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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Mar 13
Is Amazon the big winner in anti-trust suit against Apple and publishers?
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 …
Mar 11
Anti-trust Suit looms for Apple and price-fixing co-conspirators.
With the US Justice Department preparing an anti-trust suit against Apple and five A-list New York-based publishers — Simon & Schuster, Hachette, Penguin, Macmillan, and HarperCollins, the Atlantic continues the discussion on fair eBook pricing and wonders who will win when this all goes to court. Will the eBook Revolution find the way to democratized …
Mar 08
Apple lands 5 publishers in hot water, and more.
BBC News updates a story that’s been running for over a year concerning a U.S. Department of Justice investigation in which five US publishers and Apple are now being threatened with legal action because of the way they ‘conspired to raise the price of eBooks.’ Â Apple and the publishers pushed for the Agency Model of …
Mar 07
New Apple iPad Rolls Out.
Read about the Retina Display on Apple’s new iPad (Hi-Def) here at CNN.
Mar 07
Google Play leaps into the digital content provider arena.
Remember Google Books (or Google Editions)? Sort of launched and left a bland taste didn’t it? Well it seems the web search giant is finally making a push into the digital content arena, and they’re bringing Google Books with them according to USA Today. The multi-content platform is called Google Play.
Mar 04
Stories to start Read an eBook Week
Read an eBook Week runs March 4-10th. So get out there and read an eBook. eBookWeek has more. The Digital Journal offers an Op-Ed piece by Paul Wallis on PayPal’s sudden move toward censorship when it ordered its client eBook publisher/distributor Smashwords to remove questionable fiction books from its catalog. The Sacramento Bee reports on …
Mar 02
Democratized publishing under attack.
Mathew Ingram of Gigaom has a thought-provoking piece on the present and future of the eBook Revolution, as the corporate eBook giants battle for control of the briefly ‘democratized’ playing field. I believe that the basic uncontrollable nature of digital products and the Internet will eventually put these ridiculous attempts at market domination in the …
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 26
eBook Pricing comes under fire.
CBSNews reports on the debate over the high price of eBooks. First adopters who climbed aboard the eBook Revolution are now wondering why the price of digital books remains high or higher than their paper equivalents. Are they getting tired of the publisher cash grab?
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