Read this article at CNN about the ridiculous $1.9 million fine handed down to mother and internet music pirate, Jammie Thomas-Rasset. While you do, imagine the word ‘eBooks’ in place of ‘songs,’ and substitute ‘publishers’ for ‘Recording Industry of America…’ The high price of eBooks and attempts to control the product with DRM (locked) files will create …
Category: Rumors
Jun 15
Amazon’s ASIN versus ISBN
We talked about this before, but I have to wonder when this is going to become a thorn in everyone’s side. (Especially those agencies authorized to print money issuing ISBN for every damn thing). Now that Amazon is embracing the vast number of Independent authors and artists by issuing unique Amazon Standard Identification Numbers regardless …
Jun 10
California Governor sets his sights on the future…
I will resist the urge to make any ‘killer robot’ allusions or asides. Sometimes a governor is just a governor. The Ventura County Star reports California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announcing the adoption of the nation’s first Free Digital Textbook Initiative designed to save schoolboards (and his financially strapped state) millions of dollars per year. Read …
Jun 08
Digital book “ecosystem?”
Here‘s a story at Top News about Google’s plans to get up in Amazon’s grill and offer a sales and search platform to eBook authors, publishers and stores. I’m cool with it. Competition is good for business. My only concern is we’re really talking about an online marketplace for digital books, aren’t we? It worries me when …
May 29
More interesting deals…
I thought I’d add this item to my conspiracy theory of yesterday, where I intimated questionable integrity on the part of the New York Times’ coverage of the Kindle phenomena. Here we have a well-written article in Wednesday’s (May 27/09) online edition of the New York Times called: “Don’t Quit that Kindle Just Yet” by David …
May 26
Tuesday, quiet on the digital front…
Even saying that, I know that something’s going to break out the second after I post this. In lieu of any breaking news, and to save you from my usual eBook Revolutionary blather, I’ll offer a link to an interesting article by Marion Maneker from The Big Money. Read it here. Maneker links publishing’s fertile …
May 24
THIS JUST IN…
Looks like the squeaky wheel gets the grease after all, yah? Consumer discontent has forced Apple to reverse its decision to deny the Eucalyptus eBook reader a place at the App store. Now they’re welcoming it. Read the story here. Let’s face it, Apple’s reasons for ousting them were pretty fishy.
May 24
What’s Apple Doing?
The Apple App store has denied the Eucalyptus eBook reader entry for rather sketchy reasons. Read about Apple’s recent mystifying move here at Techwhack. I have to wonder if this illogical move is a sign that Apple is starting to prepare the ground for the release of its much anticipated media(pad) tablet? It reminds me a …
May 22
More from the Apple Orchard
We’ve mentioned this many times. It’s clear to all that something’s coming. Apple is working on a 7 to 10 inch touch-screen tablet for release in the first half of 2010 according to an article here at eWeek.com. They’re also quoting a price in the $500 to $700 range, and while that’s a lot of …
May 21
Apps and eBook Jackets
A couple of developments in the eBook Revolution today…almost want to say Evolution…yah. Amazon has released a more mobile-friendly Kindle 1.1 App for iPhone and iPod Touch. Among other things it allows portrait or landscape modes for reader preference and a lock so it doesn’t accidentally switch orientation. Check out the full announcement here at cnetnews. …
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