GottaBeMobile reports on Aldiko, the Best Indie eReader for Android. Bloomberg says that the Apple Antitrust lawsuit would help the Amazon book monopoly. The Sacramento Bee posted that self-publishing pioneer Lulu.com is coming out of its coma to launch a new eCommerce platform. GoodeReader has a post on the Bilbary eBook Library entering Beta Test …
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Mar 19
Ectaco Jetbook (E Ink) Color eReader Reviewed
The Ectaco Jetbook (E Ink) Color eReader is reviewed at GoodeReader and receives a high grade as a device prepared to bring us a whole new eReading experience (and challenge tablet dominance in full color eReading). They’ve also included a video comparison of the Ectaco Jetbook Color eReader and the Kyobo Mirasol eReader (competitors in …
Mar 16
eBook News Grab Bag.
The Guardian.co.uk offers an article in which author Lloyd Shepherd has a short Q&A with a file-sharer about the sometimes puzzling problem of eBook Piracy. BetaNews says that according to anti-trust lawyers Apple eBook deals are illegal. Indie Author G. Wells Taylor is branching out with the release of Gdy Cmentarze PustoszejÄ… the Polish Language …
Mar 15
eBook Reading and Memory
Time has a story entitled: “Do E-Books Make It Harder to Remember What You Just Read?” that ends up leaning more toward the problem occurring with learning and eTextbooks, than with fiction reading on  E Ink Readers such as Kindle, Kobo or Nook. I know from personal experience that E Ink reading did require some …
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 …
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.
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