Diesel eBooks inks promising deal.

An interesting post over at GoodeReader where leading independent eBook seller Diesel eBooks has signed a deal to share its 1/2 million title catalog with airlines and hotels.

This is a new take on the eBook Revolution.

The book versus eBook discussion

A ZDNet article entitled “Should We Come Up with a New Term for Books?” wonders whether the eBook debate rages because of simple semantics.

The book as a species has evolved into several different forms, perhaps the discussion could be simplified by addressing them separately.

$5-million in sales for Pottermore’s first month of operation.

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.

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 scenario for readers, writers and publishers.

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.

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.

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.

Microsoft bets on Barnes and Noble Nook

A special thanks to our friend Jorgen who dropped off a link to a Futurebook post on a story that is all the talk of the eBook Revolution today.

Microsoft is investing $300-million in the Barnes and Noble digital book business a.k.a. Nook.

The plot thickens at Barnes and Noble

The Register reports on the rumored division in Barnes and Noble books and eBooks.

eBook Revolution Update.

Warren Adler for the Huffington Post tells us to disregard the hype about an eBook Monopoly. (It ain’t gonna happen…)

PCMag suggests publishers clean up their eBooks (typos, etc.) now that digital publishing is here to stay.

Channel7News says eBook prices may drop for the short term.

GalleyCat posted on Sony’s offer of a free Harry Potter eBook with a Sony eReader purchase.