AmericanLibraries has posted an excellent feature on the eBook Revolution and lists all the major players. It’s really worth a read.
Category: Publishers
May 20
Similar stories to eBooks and digital music.
ArsTechnica compares the eBook Revolution and the music industry’s shift to digital. The similarities continue as eBook publishers are discussing the adoption of DRM-light.
May 11
eBook Revolution Headlines
The New York Times offers an article on where your eBooks go when you die. The Huffington Post says Marvel comics is leaping into the digital publishing world. Check out the discussion/article at the New York Times regarding rival eBook Reader compatibility. And NewsBreaks reports on Newco, the offspring of the recent Barnes & Noble …
Apr 27
eBook Revolution Update.
Warren Adler for the Huffington Post tells us to disregard the hype about an eBook Monopoly. (It ain’t gonna happen…) PCMag suggests publishers clean up their eBooks (typos, etc.) now that digital publishing is here to stay. Channel7News says eBook prices may drop for the short term. GalleyCat posted on Sony’s offer of a free Harry …
Apr 26
Digital Rights Management dying with the Agency Model.
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.
Apr 22
The Future for eBooks!
TechCrunch offers an entertaining and optimistic view of the eBook Revolution and the future to come.
Apr 19
The parties to the eBook price-fixing law-suit take their positions.
Prospectus News updates us on the early positioning in the U.S. Department of Justice anti-trust lawsuit for price-fixing against Apple and publishers Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, the Hachette Book Group, Pearson and Macmillan. Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster have agreed to settle with the JOD. Hachette and HarperCollins is prepared to pay back about $51-million …
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 03
Potential fallout from Apple anti-trust settlement.
With the U.S. Justice Department anti-trust lawsuit approaching a settlement with price-fixing conspirators Apple and publishers: Simon & Schuster, Penguin, Hachette Group, MacMillan, and HarperCollins we’ve got links to different takes on the fallout at the DailyMail.co.uk and Mobiledia. This should be a win for writers and readers.
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