PublishersWeekly offers some specifics on the settlement agreed to by publishers sued for colluding with Apple and other publishers to fix eBook prices. The post lists some of the restrictions Hachette, Simon & Schuster and HarperCollins will have to respect in future business dealings.
Category: eReaders
Machines that read eBooks, Business eDocuments, ePapers, etc.
Aug 03
eBook Revolution Headlines for August 3
CNet offers a how-to description and video for printing eBook pages. (Think students, essays and reports.) Publisher’s Weekly quotes a Book Industry Study Group report that says eBook Readers are buying more print books. The Denver Post says that eBook fans make a  treasure hunt of finding rare or unusual titles. PaidContent reports on the paths certain …
Aug 02
The Google Analytics for eBooks
PaidContent reports on HipType’s desire to be the Google Analytics for eBooks and their publishers.
Aug 01
eReaders prefer Amazon Kindle Fire over iPad
DigitalBookWorld quotes a Book Industry Study Group and Bowker report that puts the Amazon Kindle Fire just ahead of the Apple iPad as preferred eReading device.
Jul 31
Research in Motion prepares iPad challenger.
With Apple off prepping a smaller tablet to go up against the Kindle Fire and Google Nexus 7, BGR says RIM is increasing the size of their PlayBook to challenge iPad.
Jul 30
Google Nexus 7 tablet reviewed at Time.
Time Techland spent 30 days with the Google Nexus 7 Tablet and came away impressed. (Thank god! Maybe we can read Google’s gigantic eBook library on it.)
Jul 29
Used eBooks for sale? Sounds fishy to me…
PublishersWeekly offers a story on a plan by ReDigi to sell used eBooks. I’m not sure the term “used” makes any sense in a digital world.
Jul 27
eBook Revolution update.
USAToday has posted on the most recent cash grab in digital publishing, the mini eBook. You pay a couple of bucks for a sample, condensed version or “out take” written to promote an upcoming novel. GoodeReader reports on Barnes and Noble partnering with FastPencil to bring Indie book titles to physical stores. The OttawaCitizen talks …
Jul 25
News from Amazon and the US Department of Justice
PCMag reports on the five or six new tablet devices rumored to be on the way from Amazon. iDownloadblog posted on the Department of Justice’s response to comments about the pending anti-trust lawsuit against Apple and its gang of price-fixing publishers. The suit will go ahead.
Jul 24
Turf war ahead for Google Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire?
GoodeReader suggests that Google’s new Nexus 7 tablet selling out in U.S. and Canada could be a sign of dark days ahead for the Amazon Kindle Fire tablet. With both machines looking like long lost twins is there a death match ahead or healthy competition?
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