Category: Publishers

eReading on the Blackberry Q5

GoodeReader checks out the eReading experience on the new Blackberry Q5 smartphone.

Digital Publishing Update

Digital Book World talks about eBook design and innovation. The Christian Science Monitor reports on Harlequin’s dive into the digital marketplace. The Japan Times says Japanese seniors are more attracted to eBooks than the young are. Kobo continues to entice new readers with yet another discount. GoodeReader says that this time it’s their Arc Tablet …

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The Borgias television series to end as an eBook.

TV Guide has a story about a novel marriage of technologies. After the cancellation of the popular Showtime television series The Borgias fans thought they’d never know how the story was going to turn out. But thanks to series writer and creator, Neil Jordan, they’ll get closure in the final screenplay he has re-written and released as an …

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Organize your eBooks with Calibre

Macworld reports on the free eBook management software Calibre and shows how it can help organize your personal library of eBook titles.

eBook demand and publisher over-pricing is draining public library coffers.

The Sun Sentinel says that the demand for eBooks is draining public library budgets. (That and the greedy pricing policies of publishers.)

eBook vendors argue against accessibility laws for eBook reading devices

Tidbits reports that eBook vendors Amazon, Kobo, and Sony are pushing for exemption from U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) accessibility laws that require “advanced communication services” be accessible to the disabled. The vendors argue that eReaders are limited devices designed for text displays only.

Digital Publishing Update

The Digital Reader says that the eBook market is finding its pace while continuing to grow by 5%. One wonders how the overall market will react when the U.S. Department of Justice finishes with Apple and its price-fixing conspirators and fair competition is given some room to run. Honestly… The eBook Revolution seems to be unstoppable. It …

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Publishers object to Apple contract limits.

The Globe and Mail reports that publishers are objecting to limits that the U.S. Department of Justice is hoping to set on future Apple contracts following the guilty verdict for the iPad maker in the recent price-fixing conspiracy trial against the company.

Bezos’ Washington Post purchase suggests the shape of things to come.

The Financial Post writes that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ purchase of the Washington Post suggests he is about to do to newspaper publishers what his Kindle eBooks have done to the traditional book publishing industry.

Apple responds to U.S. Department of Justice’s “Suggestions.”

Macgasm reports on Apple’s response to the U.S. Department of Justice’s suggestions about the iPad maker’s eBook sales practices, offering fixes so the company found guilty of price-fixing can mend its ways.