Mobiledia continues their feature on the fate of eBook pricing. Part Two looks at how eBook retailers prepare for a power play in the eBook Revolution.
Feb 29
eBook Pricing Unfair?
Mobiledia has an in-depth look at the ongoing debate about eBook pricing . We know why the publishers want to charge more, and we know why the public wants to pay less. Will there ever be common ground? (Or will it be up to eBook Pirates and file-sharers to decide?)
Feb 28
Harry Potter goes digital in libraries.
For a woman who resisted digital publishing and eBooks, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is certainly going ‘all-in’ having made a deal with the OverDrive Platform via the Pottermore website to bring her Muggle-filled franchise to 18,000 public and school libraries in more than 20 languages.
Slashgear has the story.
Rowling seems to get the eBook Revolution and we wonder now whether she was fighting the flow or biding her time. Libraries worked to promote sales of her series back in the paper and hard cover days, why wouldn’t they work now?
Feb 27
PayPal goes to the dark side.
TechCrunch reports on PayPal’s outrageous bullying of eBook distributor and publisher Smashwords. It seems PayPal is getting into the censorship business.
They have demanded that Smashwords and other eBook distributors remove all works that contain references to bestiality, rape and incest or suffer the punishment of having all PayPal services removed. (Something that Smashwords’ president, Mark Coker says equates to shutting the business down.)
Smashwords is complying with this order’s deadline of Feb. 28 and I fear will live to regret rolling over on this. Just as PayPal will pay for this outrageous overreach into dictatorship.
Feb 26
eBook Pricing comes under fire.
CBSNews reports on the debate over the high price of eBooks. First adopters who climbed aboard the eBook Revolution are now wondering why the price of digital books remains high or higher than their paper equivalents.
Are they getting tired of the publisher cash grab?
Feb 24
eBook Rumors update for Feb. 24, 2012
The New York Times reports on Amazon’s recent decision to pull thousands of eBook titles in a bid to change profit sharing contracts with publishers.
GottaBeMobile has posted on the upcoming function and price wars between the Amazon Kindle Fire and the now evenly price Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet.
The MacObserver says BookReader 3.8 for Macintosh OS X is a full-featured eBook Reader with an iBooks-like bookshelf  that supports .epub, .doc, .iBooks and many more.
The Sacramento Bee talks about Free eBooks Revolutionizing the publishing industry.
Feb 23
10 eReaders Reviewed by PC&Tech Authority
PC&Tech Authority has reviewed 10 market-leading eReaders and offers us an excellent chart for comparison. Check it out.
Feb 22
Amazon Kindle Full Color E Ink Touch-Screen eReader Coming Soon!
GizmoCrave has more on the soon-to-be-released Amazon Kindle Full Color E Ink Touch-Screen eReader.
Now, that’s exciting!
Feb 22
Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet hits $199
It looks like a Tablet price war might be about to break out according to this Time Techland story about Barnes and Noble releasing their popular Nook Tablet at the Amazon Kindle Fire price point of $199.
That’s a $50 price drop paid for with some minor modifications that put the superior B&N tablet on par with the Kindle Fire’s specifications.
Feb 21
Full Color E Ink Kindle on the way?
BGR.com reports on Amazon’s ambitious plans for 2012 with a Full Color E Ink Kindle coming next month and a 10″ Kindle Fire tablet expected mid-year.
That’s an exciting rumor about Kindle’s adoption of the full color E Ink and flies in the face of multi-tasking tablet fans who had hoped to push E Ink into extinction. You can’t beat the E Ink for reading.
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