PublishersWeekly offers some specifics on the settlement agreed to by publishers sued for colluding with Apple and other publishers to fix eBook prices. The post lists some of the restrictions Hachette, Simon & Schuster and HarperCollins will have to respect in future business dealings.
Category: iPad
Aug 02
The Google Analytics for eBooks
PaidContent reports on HipType’s desire to be the Google Analytics for eBooks and their publishers.
Aug 01
eReaders prefer Amazon Kindle Fire over iPad
DigitalBookWorld quotes a Book Industry Study Group and Bowker report that puts the Amazon Kindle Fire just ahead of the Apple iPad as preferred eReading device.
Jul 31
Research in Motion prepares iPad challenger.
With Apple off prepping a smaller tablet to go up against the Kindle Fire and Google Nexus 7, BGR says RIM is increasing the size of their PlayBook to challenge iPad.
Jul 27
eBook Revolution update.
USAToday has posted on the most recent cash grab in digital publishing, the mini eBook. You pay a couple of bucks for a sample, condensed version or “out take” written to promote an upcoming novel. GoodeReader reports on Barnes and Noble partnering with FastPencil to bring Indie book titles to physical stores. The OttawaCitizen talks …
Jul 26
eBook prices should drop this fall.
DigitalBookWorld predicts the wild west in digital publishing this fall. That’s when eBook prices are expected to drop as the agency pricing model is abandoned by complicit publishers who have settled with the Department of Justice instead of fighting the anti-trust lawsuit levered against Apple and others.
Jul 25
News from Amazon and the US Department of Justice
PCMag reports on the five or six new tablet devices rumored to be on the way from Amazon. iDownloadblog posted on the Department of Justice’s response to comments about the pending anti-trust lawsuit against Apple and its gang of price-fixing publishers. The suit will go ahead.
Jul 23
eBook Revolution Crime
Time offers more on the industry “push back” against the Department of Justice’s anti-trust lawsuit against Apple and its gang of price-fixing publishers. Apparently, connected individuals want the DOJ to drop the suit. It amazes me that Apple, the implicated publishers and their political cronies are actually trying to sell the “we’re doing it for …
Jul 22
Google Nexus 7 Tablet Reviewed
GoodeReader reviews the new Google Nexus 7 tablet. Video and pictures of the device at the link.
Jul 20
eBook Revolution Headlines
CNN reports that Google’s new Nexus 7 tablet starts shipping this week. GoodeReader says Google Play Books are now available in France. The L.A.Times posted on an early iPad prototype that illustrates the big baby steps Apple took on the way to developing the popular device. The Financial Post says romance authors are suing Harlequin …
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