The New Yorker wonders if Apple had altruistic motives behind its price-fixing scheme. (I have a hard time believing that any large corporate entity can make any decision for any reason other than for profit and market control.)
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Dec 16
B&N updates Nook app for iOS to 4.0
AppAdvice reports Barnes and Noble updating its Nook app for iOS to 4.0 with new features and improvements.
Dec 15
Things look good for Apple, uncomfortable for Amazon
Gigaom says appeals court judges reviewing Apple’s guilty verdict for its role in an anti-trust suit have thrown some shade on Amazon.
Dec 12
Scribd nabs Tolkien
Talking New Media reports that eBook subscription service Scribd has added titles from publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to its catalog including works by J.R.R.Tolkien.
Dec 11
DOJ bringing big guns to Apple appeal
Fortune.com is trying to understand why the Department of Justice is bringing a Deputy Solicitor General to the Monday appeal of a guilty verdict against Apple for its part in an eBook price-fixing scheme.
Dec 10
Kobo data raises questions about bestsellers
According to a Guardian post an analysis of data on eReading trends that was compiled by eBook retailer Kobo showed an unexpected split between bestsellers, and the books consumers actually read all the way to the end. The results are interesting and raise a few questions about the nature of bestsellers.
Dec 09
Hachette Publishing to sell books via Twitter
Publishers Weekly reports Hachette Publishing will attempt to sell books via Twitter by inking a deal with Gumroad.
Dec 05
Libraries have evolved for eBooks
According to a GoodeReader post libraries have reinvented themselves for the digital age.
Dec 04
Top 25 eBook Bestsellers to Nov. 29th
Digital Book World has the top 25 eBook Bestsellers for week ending November 29th.
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