Dec 24
GoodeReader reports that Amazon is cleaning house, and is removing family, friend or fraudulent reviews from author book pages. How they make this determination is a question that boggles the mind, and while eBook Rumors frowns on users posting fake positive or negative reviews we certainly hope the eBook retail giant is fair when applying …
Dec 23
The Huffington Post suggests eBooks are bringing life to print books in an article entitled “Why eBooks Are Inspiring A New Age of Print.”
Dec 21
ITProPortal offers this guide to making your eReader purchase this holiday season. TheNewYorkTimes reports that 35 titles by Arthur C. Clarke will be released in eBook format for the first time in the US. On the same track, GoodeReader says that Charlie Brown and Friends (The Peanuts) will also finally see publication in digital form. …
Dec 20
Publishing Group Penguin has decided to settle in the anti-trust price-fixing lawsuit leveled against it, Apple and a group of other publishers by the  U.S. Department of Justice. Conspirators Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers, and Simon & Schuster have already settled which leaves the still defiant ringleader Apple and surviving crony Macmillan angling for a fight.
Dec 19
DigitalBookWorld reports on how eBooks are giving new life to publishers’ backlists and profits (hopefully) to authors.
Dec 18
GoodeReader says publishers have come up with a new pricing method called Agency 2 that is supposed to replace their previous illegal Agency Pricing Model (remember US Department of Justice sued Apple and conspiring publishers over the illegal price-fixing scheme.). In this new deal the publishers do not dictate the price of the eBook they …
Dec 17
According to InformationWeek Apple is doubling its order for the new iPad Mini displays, citing stronger than anticipated demand for the popular device. With display orders rising from 6 to 12-million, it is anyone’s guess how adopters are employing the device in a market already dominated by the mini’s larger cousin, the iPad. The new …
Dec 16
For anyone wondering why there might be some hesitation by the mainstream regarding the wholesale adoption of the eBook, here is the Guardian story about Apple and publishers reaching a settlement with the European Commission regarding illegal price-fixing and collusion. Apple and bandit gang were recently nailed for the same offense by the U.S. Department …
Dec 14
GoodeReader says Amazon has launched Google Android and iOS versions of their reading apps in China to open that market to eBook sales . The New York Times reports that eBook pricing debates continue in Europe. ComicBookResources posted on Marvel making its Graphic Novel titles available in digital form for Amazon Kindle. PublishersWeekly says online …
Dec 13
DigitalBookWorld says that Sony is lurching to life and launching an eBook store in Germany. This is a dangerously slow move in a world where Amazon has shifted into high gear, opening a store in Brazil last week, and one in Canada only days ago.
