p>WIL SHIPLEY, DELICIOUS MONSTER

"[I]ts similarities ... are beyond the realm of coincidence."<p>Though certainly far from their most avid reader, I must say I generally enjoy reading <i>Wired</i>'s content quite a bit. That gem right there, however, made me want to throw up.<p>Is anyone familiar enough with Wired's writers to declare this an isolated incident? Maybe then the nasty taste in my throat would go away, and I wouldn't have to worry about coming across this level of obvious dickishness in their articles were I to start reading them more regularly.<p>"The 3D page-flipping effect looks almost exactly the same." How many ways are there to animate a flipping book page? It's not like we're talking about tons of different moving parts. There's like...one.

A <i>book</i> reader using <i>books</i> on a <i>bookshelf</i> as a metaphor?<p>Phil Ryu is a master of marketing. Making a fuss about this is just another press opportunity.

Wired editor rips off sensational title.

I was just inspired to go download the (free) instance of Classics. It had an odd page-turning automation graphic (both pulling up too much of the screen, distracting, as well as not being very controllable - hard to turn a page a bit without moving it all the way).<p>For the _life_ of me I couldn't figure out where to find the options on how to change the font size - obviously it's there some place (nobody makes an ereader without the ability to change font size ) - but no amount of clicking, checking in settings, or otherwise scanning could reveal it.<p>Regardless, I feel reassured in my $9.99 investment in Eucalyptus - which has all of the above (page turning, font size) nailed - better than the Kindle App, actually.

Wow, I'm surprised Apple didn't just buy Delicious Library outright, like they bought SoundJam MP for iTunes, or Cover Flow for Cover Flow, or plenty of other small developers for features.

If it doesn't have the barcode/iCam feature (where you swipe a book under the camera and it reads the ISBN) then it's a pale shadow of Delicious Library.

"Bad artists copy. Great artists steal" - Pablo Picasso

Yes. Who would <i>possibly</i> think of a bookshelf as a metaphor for your collection of books.