Industry News
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.
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 ...