Regular posting will return
Regular posting will return to eBookRumors.com on August 7, 2014. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Improved eBooks and workflow with InDesign CC 2014
MacWorld reviews InDesign CC 2014 that promises improved workflow and eBooks.
Amazon says Hachette charges too much for eBooks
Reuters reports that Amazon is finally offering its rationale for its ongoing feud with publisher Hachette. The Kindle eBook giant says Hachette is charging too much for its eBooks.
Apple buys BookLamp
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Digital Trends says Apple has bought up BookLamp to compete (possibly) with Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited eBook subscription platform.
Not sure how that will work out if they’re also pushing publishers and writers into exclusive contracts to participate in the eBook subscription service. (Unless the iPad maker is going to call up its old price-fixing buddies.)
Amazon’s already getting lots of resistance from authors and publishers who want an open market. The big picture in digital content never allows for exclusivity. (Cue the eBook pirates.)
90% of American Libraries lend eBooks
Digital Book World says that according to the American Library Association 90% of American libraries now lend eBooks.
Judge questions Apple’s appeal of eBook ruling
admin eBook Readers, eBook Stores, eBooks, eReaders, iPad, Kindle, Kobo eReader, nook, Publishers, Samsung, Tablet The Register says that the U.S. judge that found Apple guilty of a price-fixing conspiracy is now concerned with the details of the iPad maker’s appeal of the verdict. Seems Apple slipped some fine-print in there.
Oyster branching out to web and all mobile devices
admin Affordable eBooks, eBook Readers, eBook Stores, eBooks, eReaders, Free eBooks, iPad, Kindle, Kobo eReader, nook, Publishers, Samsung, Tablet Digital Book World reports that eBook subscription service Oyster has added a web-based browser to its platform and is now available on all mobile devices.
Dutch eBook re-seller allowed to operate
admin Affordable eBooks, eBook Readers, eBook Stores, eBooks, eReaders, Free eBooks, Publishers, Tablet PCWorld says that Dutch courts have allowed used eBook seller, Tom Kabinet, to operate. It seems the copyright rules get murky regarding eBook and paper versions of books where the latter are allowed to be resold.
eBook sales continue to rise in UK
admin eBook Readers, eBook Stores, eBooks, eReaders, iPad, Kindle, Kobo eReader, nook, Publishers, Tablet Digital Book World reports that eBook sales are continuing to increase in the UK with sales up 10% over the same period last year.
Indie authors own Amazon eBooks
A very exciting post at the Telegraph says that one third of eBooks sold at Amazon are by Indie authors and publishers making them the leaders in market share at the online retail giant (accounting for 31 per cent of total daily ebook sales).
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