According to Slate, Amazon has lost another battle, this time to HarperCollins that has won the right to overprice its eBooks again. HarperCollins joins the unique club of big publishers that also won the fight with Amazon—Hachette, Simon & Schuster, and Macmillan. You might remember this bunch being found guilty for conspiring with Apple to “fix” prices on eBooks. Remember? It’s …
Category: Rumors
Mar 24
Apple rumored to be #2 eBook retailer in U.S. over B&N
Digital Book World has a post suggesting Apple is now the second largest eBook retailer in the U.S. over Barnes and Noble. There’s more to the story of who comes after first place Amazon at the link.
Mar 21
eBook Revolution Update
ZDNet reports on the top eBook apps for iPad. Digital Book World talks about eBook publishers with their eye on the China market. Talking New Media has some tips for Indie authors. CIO offers 10 Amazon Kindle Fire HDX tablet tricks and tips. TUAW has a Samsung ad that teases iPad, Microsoft Surface and Amazon …
Feb 25
McGraw-Hill and Baker & Taylor to supply 5,000 eBooks for library lending
GoodeReader reports that McGraw-Hill Professional and Baker & Taylor have reached an agreement that will help to swell the list of growing digital titles at school and public libraries by making 5,000 tech, professional and medical titles available for lending.
Jan 23
Ingram adds 400,000 new eBook titles.
According to a PRWeb release Ingram’s OASIS Library Platform, in collaboration with ProQuests’s EBL – eBook library, has added 400,000 new eBook titles.
Jan 08
Slump in eBook sales exaggerated
The Irish Times’ Eoin Purcell reports that the rumors of the 2013 slump in eBooks sales may have been greatly exaggerated. (Or miscalculated…)
Dec 26
Focus on eBook reading data
GoodeReader reports on eBook subscription service start-ups like Oyster and Scribd that plan to focus on eBook reading data.
Oct 25
Digital Publishing Update
PBSMediashift offers the top 10 eBook bestsellers for the week ending October 20. According to GalleyCat the New York Times Style Guide update will spell the word eBook as “e-book,” keeping the dash in place. (Even though the same guide will switch spellings from “e-mail” to “email.” So go figure.) The Library Journal says librarians …
Sep 13
eBook Revolution Update
The Bookseller reports that Amazon has 79% of the UK eBook market. Digital Journal says Nu-book is launching an eReading platform that offers a new suite of solutions for the publishing industry. GoodeReader has a review of the Sony PRS-T3 Reader. Details and video at the link. Digital Book World posted a detailed analysis of …