Digital Book World says that according to Bowker Market Research students and professors are not ready to adopt digital text books.
Category: eBook Stores
A growing list of web sites that sell eBooks. Pros and Cons...
Jun 10
Kobo Aura HD eReader Reviewed at Geek Dad
Geek Dad calls the new Kobo Aura HD eReader the “ultimate” for eBook lovers in a review of this cream of the E Ink crop device.
Jun 07
Digital Publishing Update
According to CNNMoney, lawyers for Apple are using the “Devil made us do it” defense citing Amazon’s pricing behavior as their motivation to bilk consumers out of millions in the U.S. Department of Justice antitrust lawsuit against the iPad designer. GoodeReader posted on the House of Fiction “Family Tree” launch at Sony eBook Store designed to help readers find titles that …
Jun 06
Apple made publishers an offer they couldn’t refuse.
More from the U.S. Department of Justice’s anti-trust lawsuit against Apple, this time from CNET. Publishing executives testified at the ongoing trial that Apple gave them no options when it came to joining the tech-giant’s price-fixing scheme.
Jun 05
Jobs already confident price fixing underway at iPad launch.
CNNMoney has video evidence of Apple’s Steve Jobs talking about eBook pricing after the iPad launch. Looks like the Apple iBooks price fix was already in.
Jun 04
Will lawsuit mean lower eBook prices?
CNBC posts on the U.S. Department of Justice and Apple’s court battle and wonders if it will lead to cheaper eBooks. (The prices have already been plummeting since the suit was first filed…)
Jun 03
The DOJ case against Apple.
The Christian Science Monitor offers a recap of the Department of Justice’s case against Apple in the eBook price-fixing trial that started today.
Jun 02
Kobo has international aspirations.
GoodeReader offers a story where Kobo goes into detail on its new Aura HD eReader and explains its aspirations regarding the international eBook market.
May 31
eBook Revolution Update
CNET reports that the U.S. Department of Justice and Apple are gearing up for the trial that starts next week to determine whether the iPad creator colluded with publishers to fix eBook prices. Digital Book World says Indie publishing has lowered the average eBook price across the board. (That’s a good thing, isn’t it?) Publishers Weekly posted …
May 30
Indie route irresistible to authors.
Digital Book World says that creative control, ease of digital publishing and potential for profits makes the Indie route irresistible to authors.
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