GoodeReader speculates on the types of people who take part in eBook Piracy, and offers some solutions to the underground movement of digital editions. I still think the price of eBooks is the biggest motivation for eBook Piracy and illegal file sharing. It’s too easy to justify downloading pirated content when the easily copied, stored …
Category: eBooks
eBook formats listed and discussed.
Jan 25
The eBook Revolution Continues
GoodeReader is on hand for the opening of the major publishing conference Digital Book World 2012 in New York. Business Standard warns students to prepare for the eBook Revolution after Apple’s recent leap into the eText business. The Columbia Tribune Daily has more on the battle for eReader supremacy, and the dangerous adoption of proprietary formats. …
Jan 23
eReader and Tablet ownership almost doubles!
According to CNN the eBook Revolution continues its conquest of the mainstream marketplace with the gift giving season almost doubling the number of eReader and Tablet owners. With ownership by adults jumping from 10% in December 2011 to 19% in January 2012, Â you can bet we’ll see half the adult population in possession of an …
Jan 22
Class-action lawsuit against Apple updated.
The AppleInsider updates us on the class-action lawsuit that says Apple and publishers engaged in a ‘price-fixing conspiracy’ and teamed up to display ‘antagonism’ toward Amazon’s pricing scheme. (Is it just me or is it hard to feel sorry for any of these guys?)
Jan 20
Friday eBook Revolution Headlines
According to Reuters the American Congress has postponed the Monday vote on flawed anti-piracy legislation (SOPA & PIPA) that provoked the Internet to strike. (Us too…) The shelved legislation could have seriously hampered the Internet’s architecture and freedoms, and started a shift of power back to the old status quo. (It would have impacted the …
Jan 19
eBook Market update.
Apple is holding an “Education Event” at the Guggenheim rumored to center around eBook publishing software for iPad and an iBookstore redesign. Time has a link here. EContent gives us a short review of the eBook Revolution in 2011. MarketWatch says eBook ‘discovery’ and sample downloading are booming at public libraries. eBookNewser posted a list …
Jan 18
The Internet Goes on Strike!
eBookRumors.com was proud to join thousands of other web sites today in a global strike to protest the flawed American legislation: Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA). It is an obvious power grab facilitated by connected politicos buckling under pressure from industries that have tried to control digital content since …
Jan 17
E Ink eReaders are faster than they look…
Here’s a very interesting story and video at Liliputing where a ‘hacked’ Sony PRS-T1 Reader running Google Android shows the true potential of E Ink displays.
Jan 16
Libraries struggle with eBook success…
The Washington Post reports that the eBook Revolution is having a major impact on the public library system. It’s a case of being too successful for your own good. With limited digital editions to loan, the library waiting lists are growing insanely long for readers willing to wait. And could any wait feel justified if …
Jan 13
Publishers less optimistic about eBooks in 2012
PaidContent has a post about a recent poll suggesting publishers are not as optimistic about digital publishing as they were a year ago. That’s a blast from the past. Remember when publishers vocally denounced eBooks? Well, they’re feeling a little bit nostalgic now that the writing is on the wall. They’re going to have to …
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