Category: iPad

Sep 22

Oyster eBook subscription service to close

Liliputing reports on the impending closure of the Oyster eBook subscription service. It looks like the all-you-can-eat “Netflix for books” they offered is too hard to swallow. The commitment of time require for reading books makes adoption of such subscription services nonsensical for all but the most voracious readers. It’s impossible to make a $9.99 monthly membership pay unless you read a minimum of …

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Sep 18

Apple continues to fight its guilty verdict and undermines eBook market in the process (again…)

Cult of Mac reports on Apple’s continued efforts to fight the guilty verdict it received for conspiring with five major publishers to cheat consumers by illegally inflating the price of eBooks. The original crime slowed the eBook Revolution by undermining consumer confidence. (Something that Apple continues to do annually by dragging the lawsuit into the light with these …

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Aug 25

Top Ten Apple iBooks-US to Aug. 24/15

ABCNews offers the Top Ten Apple iBooks-US to August 24, 2015.

Aug 20

Top Ten iBooks to Aug. 17/15

ABCNews posted the Top Ten Apple iBooks for the week ending Aug. 17, 2015.

Aug 19

Europe continues to lag in eBook adoption

GoodeReader reports that high prices and taxes are the main reasons Europe continues to lag in eBook sales.

Aug 18

Reading eBooks on an iPhone

GottaBeMobile offers a how-to for reading eBooks on your iPhone.

Aug 13

Top 10 iBooks to Aug. 10

ABCNews has posted the top 10 titles on Apple iBooks-US for week ending August 10.

Aug 07

The eBook Revolution enters the future

The Idea Logical Company’s Shatzkin Files offers some interesting insights into the future for publishers in the eBook Revolution.

Aug 05

New VP of Strategy for Scribd

Digital Book World says eBook subscription service Scribd has hired a new VP of Strategy.

Aug 01

eBook Revolution Headlines

Digital Book World offers authors some tips for marketing themselves online. GoodeReader posted on literary agents seeking clients through Twitter. GalleyCat reports that publishers are rethinking their contentious relationships with libraries. The Slovak Spectator says eBook sales continue to rise in the Slovak marketplace.