PaidContent says states will decide how  Department of Justice anti-trust lawsuit settlements from publishers (HarperCollins, Hachette and Simon & Schuster) will be paid out to consumers.
Category: iPad
Oct 02
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite the best eReader ever?
TimeTechland calls the new Amazon Kindle Paperwhite the best eReader ever in this detailed review and comparison. (If that’s the case I wish they had a version I was free to hook up to Barnes and Noble, Kobo, iBookstore, & etc. Then it might be the best eReader ever.)
Sep 30
Amazon Kindle Fire HD 7 Reviewed at GoodeReader
GoodeReader offers an in-depth review of the new Amazon Kindle Fire HD 7 tablet. Photos and video at the link.
Sep 28
eBook Revolution headlines
PaidContent reports on the technical issues that have hampered the digital release of J.K.Rowling’s new book The Casual Vacancy. DigitalBookWorld says that librarians are running out of patience with the eBook lending debate. GoodeReader says Overdrive library eBook lending platform is now available for Nook. ExpertReviews looks at the Prestigio Nobile PER5162 eBook Reader.
Sep 26
New NOOK HD tablets from Barnes and Noble.
Reuters reports Barnes & Noble is making a move into the tablet market it helped create by launching lighter ($199) 7-inch Nook HD and ($269) 9-inch Nook HD+ tablet devices. More on the “eBook Readers” and expanded content services at the link.
Sep 24
Digital Publishing Fears Continued…
As the eBook Revolution stands ready for another explosion of growth (see US DOJ anti-trust lawsuit settlement. expect lower eBook prices.) Metro addresses some of the industry’s (shopworn) concerns about its impact on publishing.
Sep 21
eBook Revolution update.
PaidContent reports that Apple and co-conspirator publishers have subpoenaed Amazon in the ongoing Department of Justice price-fixing anti-trust lawsuit. GoodeReader celebrates new children’s digital reading apps. TheLethbridgeHerald updates us with this week’s story where Wal-Mart dumps Amazon Kindle eReader sales. GoodeReader continues with a breakdown of an Aptara and Publisher’sWeekly survey on the status of …
Sep 20
Agency Model dismantling in Europe.
GoodeReader reports on a story from overseas that says the European Commission is dissolving the Agency Model of pricing instituted some years ago by Apple, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan and Hachette Livre because it was a “concerted practice” to raise eBook prices and stop lower prices from being available across Europe. This is similar …
Sep 19
An affordable future for the eBook Revolution
Technocrati speculates on the future of the eBook Revolution and ponders the past in a post looking forward to an eBook marketplace unfettered by the restrictive (and illegal) agency model of price fixing. With cheaper eBooks comes a great future for readers, writers and publishers alike.
Sep 17
It will be 2013 before eBook settlement reaches your pocket.
PaidContent updates us on the eBook settlement between states and offending publishers (Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster) but says the personal payback will be delayed until 2013 when a February hearing concludes.
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