PCWorld posted on a rumor that Amazon.com will soon be giving its Kindle eBook Reader away FREE. While many feel this is a given regarding Amazon Prime customers, there is a trend in Kindle sales that predicts its relative pricing free fall will end at a FREE eBook Reader by November of 2011. CNN offers …
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Mar 06
eBook Consumers ready to spend, but want a fair price.
Many thanks to Jorgen for the link to a FutureBook story that updates us on eBook pricing and reports on how much tech-savvy consumers are willing to pay.
Mar 05
FREE SPRING ISSUE OF DARK VALENTINE MAGAZINE IS HERE
Download the FREE issue here or click the cover. Featuring fifteen stories filled with dark desires, selfish needs and compelling urges, the spring issue of Dark Valentine caps the magazine’s first year of publication with contributors from as far away as Poland. “It’s been a fantastic year for the magazine,†says publisher Katherine Tomlinson. “We …
Mar 04
Librarians Challenge HarperCollins eBook Loan Life
Galleycat offers some video of librarians challenging HarperCollins recent decision to allow libraries a maximum of only 26 eBook loans before HarperCollins titles have to be re-purchased. This is based on HarperCollins estimate that 26 represents the number of times a print book can be loaned before it is worn out. We talked about it …
Mar 03
EU Officials Raid Publishers
Thanks Jorgen for a link to a post at eBookMagazine regarding European Union Officials raiding several publishers because “the Commission has reason to believe that the companies concerned may have violated EU antitrust rules that prohibit cartels and other restrictive business practices.” These raids follow news of the UK Office of Fair Trading’s investigating the …
Mar 02
Apple iPad 2 Launches – Thinner, lighter, faster…
AppleInsider has the details of the new iPad2 announced today by none other than Steve Jobs at a special press event in San Francisco. The tablet market is expecting a hundred-plus new competitors over the next 18 months, so it’s little surprise that Apple has already upgraded their industry leading full-color, multi-function tablet device. iPad2 …
Mar 01
Indie Author Makes Millions in the Kindle Store
Digitaltrends has an encouraging story for authors and readers that should send publishing industry executives (and agents) scrambling back to the drawing board. Contrary to what they’ve been trying to get us to believe, the eBook Revolution has changed things and the old business model cannot be grafted or forced onto digital publishing. Apparently, Indie …
Feb 28
Rupert Murdoch = Draconian Overlord of Publishing…
Ok. Maybe I overstated the case, but the publishing arm of Rupert Murdoch’s empire has declared war on public libraries. A Harper Collins eBook can be loaned out by a library only 26 times! TWENTY-SIX! Murdoch says that number is based on a several factors “including the average lifespan of a print book, and wear …
Feb 27
More on the Apple Apps changes.
Many thanks to Jorgen for sending along a link to a FutureBook story that continues with the discussion that has developed since Apple changed its requirements for iPad Apps that allow consumers to purchase through a third party. The new rules are Apps must allow an either/or button so consumers can buy through the third …
Feb 26
French Publishers Pass on Adobe DRM
Jorgen dropped off a link to a TeleRead story about 100 French publishers deciding to pass on the Adobe Digital Rights Management (DRM) that many publishers have adopted to control the sale and distribution of eBooks. (It also regulates the options of consumers who buy the eBooks legally.) Worth the read. (The Google translation of …
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