The eBook Revolution is BUZZING with news of the Harry Potter series releasing as eBooks. MediaBistro reports on the story. J.K. Rowling finally got over her hesitance about digital publishing and via her own web site Pottermore has partnered with all of the major players in the eBook industry to release the series (DRM-FREE) for …
Category: Affordable eBooks
Online book sellers and authors offering affordable options for eBook readers.
Mar 27
What’s a fair price for an eBook?
AL.com continues the discussion on the price of eBooks, citing a ‘creep’ skyward on bestsellers and other popular authors. I think we’ll see some pricing changes come after the US Justice Department completes its anti-trust (price-fixing) lawsuit against Apple and five large New York publishers (Hachette Book Group, Simon & Schuster,MacMillan, Penguin, and Harper Collins). …
Mar 16
eBook News Grab Bag.
The Guardian.co.uk offers an article in which author Lloyd Shepherd has a short Q&A with a file-sharer about the sometimes puzzling problem of eBook Piracy. BetaNews says that according to anti-trust lawyers Apple eBook deals are illegal. Indie Author G. Wells Taylor is branching out with the release of Gdy Cmentarze PustoszejÄ… the Polish Language …
Mar 09
eBook Piracy from the inside.
I don’t include this post at Step2 Success Models from the Insight Community as an endorsement of file-sharing or encouragement to pirate eBooks, but it does give a rather frank look into the mind of an individual who has the technical know-how to bypass all of the locks and DRM (digital rights management) that business throws …
Mar 06
American Library Association asks Random House to reconsider nasty price hike
PublishersWeekly has a statement issued by The American Library Association (ALA) that laments Random House’s recent decision to hike the price of eBooks it sells to libraries by up to 300%.
Mar 04
Stories to start Read an eBook Week
Read an eBook Week runs March 4-10th. So get out there and read an eBook. eBookWeek has more. The Digital Journal offers an Op-Ed piece by Paul Wallis on PayPal’s sudden move toward censorship when it ordered its client eBook publisher/distributor Smashwords to remove questionable fiction books from its catalog. The Sacramento Bee reports on …
Feb 29
eBook Pricing Unfair?
Mobiledia has an in-depth look at the ongoing debate about eBook pricing . We know why the publishers want to charge more, and we know why the public wants to pay less. Will there ever be common ground? (Or will it be up to eBook Pirates and file-sharers to decide?)
Feb 20
eBook Revolution is key to the future of publishing.
Vermont Public Radio reports on the Tools of Change digital publishing conference in New York and suggests that at least part of the traditional publishing world is finally beginning to see the eBook Revolution as a good thing.
Feb 17
February 17 – eBook Revolution Updates
PCWorld gives us this comprehensive list and reviews of the best eBook Readers on the market. (Worth checking out.) BusinesstoCommunity.com gives instruction on reading EPUB books on Android devices. CBCNews says that Canadians are reading more books and eBooks. (10% of all titles sold in Canada are digital.) DigitalJournal reports on eBook publisher BookBaby adding …
Feb 14
Library eBook lending too easy.
Okay, this is getting weird. PCWorld has a story about Penguin (and other publishers) contemplating going ahead with the library lending of eBooks as long as libraries make it difficult to do. Â Frightened publishers want to increase the friction on library users.
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