Remember Google Books (or Google Editions)? Sort of launched and left a bland taste didn’t it? Well it seems the web search giant is finally making a push into the digital content arena, and they’re bringing Google Books with them according to USA Today. The multi-content platform is called Google Play.
Category: eReaders
Machines that read eBooks, Business eDocuments, ePapers, etc.
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 05
Amazon Publishing to allow its eBook editions to sell outside the Kindle store.
Engadget has a story on Amazon Publishing about to sell some of its new titles as print editions and eBooks outside of the Kindle store. It will be interesting to see how this develops since the eBook giant’s print editions were recently pulled from Barnes & Noble book shelves because Amazon refused to sell the …
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 …
Mar 02
Democratized publishing under attack.
Mathew Ingram of Gigaom has a thought-provoking piece on the present and future of the eBook Revolution, as the corporate eBook giants battle for control of the briefly ‘democratized’ playing field. I believe that the basic uncontrollable nature of digital products and the Internet will eventually put these ridiculous attempts at market domination in the …
Mar 01
eBook retailers prepare for the next round.
Mobiledia continues their feature on the fate of eBook pricing. Part Two looks at how eBook retailers prepare for a power play in the eBook Revolution.
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 28
Harry Potter goes digital in libraries.
For a woman who resisted digital publishing and eBooks, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is certainly going ‘all-in’ having made a deal with the OverDrive Platform via the Pottermore website to bring her Muggle-filled franchise to 18,000 public and school libraries in more than 20 languages. Slashgear has the story. Rowling seems to get the eBook Revolution and we …
Feb 27
PayPal goes to the dark side.
TechCrunch reports on PayPal’s outrageous bullying of eBook distributor and publisher Smashwords. It seems PayPal is getting into the censorship business. They have demanded that Smashwords and other eBook distributors remove all works that contain references to bestiality, rape and incest or suffer the punishment of having all PayPal services removed. (Something that Smashwords’ president, Mark …
Feb 24
eBook Rumors update for Feb. 24, 2012
The New York Times reports on Amazon’s recent decision to pull thousands of eBook titles in a bid to change profit sharing contracts with publishers. GottaBeMobile has posted on the upcoming function and price wars between the Amazon Kindle Fire and the now evenly price Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet. The MacObserver says BookReader 3.8 …
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