Oct 05
TechEye writes that Amazon is in hot water with European Union anti-trust regulators that say its eBook contracts with publishers undermine fair competition in the marketplace.
Oct 04
Bloomberg reports on Amazon bullying publishing partners in Japan by denying inclusion in Kindle Unlimited during contract negotiations. (No wonder Amazon has a hard time coaxing publishers and Indie authors to sign up to its far from “unlimited” Netflix for eBooks.)
Oct 02
Tech Crunch highlights the insanity that has taken hold of publishing. The legacy publishers’ plans to force people to buy “print” books by pricing their eBooks too high has been countered by Amazon slashing the price of their print titles. The lopsided results are lower revenues for everyone, and a print and eBook marketplace that is …
Sep 30
Softpedia posted on a Calibre 2.69 update to the eBook management and reader software that offers support for Kobo driver 4.1 and OverDrive eBooks.
Sep 29
AppleInsider reports on enhanced Game of Thrones eBooks arriving “exclusive” to the iBooks store. Pity that they’re exclusive. Any attempt to control the digital product that way only guarantees that the eBook pirates will lift it.
Sep 28
Publishers Weekly lists the Top 20 current iBook Bestsellers.
Sep 27
ZDNet posted a story about one of Amazon’s most bizarre Kindle catfishing scams.
Sep 26
Digital Book World offers authors advice on how to get the most out of social media.
Sep 23
Engadget posted on a $99 Amazon Kindle and eBook bundle deal for kids.
Sep 22
Digital Book World updates us on library lending in an eBook world.
