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.
Category: iPad
Jul 18
Amazon trying eBook Subscription Service
Gizmodo reports on Amazon’s new attempt to dominate the eBook marketplace with Kindle Unlimited. They’re offering “unlimited” eBook reads for a single $10 per month membership. This is a shot across the bow for eBook subscription services Oyster and Scribd, and extends Amazon’s exclusionary reading environment because this service will only list titles by authors and publishers that have agreed …
Jul 14
Will Amazon-Hachette Feud end soon?
Digital Book World reports on signs that the Amazon-Hachette feud will end soon.
Jul 13
More on Amazon’s Hachette author eBook offer
The New York Times has more on Amazon’s attempt to woo Hachette authors with an incredible eBook offer.
Jul 11
Authors Guild responds to Amazon offer
MediaBistro reports on the Author’s Guild response to Amazon’s offer of 100% of eBook sales revenue for Hachette scribes.
Jul 09
Smashwords’ Indie eBook sales survey released
Publishers Weekly reports on Indie publisher Smashwords’ 2014 eBook sales survey.
Jun 30
Penguin Random House UK squeezes Amazon
Digital Book World reports that Penguin Random House UK continues to fly into Amazon’s airspace by launching an online eBook retail and recommendation platform.
Jun 27
Digital Publishing Update
Boston.com talks pitfalls in library eBook lending. A Gigaom story says a Netherlands bookstore is preparing to sell “second hand” eBooks. European courts prepare to battle over the resale of digital media. Digital Book World reports that a pilot project has ended favorably and now libraries across the U.S. can access Simon & Schuster’s complete eBook catalog. …
Jun 26
Publisher revenue down. eBook sales up.
Gigaom posted on a BookStats report that showed U.S. Publisher revenue remained flat in 2013 though the unit sales increased. Lower eBook prices could account for this. Another important thing to consider when reading this report is Indie author and publisher titles without ISBNs are not tracked by BookStats.
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