OverDrive says that student adoption of eBooks is on the rise at schools. GoodeReader says Amazon has its sights set on creating its own retail stores. According to the Washtington Post, Apple and its gang of price-fixing publishers have taken the position in the DOJ anti-trust lawsuit that they were just forcing the price of …
Category: Publishers
Jun 24
Apple has a year to prepare defense in anti-trust lawsuit.
BloombergBusinessWeek says the U.S. Justice Department has set a 2013 court date for the Apple anti-trust lawsuit.
Jun 22
eBook Revolution Update
The Christian Science Monitor says Penguin is finally returning its eBooks to the library. GoodeReader says the Reading Rainbow is coming to iPad. The DroidGuy reports that Samsung will upgrade its Readers Hub app by offering its own eBook service. Also according to GoodeReader Random House is merging top Canadian publishing houses McClelland & Stewart …
Jun 20
Surface Tablet from Microsoft
GoodeReader offers specifics and video on  the new Surface Tablet from Microsoft rumored to be a real challenger to market leader Apple iPad.
Jun 17
The impact of Amazon.
We’ve been sent a link to an excellent feature at the Nation called “The Amazon Effect” that provides some background on the giant that has supercharged the eBook Revolution.
Jun 15
eBook Revolution Update
GoodeReader says that Indie Authors are rewriting the publishing game. According to PDFDevices, Amazon has upgraded its Kindle for Android to 3.6.0. CNetReviews lists 25 things you need to know to Indie publish. PaidContent reports on a move by Amazon to make some of its own in-house eBooks available at other retailers.
Jun 13
GigaOM books coming soon from GigaOM.
According to MediaBistro’s GalleyCat tech blog GigaOM is taking a step into digital publishing with its own imprint called GigaOM Books.
Jun 12
Google settles French publishing dispute.
PaidContent reports on Google ending a six-year legal dispute with French publishers and authors that will allow it to sell digital versions of out of print books.
Jun 11
Print-on-demand technology still in the game.
The New York Times has an article entitled “The Antidote to e-Books” that details a sidebar to the whole eBook Revolution. In this case, Indie author Clare Dickens published her book using the print-on-demand technology, The Espresso Book Machine. We’ve all been waiting for this machine to find its niche in the changing publishing landscape …
Jun 10
Book Expo America Optimistic
Reuters reports on Book Expo America in New York where publishers, book sellers and authors took on an excited and optimistic tone to discuss a year of change for the publishing industry.
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