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 …
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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.
Apr 02
Settlement expected soon in US DOJ/Apple Price-fixing suit
PadGadget says that we’ll soon see a settlement in the USÂ Department of Justice investigation into price-fixing by Apple and publishers: Simon & Schuster, Penguin, Hachette Group, MacMillan, and HarperCollins. This should make the pricing of eBooks dependent on actual market forces, and ‘should’ bring them down to favor a more competitive environment. Goodbye agency pricing …
Mar 30
Digital Publishing Headlines.
Dawn.com talks about the HUGE concessions Amazon, B&N and others made to sell Harry Potter books. According to Gizmodo the Amazon Kindle Touch 3G is now pre-ordering to customers in 175 countries. The Bookseller.com says that the UK and US are joined by Australia and India in eBook adoption rates citing a poll where 24% of respondents …
Mar 29
Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling to change the eBook Revolution?
The Christian Science Monitor explores J.K. Rowling’s release of her Harry Potter Series as eBooks without Digital Rights Management (so the titles can be read anywhere on any eReading device) and wonders if the magician with the lightning scar on his forehead is about to change digital publishing forever.
Mar 28
Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling perform some magic.
The eBook Revolution is BUZZING with news of the Harry Potter series releasing as eBooks. MediaBistro reports on the story. J.K. Rowling finally got over her hesitance about digital publishing and via her own web site Pottermore has partnered with all of the major players in the eBook industry to release the series (DRM-FREE) for …
Mar 26
eBook Revolution Update
eBookNewser reports on an excellent digital content crossover where rock band Shinedown released a companion “making of” eBook to go along with their new album Amaryllis. SmartPlanet says that library adoption of eBooks and digital content is exploding. EContent explains why they think eBooks fail as research tools. ThisIsMoney suggests that Apple and co-conspirator publishers …
Mar 14
eBook Revolution Headlines – March 14, 2012
CNNMoney posted on Encyclopedia Britannica’s decision to stop printing their once ubiquitous tomes in favor of going digital. TechCrunch updates us on PayPal’s recent foray in censorship. They’ve chosen a slightly less draconian approach. The Telegraph.co.uk says eBooks have made reading sexy again. (Did it used to be sexy?) The CorporateCounsel reports that publishers are …
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