It has started. The prices are coming down. GoodeReader posted on HarperCollins being one of the  first publishers to sign new deals with eBook sellers Amazon, Barnes and Noble, etc., and already the prices are starting to drop.
Category: Publishers
Sep 07
eBook Revolution Updates
The New York Times Blog has a story that is bound to start an industry-wide eBook pricing war. Judge Denise L. Cote approved a settlement between the Department of Justice and publishers complicit in the Apple eBook price-fixing anti-trust lawsuit. The settlement should completely open the playing field and kick-start a hot new digital publishing …
Aug 29
Libraries and publishers debate eBook DRM, access and piracy.
GoodeReader reports that the debate over digital rights management, access, piracy and price still rages between libraries, publishers and readers.
Aug 27
Publishers try to control libraries.
Computerworld (New Zealand) has more on the struggle between libraries and publishers. It’s almost like publishers see libraries as an enemy and not the gateway to reading that they’ve represented since their inception.
Aug 26
US library embraces Indie authors.
GoodeReader reports that a US library is asking Indie authors to submit their eBook titles for inclusion in their catalog. This has to be the result, in part, to the high prices and unfair lending terms demanded in contracts with many of the major publishing houses.
Aug 24
eBook Revolution Update
PCMag says Amazon has sent out invitations to a September 6 press event that is rumored to revolve around the release of a new (and Bigger) Kindle Fire. PublishersWeekly offers more “he said/she said” from interested parties as the Department of Justice urges the court to approve the deal reached with Apple price-fixing co-conspirators who …
Aug 17
eBook Revolution Headlines
Apple continues to defend its price-fixing ways in a TechSpot story that says the iPad maker is calling the Department of Justice eBook settlement “unfair” and “unlawful.” PCAdvisor reports on the newly released $130 Sony PRS-T2 Touch Screen eReader. GoodeReader says digital-first imprint PocketStar has launched. Additionally, GoodeReader announces the start of their own eBook Trailer …
Aug 10
eBook Revolution Update.
GoodeReader says Indie publisher Smashwords is unveiling their “Library Direct” catalog to give libraries affordable and convenient access to Indie titles. Expert Reviews offers a review of TrekStore’s Pyrus eBook Reader. RegHardware reviews the Amazon Kindle Touch Wi-Fi eBook Reader. For those late adopters in the crowd, TheDroidGuy lists the best eReaders on the market. …
Aug 06
B&N stands up for price-fixers.
GoodeReader posted an interview with Barnes and Noble’s general legal counsel Eugene DeFelice, and got B&N’s position on the Department of Justice’s price-fixing anti-trust lawsuit against Apple and its publishing co-conspirators. How many different ways can you try to call an illegal act legal? I have a feeling this will be drawn out until we’re …
Jul 29
Used eBooks for sale? Sounds fishy to me…
PublishersWeekly offers a story on a plan by ReDigi to sell used eBooks. I’m not sure the term “used” makes any sense in a digital world.
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