Aug 15
TV Guide has a story about a novel marriage of technologies. After the cancellation of the popular Showtime television series The Borgias fans thought they’d never know how the story was going to turn out.
But thanks to series writer and creator, Neil Jordan, they’ll get closure in the final screenplay he has re-written and released as an eBook available at Amazon and other retailers.
Aug 14
Macworld reports on the free eBook management software Calibre and shows how it can help organize your personal library of eBook titles.
Aug 13
Digital Trends tells us to expect three new Amazon Kindle Fire Tablets in the near future. (A new processor is on the horizon…)
Aug 12
The Sun Sentinel says that the demand for eBooks is draining public library budgets. (That and the greedy pricing policies of publishers.)
Aug 11
Tidbits reports that eBook vendors Amazon, Kobo, and Sony are pushing for exemption from U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) accessibility laws that require “advanced communication services” be accessible to the disabled.
The vendors argue that eReaders are limited devices designed for text displays only.
Aug 09
The Digital Reader says that the eBook market is finding its pace while continuing to grow by 5%. One wonders how the overall market will react when the U.S. Department of Justice finishes with Apple and its price-fixing conspirators and fair competition is given some room to run.
Honestly… The eBook Revolution seems to be unstoppable. It grows despite the illegal and desperate machinations undertaken by these corporate, anti-trust bullies. It’s amazing really. I am looking forward to watching the market react to a more even playing field where eBook prices are not artificially inflated.
The Sacramento Bee says publishers Follett and Hachette will partner to distribute eBooks for children.
GoodeReader posted on the rise of digital AudioBooks.
A new platform, Senserial, will offer eBooks in series style with cliff-hangers released every week.
Digital Book World reports on the new eBook discovery site NextRead.
Aug 08
The Globe and Mail reports that publishers are objecting to limits that the U.S. Department of Justice is hoping to set on future Apple contracts following the guilty verdict for the iPad maker in the recent price-fixing conspiracy trial against the company.
Aug 07
The Financial Post writes that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ purchase of the Washington Post suggests he is about to do to newspaper publishers what his Kindle eBooks have done to the traditional book publishing industry.
Aug 06
TheMarySue.com reports that the works of author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. are among the first to get the fan fiction treatment in the new Kindle Worlds platform. So it goes…
Aug 05
DailyTech says that Apple has rejected the U.S. Department of Justice’s proposals to remedy and safeguard against the illegal behavior that the iPad maker has been tried and found guilty of doing. The unrepentant Apple calls the measures “Draconian.”
