Alexander Wolfe at Informationweek.com here describes the exercise in futility that has become the debate over the scourge of eBook piracy and content control. I don’t think he is trying to solve the problem, rather it’s an attempt to advance the discussion by invoking some description of eBook piracy’s impact on the content-creator or author. …
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May 09
More on Paying for Web Content
It seems every time Amazon does something with Kindle, we get a bunch of new eReaders jumping onto the market, and the debate over copyright and paying for content flares up again. I can understand why they’re talking about it all over the news and here at CNN.  KINDLE DX is ‘perfect’ for displaying large format content …
May 04
SAY NO to DRM!
Read a press release from Kitabe announcing the expansion of DRM Free MP3 Audio Book Downloads here. So, if a leading audiobook retailer understands its product should be DRM-free, why are the eBook heavyweights Amazon, Mobi, Fictionwise, etc. still pedalling that contentious form of content control? DRM HURTS CONTENT CREATORS and CONSUMERS by PROMOTING PIRACY! When …
May 02
Wattpad: Free eBooks for your Digital Library
For your weekend reading pleasure Wattpad.com offers eBooks to Mobile users. They’ve got a really interesting and large selection of free eBooks formatted for your favorite device. Not just the old public domain stuff either. (Ever read Moby Dick on a cell phone?) Writers and publishers are using it to show off their wares, and …
Apr 26
Get Free eBooks!
I mentioned this site before, and thought I’d bring it up again for all you early adopters building eBook libraries. It has to be their name: getfreeebooks.com (just about a perfect!). Anyway these guys are driving a ton of traffic and pushing a lot of e-ink. Check out getfreeebooks.com. They’ve got a wide selection that …
Apr 22
Ok. It’s Cool, but old news can’t be New News, can it?
Here’s Random House re-introducing a tried and true technology to the ongoing evolution of the eBook Revolution, and calling it their own ‘enhancement.’ There’s a story about them adding special features to eBook DVD’s. Read it here in the National Post. I say it’s old news because authors have been using the Internet for this very purpose …
Apr 21
WATTPAD Available on BlackBerry
Wattpad announced its mobile application is available on APP World at BlackBerry. It was restored after BIM approved the APP’S use on its devices. Wattpad is the world most popular eBook sharing site. Read the full story here at Wireless Developer Network. Wattpad was founded in 2006 with a mandate to revolutionize the way people consume …
Apr 20
END PIRACY NOW: Stop ripping off the consumer!
These same old arguments and worries always tick me off, yah? They talk about how great the new technology is and then start telling horror stories about piracy and content control. Read the full story at The National here. Peter Cox, an author and literary agent who founded the online writers’ community Litopia is quoted …
Apr 19
Nostalgia Already…
Harry McCracken has posted a fun little piece listing the 8 Reasons he’s going to miss books. Read the article here at Technologizer.com. He’s got a Kindle, so he’s not singing the blues. He’s just looking back at an era with a wistful eye. Give me a tissue, yah!
Apr 15
eBook 101 – For New Recruits
Okay, I don’t want those in the know to be offended, but there is a HUGE and CURIOUS group of people out there searching the Internet with a lot of questions. (The mainstream?) And they’re coming to eBook Rumors for answers. (The smart ones anyway…yah?) It is still so very early in the technology. Word travels far …
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