AmericanLibraries has posted an excellent feature on the eBook Revolution and lists all the major players. It’s really worth a read.
Category: Affordable eBooks
Online book sellers and authors offering affordable options for eBook readers.
May 17
Harry Potter casts his spell for Kobo eReaders.
Digital Spy reports on Amazon rival Kobo inking a deal at Pottermore that will make all 7 of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books available on Kobo eReaders and accessible via the Kobo eReading app for cell phones, computers and tablets.
May 09
Reading Habits in the eBook Nation
Many thanks to Muhammed Saleem for sending in this link to an Online Universities infographic about the eBook Nation.
May 06
$5-million in sales for Pottermore’s first month of operation.
Here’s a GoodeReader story that has to worry publishers the world over. J. K. Rowling’s site Pottermore reported almost $5-million in sales of Harry Potter eBooks in its first month of operation.
May 04
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 …
May 03
Author talks his publisher into joining the eBook Revolution.
After encouraging people to pirate his eBooks, author Paulo Coehlo has talked his publisher into selling most of his catalog for .99 per title. Techdirt has the story on Coehlo’s efforts to drag his publisher into the eBook Revolution.
May 02
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.
Apr 26
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.
Apr 22
The Future for eBooks!
TechCrunch offers an entertaining and optimistic view of the eBook Revolution and the future to come.
Apr 19
The parties to the eBook price-fixing law-suit take their positions.
Prospectus News updates us on the early positioning in the U.S. Department of Justice anti-trust lawsuit for price-fixing against Apple and publishers Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, the Hachette Book Group, Pearson and Macmillan. Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster have agreed to settle with the JOD. Hachette and HarperCollins is prepared to pay back about $51-million …
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