Apr 25

eBook Readers Reviewed

PCMag reviews the new Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight. (An E Ink device you can read in the dark.)

And Pocket-Lint offers an Amazon Kindle Touch 3G Review.

Apr 24

Kindle Touch Reviewed

MSNTech&Gadgets reviews the latest addition to eReading in the UK – the Amazon Kindle Touch.

Apr 23

Reading alternate file formats on Kindle Fire.

TidBITS has a post for Kindle Fire owners who want to read EPUB, PDF and Mobipocket format eBooks on their Android (os) device.

Apr 22

The Future for eBooks!

TechCrunch offers an entertaining and optimistic view of the eBook Revolution and the future to come.

Apr 20

eBook News Update

TheStar.com says that Canadian lawyers have now joined in the suit against price-fixer Apple and publishing co-conspirators.

Our friend Jorgen dropped by with a link to Rocket Bomber where writer Matt Blind outlines some of the reasons that a bricks and mortar store beats Amazon’s digital might.

According to the Financial Post Apple wants to go to court to defend itself against U.S. Justice Department charges that it was involved with a price-fixing conspiracy.

Apr 19

The parties to the eBook price-fixing law-suit take their positions.

Prospectus News updates us on the early positioning in the U.S. Department of Justice anti-trust lawsuit for price-fixing against Apple and publishers Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, the Hachette Book Group, Pearson and Macmillan.

Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster have agreed to settle with the JOD. Hachette and HarperCollins is prepared to pay back about $51-million from the estimated $100-million crime. Simon and Schuster is negotiating restitution with the states.

Apple and the others appear to be willing to fight.

Apr 18

Are eBook Wars Ahead? Maybe but there will be affordable eBooks too.

The Atlantic predicts the eBook Revolution may be headed toward a Book War as a result of the U.S. Justice Department’s anti-trust lawsuit against Apple and its price-fixing co-conspirators.

While it may get rough for a time it is only going to get better for the consumer. Even with the dirty dealings and artificially high prices, the eBook Revolution has been and continues to be a global phenomenon. We’re bound to see some real fireworks now as the mainstream is finally offered fair and affordable eBooks and the devices to read them on.

Is it good for readers? You bet. Just ask anyone who has joined the revolution and you’ll find another happy consumer who is reading more than ever before.

Apr 17

DRM is doomed and lower eBook prices are slow to appear.

ZDNet tells us about the future of digital rights management (DRM) for eBooks. (Will it go the way of the dinosaur?)

PaidContent reports on what readers should expect now that the U.S. Justice Department is suing Apple and co-conspirators. Lower eBook prices? Not yet…

Apr 16

Amazon Kindle sets sights on Japan

The Daily Yomiuri Online reports on Amazon’s ongoing plans to launch a Japan-based eBook service for Kindle by the end of 2012.

Apr 15

Apple claims it did nothing wrong.

CNetNews offers us Apple’s initial response to all of this anti-trust talk, and suggests that we might be looking at years of litigation if the IT innovator decides to fight the US Department of Justice.