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.
May 2012 archive
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.
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