eBook Rumors has been such a serious little blog lately, I thought I’d take a breath and direct the Valentine’s Day procrastinators in the crowd to something a little lighter at Ubergizmo.com where they’ll find a post about a cool gift that Sony’s offering. Check out the specifics at the link.
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Feb 11
And then the eBook Readers said:
So, I talked yesterday about a missing voice in the eBook pricing debate. Well, Jorgen dropped off a link to an article in The New York Times by Motoko Rich and Brad Stone where that voice is heard loud and clear. Read the article “E-Book Price Increase May Stir Readers’ Passions” here. This is a …
Feb 10
More on eBook Pricing. Now Google gets into the debate…
Here’s a story from the geniuses at The New York Times entitled: “Publishers Win a Bout in E-Book Price Fight” in which it is proposed that the big publishers are ready to talk tough with Internet Giant Google after recent ‘wins’ in debates over pricing with Apple Tablet and now Amazon.com. Google plans to monopolize …
Feb 09
More Publishers Join Macmillan’s Unsupportable eBook Pricing Model
Thanks Jorgen for dropping off this link to a story at Information Week about eBook prices ‘ratcheting’ up after Amazon’s dustup with Macmillan Publishing. Apparently, News Corp.’s HarperCollins and Hachette Book Group have decided to join hands with Macmillan and make their eBooks unpopular with everyone but eBook Pirates. Those publishers have decided that Amazon’s $9.99 eBook …
Feb 07
Amazon versus Macmillan from a different perspective.
Here’s a different take on the Amazon and Macmillan showdown. Nathan Bransford, literary agent, offers a post called The Kindle Missile Crisis. Excellent read. I think the moral to the story is the consumer will ultimately dictate prices. (After the pirates have filled their pockets on the illicit sale of overpriced digital booty!) We also …
Feb 05
Greed Kills: The Big Publishers Open Door to eBook Pirates
Thanks Jorgen for a link to an article at uberreview.com called “E-books: Why Greed Will Cost E-Book Publishers In The End” that predicts the outcome of the recent move by the largest publishing houses to strong arm Amazon and Apple into raising eBook prices. This profiteering highlights the amateurism and lack of vision that has plagued the …
Feb 04
Sony Readers, Kindles, iPads and Nooks aside…
Just so we don’t lose sight of what this is really all about. Here is an excellent and detailed article posted by publicola.com’s Glenn Fleishman entitled: “How Many eBooks, Ultimately?” Lots of information about the past and future of book titles. An excellent read. Imagine having access to the history and future of books. Literally …
Feb 03
Apple Gets Controlling – My iPad Way or the Highway!
In a move reminiscent of Amazon’s most despotic market machination, Apple has ordered Lexcycle to disable its hit App Stanza’s ability to share files via the USB cable. Read the story at VentureBeat. Conspiracy theorists whisper that it’s another step in Apple’s attempt to isolate its iPad and iPhone from the competition. (The USB hookup …
Feb 01
Amazon and Macmillan Struggle over Pricing
Take this link from Jorgen to an article at the Wall Street Journal about some nasty market moves that were made by Amazon.com and Macmillan Publishing over the last few days. Macmillan balked at Amazon’s pricing and was rewarded by Amazon removing all Macmillan titles from their sales lists. Then, following a high level exchange AMAZON …
Jan 28
iBooks on the Apple iPad
It stands to reason that we’ll all be inundated with stories and articles about the Apple iPad. As the dust settles, we’re starting to get to the specifics. Ok. We’ve all heard that it’s just a big iPhone, but it does have eBook reading capability and that’s what we were waiting to hear. PCWorld goes …
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