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.
Category: Publishers
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.
Sep 14
Digital Publishing Update
PublishersWeekly reports that the majority of young adult books are purchased by 30-44 year olds. GoodeReader says that print-on-demand technology is now available in retail locations. TheIrishTimes posted on the publishing challenges in the eBook Revolution. Macleans.ca has a story on the coming eBook Boom to be precipitated by lower prices for eBook titles and …
Sep 13
Newspapers struggle to adapt. Did they delay too long?
GoodeReader offers us a post on the struggling newspaper industry in the days of digital publishing. While they seem shocked that print ad revenues are down, they should not be disheartened that digital ad revenues fell short of expectations, too. Like the book publishing industry, the newspaper industry has to rethink its bottom line and …
Sep 11
eBook prices begin to drop.
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.
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 …
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