Industry News
Boyd Morrison: A Detour in the Publishing Journey
16th April, 2012I'm back to where I was in 2009, with a highly praised novel and no one willing to publish it. Before electronic self-publishing became a viable alternative, that would have been the book's death sentence.
Jim Kukral: The New Business Model of Book Publishing
16th April, 2012As more established, quality authors who kept the rights to their work figure out that it's to their advantage to publish themselves on Kindle rather than beg for contracts from \"big\" publishers, there will be an explosion of great work available i...
Amazon’s E-Book Pricing a Constant Thorn for Publishers
16th April, 2012In February, the Educational Development Corporation said it would remove its titles from Amazon, more evidence of the tumult over who gets to decide how much a book costs.
Dan Agin: EBooks: Windbagging the Price Issue
15th April, 2012Here are some truths about the current brouhaha concerning the Department of Justice and the Big Six publishers and Apple controversy.
Apple ebook case won't solve publishing's problems | Emily Bell
15th April, 2012The US department of justice's antitrust case against Apple highlights how little regulators understand the digital worldWatching regulatory bodies deal with issues around fast-moving technologies has always been an agonising business. Not so much an...
Digital butchery makes a monster of Frankenstein
14th April, 2012Mary Shelley's classic horror story has been dismembered for the age of the appMary Shelley's Frankenstein is a classic whose fame is based less on literary merit than, to borrow a phrase from our Olympic organisers, its cultural legacy. It may have ...
Death To The Gatekeepers: Bezos Talks Innovation In The Publishing Space
13th April, 2012The heart of Jeff Bezos' mission has always to circumvent the traditional "gatekeepers" of commerce. He started with books, an industry ripe for disruption, and moved onto, well, everything else. At this point, his vision has come true. The old gatek...
Apple Denies U.S. Accusation of Collusion on E-books
13th April, 2012Apple Inc. said Friday the government's accusation that it conspired with major book publishers to raise the price of e-books is untrue.
The Apple ebook price-fixing lawsuit has terrifying implications
13th April, 2012If Apple loses the US case for alleged price-fixing, Amazon will be left in sole charge of the publishing industryIt's easy to see the positive in the Department of Justice's decision to file a lawsuit against publishers and Apple over ebook pricing:...
Apple lawsuit may spark lower e-book prices
12th April, 2012A return to lower e-book prices and additional industry probes could be forthcoming amid the U.S. antitrust lawsuit against Apple Inc. and several major book publishers.