Category: iPad

The 2014 eBook industry in review

GoodeReader reviews the eBook industry’s performance in 2014.

Dracula of the Apes arrives in time for Christmas

DRACULA OF THE APES Trilogy Swings Into Action (Horror News) Dracula of the Apes picks up where Bram Stoker’s Dracula left off and Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan of the Apes began. In this horror/fiction hybrid, genre-jumping indie author G. Wells Taylor puts a terrifying twist on a pair of timeless classics. The complete trilogy is now …

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Apple acting for the greater good?

The New Yorker wonders if Apple had altruistic motives behind its price-fixing scheme. (I have a hard time believing that any large corporate entity can make any decision for any reason other than for profit and market control.)

Things look good for Apple, uncomfortable for Amazon

Gigaom says appeals court judges reviewing Apple’s guilty verdict for its role in an anti-trust suit have thrown some shade on Amazon.

DOJ bringing big guns to Apple appeal

Fortune.com is trying to understand why the Department of Justice is bringing a Deputy Solicitor General to the Monday appeal of a guilty verdict against Apple for its part in an eBook price-fixing scheme.

Apple and US DOJ prep for fight over appeal

Publishers Weekly says Apple and the US Department of Justice are prepping for the iPad maker’s December 15th appeal of its conviction in a price-fixing conspiracy.

Top ten iBooks bestsellers

ABC News offers the top ten books on Apple iBook’s bestsellers list to week ending November 24.

Will eBooks overtake paper books?

GoodeReader looks at the things that stand in the way of eBooks overtaking paper books in popularity.

Adobe to push more expensive InDesign on eBook designers

Talking New Media reports that Adobe is dropping Digital Publishing Suite Single Edition for Creative Cloud members in an effort to force adopters of the FREE software to adopt the more expensive Adobe InDesign for eBook publishing.

Apple’s $450-million eBook settlement approved

Reuters posted on Apple’s $450-million eBook settlement receiving court approval for the iPad maker’s part in the years’ old eBook price-fixing conspiracy.