According to an Entertainment Weekly post Amazon continues the back and forth with publisher Hachette by saying that eBook prices are unjustifiably high.
Category: iPad
Aug 10
Hatchette CEO responds to Amazon-inspired letters
Digital Book World has Hachette CEO Michael Pietsch’s rebuttal to Amazon’s call for readers to contact him directly as part of the ongoing battle between the publisher and the online book seller.
Aug 08
Bowker reports drop in print book production
Digital Book World reports that according to world-leader in book information, Bowker, the production of traditional print books dropped significantly in 2013.
Aug 01
Regular posting will return
Regular posting will return to eBookRumors.com on August 7, 2014. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Jul 31
Improved eBooks and workflow with InDesign CC 2014
MacWorld reviews InDesign CC 2014 that promises improved workflow and eBooks.
Jul 28
Apple buys BookLamp
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 25
Judge questions Apple’s appeal of eBook ruling
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
Oyster branching out to web and all mobile devices
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 22
eBook sales continue to rise in UK
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 20
Apple could pay $400-million PLUS
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.
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