The Globe and Mail ponders the future after Apple and its publishers in crime are found guilty of price-fixing. Will this create the free market that assures the future of eBooks or will it unchain the Amazon giant’s ambitions to dominate? It’s too early to tell, but I’d rather see the eBook Revolution grow to …
Category: eBook Readers
The machines.
Jul 12
eBook Revolution Update
Bloomberg says Amazon stands to gain market share after Apple’s guilty verdict in the price-fixing lawsuit against the iPad maker. A Star Online column defines the “Reading Revolution” by taking us from clay tablets to eBooks and iPads. Deadline Hollywood reports on Indie Author Matthew Mather selling the movie rights to his novel Cyber Storm to 20th …
Jul 11
More on the Apple eBook Price-fixing Conspiracy Guilty Verdict
Paid Content expands on the guilty verdict Apple received for its role in an eBook price-fixing conspiracy, and makes some predictions about its impact on the eBook Revolution.
Jul 09
Management changes follow B&N Nook departure.
Digital Book World reports on departing Barnes & Noble CEO William Lynch leading the management changes that are occurring eerily in conjunction with the bookseller’s recent move out of eBook Reader Nook Device manufacturing. (Though B&N will continue selling the profitable Nook eBooks.)
Jul 08
Kobo Aura HD reviewed at PC Advisor
Kobo’s premium E Ink eReader the Aura HD with front light continues to get excellent reviews. PC Advisor has its say at the link.
Jul 07
eBooks impact textbook publishers.
USA Today posts on the eBook Revolution’s impact on the textbook industry.
Jul 05
eBook News Update
Oregon Live says a deal between the Oregon Department of Education and myON will give kids FREE access to thousands of eBooks. Comic Book Resources posted that Image Comics will ditch DRM for its digital comics. According to a Mobile Commerce News story Edutainment Systems has announced that an augmented reality service for its digital book app …
Jul 04
eBooks won’t drive paper books to extinction.
ECommerce Times updates us on the eBook Revolution and describes some of the long-term impact it’s having on traditional publishing.
Jul 03
Amazon awarded patent for eBooks DVD extras.
Wired.co.uk says Amazon has been awarded a long-awaited patent (first applied for in 2010) for DVD extras for eBooks. The additional material could come from publishers or from trusted sources, and consist of interviews, various media clips with related information (maps, character portraits, etc.) or alternate story lines. An interesting and much anticipated development that …
Jul 02
eBook Bestseller prices fall.
Digital Book World has posted that after several weeks on the rise there has been a sudden drop in eBook bestseller prices. Discounts and lower-priced Indie eBooks are named as the cause.
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