TechLifeGoesStrong gives its top 5 picks for eBook Readers. The New York Times offers a story about Digital Comics. PaidContent reports on the Department of Justice price-fixing anti-trust lawsuit against Apple and presents pro and con letters from the public. eBookMagazine says that OverDrive has announced a new HTML5 based eBook service. More on eBooks …
Category: Kobo eReader
May 30
eBook Promo Sites for Indie Authors!
Mediabistro offers up a list of FREE sites where Indie authors can promote their eBooks. (And sites where eReaders can look for FREE and affordable titles.)
May 18
LCD versus E Ink Screens for reading.
TabletPCReview compares E Ink screens (e.g. Kindle, Kobo, Nook and Sony) with LCD displays (e.g. iPad, Kindle Fire, PlayBook and Galaxy Tab) on their readability. Which one is easier on the eyes?
May 17
Harry Potter casts his spell for Kobo eReaders.
Digital Spy reports on Amazon rival Kobo inking a deal at Pottermore that will make all 7 of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books available on Kobo eReaders and accessible via the Kobo eReading app for cell phones, computers and tablets.
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 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 13
April 13 News Update
DailyMail reports that paperback sales have dropped 25% in a year. Mark of the eBook? NPR gives some background related to the Apple anti-trust lawsuit and says price-fixing is not new to publishing. The New York Times suggests Apple will not be the biggest loser in the anti-trust lawsuit. The CBC says the Apple lawsuit may …
Apr 12
More on the U.S. Department of Justice’s case against Apple and Co.
Time digs deeper into the U.S. Department of Justice anti-trust lawsuit against Apple and its publishing conspirators. This illegal action was a thinly disguised attack on the eBook Revolution that undermines consumer confidence, seriously weakens the argument that publishers had tried to put forth that Amazon is the evil empire, and if there is justice, should …
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