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 …
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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 23
Reading alternate file formats on Kindle Fire.
TidBITS has a post for Kindle Fire owners who want to read EPUB, PDF and Mobipocket format eBooks on their Android (os) device.
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 18
Are eBook Wars Ahead? Maybe but there will be affordable eBooks too.
The Atlantic predicts the eBook Revolution may be headed toward a Book War as a result of the U.S. Justice Department’s anti-trust lawsuit against Apple and its price-fixing co-conspirators. While it may get rough for a time it is only going to get better for the consumer. Even with the dirty dealings and artificially high prices, …
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 …
Apr 11
U.S. Department of Justice to sue Apple and price-fixing cronies.
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 …
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.
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 …
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