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.
Category: eReaders
Machines that read eBooks, Business eDocuments, ePapers, etc.
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.
May 01
More on the Microsoft/Barnes and Noble deal.
You can read more on the Microsoft move into the eBook Revolution at  ZDNet. The Microsoft/Barnes and Noble Nook pairing will be worth watching.
Apr 30
Microsoft bets on Barnes and Noble Nook
A special thanks to our friend Jorgen who dropped off a link to a Futurebook post on a story that is all the talk of the eBook Revolution today. Microsoft is investing $300-million in the Barnes and Noble digital book business a.k.a. Nook.
Apr 27
eBook Revolution Update.
Warren Adler for the Huffington Post tells us to disregard the hype about an eBook Monopoly. (It ain’t gonna happen…) PCMag suggests publishers clean up their eBooks (typos, etc.) now that digital publishing is here to stay. Channel7News says eBook prices may drop for the short term. GalleyCat posted on Sony’s offer of a free Harry …
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 25
eBook Readers Reviewed
PCMag reviews the new Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight. (An E Ink device you can read in the dark.) And Pocket-Lint offers an Amazon Kindle Touch 3G Review.
Apr 24
Kindle Touch Reviewed
MSNTech&Gadgets reviews the latest addition to eReading in the UK – the Amazon Kindle Touch.
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