PaidContent shares some of the details on Amazon’s special deal with Pottermore CEO Charlie Redmayne that will make Harry Potter e-books free through the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library.
May 09
Reading Habits in the eBook Nation
Many thanks to Muhammed Saleem for sending in this link to an Online Universities infographic about the eBook Nation.
May 08
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.
May 07
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.
May 06
$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.
May 04
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.
May 03
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.
May 02
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.
May 01
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.
Apr 30
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.
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