Industry News
Why the death of DRM would be good news for readers, writers and publishers
3rd May, 2012The decision by Tor Books to ditch digital rights management signals the beginning of the end of the ebook format warsAt the end of April, Tor Books, the world's largest science fiction publisher, and its UK sister company, Tor UK, announced that the...
Barnes and Noble, Microsoft and What the Nook Does to the DOJ Case Against Apple
1st May, 2012You?ll have heard the news that has agreed to invest in Barnes and ?s Nook business, creating a new subsidiary and taking the fight to Amazon and . Well, excellent: but this does now throw a little light on the Department of Justice?s case against an...
How Dead Is Amazon's Kindle? Could Be Very Dead
30th April, 2012Where I'd previously have given odds that Barnes & Noble was headed for the rocks, now I worry more about Amazon's Kindle.
Microsoft invests in Nook e-books
30th April, 2012Microsoft invests $300m in Barnes and Noble's digital business, providing a boost to the Nook e-book reader.
The Media Equation: Byliner Takes Bissinger’s E-Book Off Amazon
29th April, 2012Buzz Bissinger’s postscript to “Friday Night Lights” was doing well as an e-book. Then a giveaway involving Apple and Starbucks became a pricing dispute with Amazon.
Can literary fiction survive the ebook age?
27th April, 2012Some claim that literary fiction has 'lost the next generation' of readers – but brilliant writing remains as important as everThe death knell has been sounded for literary fiction often enough that it's great to see someone cheering it on. But whe...
Does Amazon Really Sell The Kindle At Break Even Or a Loss?
27th April, 2012We?ve had Amazon?s stonkingly good results out and there?s one point in some of the commentary that I?m not quite sure is right. That?s the implication that Amazon is using the Kindle as a loss leader, that it?s selling it at break even or even at a ...
Amazon's profits beat forecasts
26th April, 2012Amazon posts better-than-expected profits after the world's biggest retailer cuts costs and boosts sales of Kindle tablets.
Amazon CFO Dodges Questions On Antitrust, Patents, Kindle Plans
26th April, 2012Amazon just wrapped up its earnings call for the first quarter fo the year, and the most common phrase may have been, "I probably can't help you." To be fair, earnings calls are always a dance, where analysts try to pry more financial details and fu...
ComScore: Amazon’s Kindle Fire Now Has Over Half The U.S. Android Tablet Market (And All The Mindshare?)
26th April, 2012On the same day that Amazon will be releasing its quarterly earnings, some research from comScore underscores just how far the company has come since launching its Kindle Fire tablet in November 2011. The researchers say that as of February 2012, Am...