Time reports that the U.S. Department of Justice will go ahead with an anti-trust lawsuit against Apple and publishers Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, the Hachette Book Group, Pearson and Macmillan. This after Apple held out against a settlement that was already accepted by some of its price-fixing co-conspirators. It’s anyone’s guess why Apple would attempt …
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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 …
Apr 01
The eBook Revolution’s continued Evolution.
A special thanks to our friend Jorgen for the link to an AJC feature that updates us on the state of the eBook Revolution.
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 27
What’s a fair price for an eBook?
AL.com continues the discussion on the price of eBooks, citing a ‘creep’ skyward on bestsellers and other popular authors. I think we’ll see some pricing changes come after the US Justice Department completes its anti-trust (price-fixing) lawsuit against Apple and five large New York publishers (Hachette Book Group, Simon & Schuster,MacMillan, Penguin, and Harper Collins). …
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 25
Are you a tablet or an eReader reader?
BesteReaderReviews offers some help to those of us who are not sure what kind of device best suits our reading and entertainment needs. Will it be a dedicated eReader or a tablet?
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