Time posted on Google positioning itself to jump into the tablet market and a rumored collaboration with Asus to create a 7-inch ‘Nexus’ Android tablet that will hit the shelves priced to sell at $150. With Apple dominating the expensive end of the spectrum, and Amazon Kindle Fire and B&N Nook tablet performing well in …
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Mar 20
Apple sued by Chinese writers.
MercuryNews reports that Apple is being sued for millions by 12 prominent Chinese writers who claim that copies (59 titles) of their work have been sold illegally through the iBookstore.
Mar 16
eBook News Grab Bag.
The Guardian.co.uk offers an article in which author Lloyd Shepherd has a short Q&A with a file-sharer about the sometimes puzzling problem of eBook Piracy. BetaNews says that according to anti-trust lawyers Apple eBook deals are illegal. Indie Author G. Wells Taylor is branching out with the release of Gdy Cmentarze PustoszejÄ… the Polish Language Edition …
Mar 15
eBook Reading and Memory
Time has a story entitled: “Do E-Books Make It Harder to Remember What You Just Read?” that ends up leaning more toward the problem occurring with learning and eTextbooks, than with fiction reading on  E Ink Readers such as Kindle, Kobo or Nook. I know from personal experience that E Ink reading did require some …
Mar 14
eBook Revolution Headlines – March 14, 2012
CNNMoney posted on Encyclopedia Britannica’s decision to stop printing their once ubiquitous tomes in favor of going digital. TechCrunch updates us on PayPal’s recent foray in censorship. They’ve chosen a slightly less draconian approach. The Telegraph.co.uk says eBooks have made reading sexy again. (Did it used to be sexy?) The CorporateCounsel reports that publishers are …
Mar 12
Apple postures for a fight, while co-conspirators jump ship.
PaidContent reports on an Apple court filing where the iPad maker fights back against a pending US Justice Department anti-trust lawsuit by downplaying the Amazon Kindle threat. Instead they’re claiming their newbie status in an Amazon-dominated eBook industry is proof against any conspiracy. All of this while some of the ‘co-conspirators’ (5 Major New York Publishers) are …
Mar 09
eBook Piracy from the inside.
I don’t include this post at Step2 Success Models from the Insight Community as an endorsement of file-sharing or encouragement to pirate eBooks, but it does give a rather frank look into the mind of an individual who has the technical know-how to bypass all of the locks and DRM (digital rights management) that business throws …
Mar 07
Google Play leaps into the digital content provider arena.
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.
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 …
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