Aug 27
PaidContent has a post declaring publisher concerns over eBook quality. I say publishers shouldn’t pick on digital publishing until they address the long decline of the paperback and hard cover book. The last few traditionally bound books I’ve purchased from traditional publishing houses had various “errors” including typos and were plagued by an overall fragile physical book construction that barely survived …
Aug 26
Lifehacker has attempted to kindle a flame war between eBook lovers and paper book fans. Read the arguments at the link.
Aug 25
Geeky Gadgets reports on leaked information that says we should expect the Kobo Aura H2O next month. The rumored waterproof E Ink eReader could be yours for $179.
Aug 24
Slate ponders the fate of your eBook library after your death. You can’t take them with you, so can someone inherit them?
Aug 22
According to a GalleyCat post eBook subscription service Scribd has signed on to distribute Capstone Young Readers titles.
Aug 20
Digital Book World reports that Indie publisher Blurb has inked a deal with Ingram to open bricks and mortar shelf-space to its authors.
Aug 19
GMA News says that German authors have now joined the protest against Amazon’s eBook price war.
Aug 18
Digital Book World reports on the launch of eBook checking web app FlightDeck from Firebrand Technologies.
Aug 17
GoodeReader posted Kobo CEO Michael Tamblyn’s take on his company’s picking up where Sony left off.
Aug 16
Publishers Weekly posted on Judge Denise Cote’s order for mediation in a new dispute in which eBook retailers claim they were forced out of business by the 2010 eBook price fixing conspiracy led by Apple and five major publishers (Hachette, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan and Penguin).
