The Christian Science Monitor reports on an open letter by Authors Guild President Scott Turow on the continuing drama surrounding  Apple and the gang of 5 New York publishers (Hachette Book Group, Simon & Schuster, MacMillan, Penguin, and Harper Collins) who are the subject of a potential anti-trust lawsuit, in which Turow wonders if the …
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Mar 12
Apple postures for a fight, while co-conspirators jump ship.
PaidContent reports on an Apple court filing where the iPad maker fights back against a pending US Justice Department anti-trust lawsuit by downplaying the Amazon Kindle threat. Instead they’re claiming their newbie status in an Amazon-dominated eBook industry is proof against any conspiracy. All of this while some of the ‘co-conspirators’ (5 Major New York Publishers) are …
Feb 29
eBook Pricing Unfair?
Mobiledia has an in-depth look at the ongoing debate about eBook pricing . We know why the publishers want to charge more, and we know why the public wants to pay less. Will there ever be common ground? (Or will it be up to eBook Pirates and file-sharers to decide?)
Feb 27
PayPal goes to the dark side.
TechCrunch reports on PayPal’s outrageous bullying of eBook distributor and publisher Smashwords. It seems PayPal is getting into the censorship business. They have demanded that Smashwords and other eBook distributors remove all works that contain references to bestiality, rape and incest or suffer the punishment of having all PayPal services removed. (Something that Smashwords’ president, Mark …
Feb 24
eBook Rumors update for Feb. 24, 2012
The New York Times reports on Amazon’s recent decision to pull thousands of eBook titles in a bid to change profit sharing contracts with publishers. GottaBeMobile has posted on the upcoming function and price wars between the Amazon Kindle Fire and the now evenly price Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet. The MacObserver says BookReader 3.8 …
Feb 17
February 17 – eBook Revolution Updates
PCWorld gives us this comprehensive list and reviews of the best eBook Readers on the market. (Worth checking out.) BusinesstoCommunity.com gives instruction on reading EPUB books on Android devices. CBCNews says that Canadians are reading more books and eBooks. (10% of all titles sold in Canada are digital.) DigitalJournal reports on eBook publisher BookBaby adding …
Feb 16
eBooks Headed to the Classroom.
The Lantern wonders whether the eBook Revolution will win out over hard copy textbooks in schools and learning institutions, or if there will be a place for both. The answer to this one rests in the quarterly profits of publishers and the balance sheets of educational institutions. It is cheaper to produce the eTexts and …
Jan 27
Digital Book World ends. Indie Author success stories continue!
PublishersWeekly offers this wrap-up of the Digital Book World conference held this week in New York. And PublishersWeekly gives us this story from Digital Book World that makes no secret of the fact that the best time to be a writer is NOW. (We’ve been saying that for a while!) The Verge posted on Toshiba’s …
Jan 26
What motivates an eBook Pirate?
GoodeReader speculates on the types of people who take part in eBook Piracy, and offers some solutions to the underground movement of digital editions. I still think the price of eBooks is the biggest motivation for eBook Piracy and illegal file sharing. It’s too easy to justify downloading pirated content when the easily copied, stored …
Jan 22
Class-action lawsuit against Apple updated.
The AppleInsider updates us on the class-action lawsuit that says Apple and publishers engaged in a ‘price-fixing conspiracy’ and teamed up to display ‘antagonism’ toward Amazon’s pricing scheme. (Is it just me or is it hard to feel sorry for any of these guys?)
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