Industry News
How Apple’s Steve Jobs and Book Publishers Cost Consumers Millions
12th April, 2012The Department of Justice complaint against Apple and five major publishing houses reads like a case study: A powerful, entrenched industry desperately tries to confront an economic disruption caused by the rise of a new technology, only to face char...
Are Enhanced E-Book Apps Worth It?
9th April, 2012What are app-enhanced books doing to our imaginations?
Amazon Lights Up Your Screen With Next-Gen E-Ink Kindle
7th April, 2012David Coldewey at TechCrunch caught a glimpse of the future. The new e-Ink Kindle will apparently let you finally read in the dark without the help of extra lighting: The device I saw was crudely camouflaged in a sort of cardboard enclosure, but the ...
Nonprofit “Digital Public Library Of America” To Launch In April 2013
5th April, 2012The Google Books project (just today pared down a bit) always impressed me with its sheer scope. Offering modern e-books is all well and good, but that's more of a business problem. It's the scanning and free availability of thousands upon thousands ...
Publishers Sue As Boundless Learning Grabs $8M For An Open Alternative To Textbooks
5th April, 2012It seems it's a big news day for eBooks and eTextbooks. Google is winding down its eBook service for indie publishers, while Apple and top publishers are the subjects of domestic and European probes into eBook price-fixing. On top of that, Boston-b...
Google Winding Down E-Book Reselling Program To Focus On Play
5th April, 2012The American Booksellers Association sent a letter to its members today announcing that Google was putting an end to its reseller program, which allowed independent bookstores to operate an e-book storefront using Google as the wholesaler. The news w...
No "free" ride in the e-publishing handover
29th March, 2012Writers need to get real as they square up to the e-revolutionIt was only a matter of time, and now it's happening. The e-revolution has already begun to inspire vigorous, thoughtful and practical suggestions about the way in which the creative commu...
Pottermore, Day 2: Here Come The Complaints
28th March, 2012J. K. Rowling’s Pottermore shop, the exclusive source for Harry Potter e-books and digital audiobooks, launched yesterday, and some muggles aren’t happy.
How Pottermore cast an ebook spell over Amazon
28th March, 2012...And why Harry Potter's move into epublishing is digital magicTake a look at Amazon's ebook site and do a search for Harry Potter books and you will see something genuinely marvellous. Something that will warm the cockles of every publisher in the ...
How Pottermore Might Change eBooks Forever
27th March, 2012NEW YORK -- The Harry Potter books are finally on sale in electronic form, and they have a special magical touch to them: In a...