Jul 31
MacWorld reviews InDesign CC 2014 that promises improved workflow and eBooks.
Jul 29
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.
Jul 28
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 …
Jul 27
Digital Book World says that according to the American Library Association 90% of American libraries now lend eBooks.
Jul 25
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.
Jul 24
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.
Jul 23
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.
Jul 22
Digital Book World reports that eBook sales are continuing to increase in the UK with sales up 10% over the same period last year.
Jul 21
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).
Jul 20
According to eWeek, Apple has agreed to pay $400-million to consumers and $50-million to lawyers’ fees and payments to involved states if its appeal fails in regard to the guilty verdict levered against the iPad maker for price-fixing.
