For anyone wondering why there might be some hesitation by the mainstream regarding the wholesale adoption of the eBook, here is the Guardian story about Apple and publishers reaching a settlement with the European Commission regarding illegal price-fixing and collusion. Apple and bandit gang were recently nailed for the same offense by the U.S. Department …
Category: eBook Readers
The machines.
Dec 14
eBook Revolution Stories
GoodeReader says Amazon has launched Google Android and iOS versions of their reading apps in China to open that market to eBook sales . The New York Times reports that eBook pricing debates continue in Europe. ComicBookResources posted on Marvel making its Graphic Novel titles available in digital form for Amazon Kindle. PublishersWeekly says online …
Dec 13
Sony launches eBook store in Germany
DigitalBookWorld says that Sony is lurching to life and launching an eBook store in Germany. This is a dangerously slow move in a world where Amazon has shifted into high gear, opening a store in Brazil last week, and one in Canada only days ago.
Dec 12
Tablets and eReaders vie for adoption.
iolSciTech continues the eReader discussion for those who are not sure what they’re giving this holiday season. And in a related story Liliputing tells us that shipments of dedicated eReaders are falling out of the lead as multi-tasking Tablets make up for lost ground. Anyone who has tried to read an eBook on an iPad in …
Dec 11
eReaders and eBook agreements
The Independent offers us some options on which eReader might be right for you. BookSeller details the new US eBook retail agreements for Simon and Shuster and Hachette.
Dec 10
Integrated Platforms assist newspapers over the digital divide.
It seems that after much foot dragging, newspapers are finally making a serious effort to complete the transition from print to digital format. GoodeReader offers up this post on some recent developments where ambitious companies have facilitated this by integrating the best technologies available.
Dec 09
Will eBook subscription service replace title purchases?
PublishersWeekly reports on Amazon’s new Kindle FreeTime Unlimited eBook subscription service. Read the story and let me know if you think they can convince the publishers (or the authors) to sign up for a percentage of a monthly subscription fee over keeping their hands on their more lucrative eBook sales royalty structure. Sounds like a …
Dec 07
Digital Publishing Headlines
Once you get past their lame assertion that the author/publisher relationship is changing the DigitalBookWorldConference offers some examples. With 11-million monthly readers we should all be paying more to digital publisher Wattpad, says GoodeReader. The Christian Science Monitor says eReaders and eBook platforms track reader behaviors and activities. According to DigitalBookWorld Hatchette has a new deal …
Dec 06
Amazon and Google move into Brazil
GoodeReader reports on Google and Amazon launching eBook stores in Brazil. I have a feeling we’re about to see this process go into overdrive. With Google finally working the bugs out of its eBook store, and Amazon the only contender for global domination, these two giants have a whole world to carve up.
Dec 05
Do people prefer eBooks?
With holiday shoppers priming for the gift giving season, Media Update wonders if people now prefer eBooks and gives a list of reasons why they might.
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