Category: eBook Stores

A growing list of web sites that sell eBooks. Pros and Cons...

Digital Publishing Updates May 4, 2012

Gigaom takes up the eBook pricing debate as publishers attempt to justify their desire to keep the prices high. Mobiledia offers a lame justification for publishers over-charging. MediaShift wonders if eBooks can succeed without Amazon. The Guardian has an article by Cory Doctorow suggesting the death of digital rights management (DRM) would be a win-win …

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More on the Department of Justice’s ant-trust lawsuit…

Just when things were starting to die down about the Department of Justice’s anti-trust lawsuit against Apple and publishing co-conspirators Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, the Hachette Book Group, Pearson and Macmillan, The Atlantic tries to explain the case.

More on the Microsoft/Barnes and Noble deal.

You can read more on the Microsoft move into the eBook Revolution at  ZDNet. The Microsoft/Barnes and Noble Nook pairing will be worth watching.

Microsoft bets on Barnes and Noble Nook

A special thanks to our friend Jorgen who dropped off a link to a Futurebook post on a story that is all the talk of the eBook Revolution today. Microsoft is investing $300-million in the Barnes and Noble digital book business a.k.a. Nook.

eBook Revolution Update.

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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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.

eBook Readers Reviewed

PCMag reviews the new Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight. (An E Ink device you can read in the dark.) And Pocket-Lint offers an Amazon Kindle Touch 3G Review.

The Future for eBooks!

TechCrunch offers an entertaining and optimistic view of the eBook Revolution and the future to come.

eBook News Update

TheStar.com says that Canadian lawyers have now joined in the suit against price-fixer Apple and publishing co-conspirators. Our friend Jorgen dropped by with a link to Rocket Bomber where writer Matt Blind outlines some of the reasons that a bricks and mortar store beats Amazon’s digital might. According to the Financial Post Apple wants to go to …

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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, …

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