Some fallout from the Department of Justice’s anti-trust lawsuit against Apple and the big six co-conspirators. And it isn’t all bad…some adjustment sure, but… Hypergrid explains why Tor Books has dropped digital rights management (DRM) on its eBook titles. Gizmodo offers the case against DRM on eBooks in a post by Charlie Stross.
Category: iPad
Apr 23
Reading alternate file formats on Kindle Fire.
TidBITS has a post for Kindle Fire owners who want to read EPUB, PDF and Mobipocket format eBooks on their Android (os) device.
Apr 20
eBook News Update
TheStar.com says that Canadian lawyers have now joined in the suit against price-fixer Apple and publishing co-conspirators. Our friend Jorgen dropped by with a link to Rocket Bomber where writer Matt Blind outlines some of the reasons that a bricks and mortar store beats Amazon’s digital might. According to the Financial Post Apple wants to go to …
Apr 18
Are eBook Wars Ahead? Maybe but there will be affordable eBooks too.
The Atlantic predicts the eBook Revolution may be headed toward a Book War as a result of the U.S. Justice Department’s anti-trust lawsuit against Apple and its price-fixing co-conspirators. While it may get rough for a time it is only going to get better for the consumer. Even with the dirty dealings and artificially high prices, …
Apr 17
DRM is doomed and lower eBook prices are slow to appear.
ZDNet tells us about the future of digital rights management (DRM) for eBooks. (Will it go the way of the dinosaur?) PaidContent reports on what readers should expect now that the U.S. Justice Department is suing Apple and co-conspirators. Lower eBook prices? Not yet…
Apr 15
Apple claims it did nothing wrong.
CNetNews offers us Apple’s initial response to all of this anti-trust talk, and suggests that we might be looking at years of litigation if the IT innovator decides to fight the US Department of Justice.
Apr 13
April 13 News Update
DailyMail reports that paperback sales have dropped 25% in a year. Mark of the eBook? NPR gives some background related to the Apple anti-trust lawsuit and says price-fixing is not new to publishing. The New York Times suggests Apple will not be the biggest loser in the anti-trust lawsuit. The CBC says the Apple lawsuit may …
Apr 12
More on the U.S. Department of Justice’s case against Apple and Co.
Time digs deeper into the U.S. Department of Justice anti-trust lawsuit against Apple and its publishing conspirators. This illegal action was a thinly disguised attack on the eBook Revolution that undermines consumer confidence, seriously weakens the argument that publishers had tried to put forth that Amazon is the evil empire, and if there is justice, should …
Apr 11
U.S. Department of Justice to sue Apple and price-fixing cronies.
Time reports that the U.S. Department of Justice will go ahead with an anti-trust lawsuit against Apple and publishers Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, the Hachette Book Group, Pearson and Macmillan. This after Apple held out against a settlement that was already accepted by some of its price-fixing co-conspirators. It’s anyone’s guess why Apple would attempt …
Apr 09
eBook overpricing to cost consumers $200-million extra.
Computerworld has a post outlining the Consumer Federation of America’s claims that price fixing on eBooks will cost the consumer $200 million extra for eBooks this year. The group encourages the US Justice Department to take “vigorous action” and pursue its anti-trust lawsuit against Apple and publishers: HarperCollins Publishers, Hachette Book Group, Macmillan Publishers, Penguin Group …
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