In an effort to lose hearts and insult fans, Stephen King’s publisher, Scribner is trying to blatantly manipulate his “constant readers” by withholding the release of the digital version of his new novel. The move is supposed to force sales of the hardcover version (and profits…). Oh, and here’s the dumbest part of their plan: the digital version will …
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Oct 15
Barnes and Noble eBook Reader to Launch Next Week
ZDNet’s got the scoop and apparently pictures of the rumored Barnes and Noble eBook Reader designed and set to launch through a partnership with IREX and Plastic Logic. Read the story and see the pictures here. So this is going to heat things up, with Barnes and Noble’s long track record as book seller and distributor, …
Oct 06
January 19 Launch for the Apple Tablet?
I’ll have to start my work day earlier if I want to beat Jorgen to the punch. Thanks for the link! Here we’ve got a story at The Telegraph where more specifics are given on Apple’s elusive eBook Reading beast. The article quotes Jeremy Horowitz, editor-in-chief of the Apple rumor site iLounge quoting a ‘”reliable” unnamed source’ that said Apple …
Oct 03
Simon & Shuster & the VOOK.
We talked about the Vook before. Well, it’s back. Simon & Schuster has started an online video book (VOOK) service available in formats for iPhone and Web browsers. Okay, to recap from an article at Internetnews.com, vooks “blend text and video into ‘a seamless reading experience to advance the plot and enhance the sense of place.’” You’ll …
Sep 15
Astonishing Adventures Magazine – FREE Online Reading
I found an interesting online magazine while I was out cruising the web researching other ways of doing the publishing thing digitally–it can’t all be about the eBooks, can it? Anyway, this one impressed me. Astonishing Adventures Magazine is an interactive ‘virtual’ publication uploaded to issuu.com. Issuu.com is an online clearinghouse for digital content from …
Sep 07
Scribd.com Continues to Impress
Scribd.com is growing in size, function–AND POPULARITY. They boast: “Tens of millions of readers. Millions of documents. 35 billion words.” Sign in to purchase eBooks from some of the world’s leading authors and independents for direct download to your eBook Reader or other handheld device. They offer an excellent pdf-based file format for online reading at your desk or …
Sep 01
“Muscular Debate” over eBook Pricing
Thanks to Jorgen for pointing us to this article at the Financial Times about the debate over eBook Pricing. Seems publishers are still blaming the greedy authors. More hilarious quotes as publishers continue to sell us this theory that they’ve never really made much money anyway, and this $9.99 per eBook at Amazon (STILL WAY TOO …
Aug 28
An Aggressive move by Google!
It was a fight between eReaders by Sony and Amazon that Google Books is now going to turn into an outright mugging. Two weeks ago Sony adopted the open EPUB format for its eBooks and various eBook Readers. (Once it’s downloaded the eBook is yours to read on any device you want.) Now Google Books …
Aug 21
Google Books Action Sparks Powerful Alliance
Another update on the continuing debate over Google Books’ ambitions, the rights of authors and publishers, and now the rights of other monopoly-minded corporations. It seems that Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo have agreed to sign up for the Open Book Alliance in an attempt to stop Google’s push to create the world’s largest virtual library. …
Aug 16
Sony explains change of heart…
Here’s a story at BBC.COM about Sony’s adoption of the EPUB format. I’m mentioning it again because the move is revolutionary for eBooks and begins opening up the market to the practical and flexible features of the Internet and digital technology. And because of this quote: “Partial figures gathered by the International Digital Publishing Forum …
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