POD publishers file antitrust suit againt Amazon
Today BookLocker.com has filed an antitrust suit against Amazon.com on behalf of POD (Print On Demand) publishers. It all started in late March when Amazon contacted a number of US small presses and...
View ArticleSimon & Shuster make 5000 more e-books available for Kindle
In a joint statement today, Amazon.com and Simon & Schuster said will make 5,000 additional titles available for the Amazon Kindle in 2008. “At Simon & Schuster, we are excited by how many...
View ArticlePrinceton University to publish Kindle textbooks
Princeton University Press has announced that it will start publishing Kindle edition textbook this fall, according to Inside Higher Education, Princeton will follow other prominent educational...
View ArticleChristian publishers are adding thousands of new titles for Kindle e-books
An Amazon.com press release today revealed that 11 top Christian publishers are to make available thousands of e-book for the Kindle. From the Amazon.com press release; Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN),...
View ArticleEsquire magazine will publish next months issue with an e-ink cover
Esquire Magazine celebrates its 75th birthday this year. To celebrate this milestone Esquire has partnered up with a Cambridge, Massachusetts based technology company, E Ink Corporation (the same...
View ArticleKindle is a hit with readers but terrifying to publishers
The Kindle has been around since November 2007 and Amazon has yet released any sales figures. Anecdotal evidence suggests that Amazon has sold anywhere between 40,000 – 140,000 Kindle units per month...
View ArticleAre e-books ready for technical content?
If e-book readers are to ever catch on then they must be able to display all kinds of documents and information, from novels to picture albums to technical documents. This presents a challenge for...
View ArticleAmazon Launches Publishing Imprint
All over the world there are people doing their best to, and sometimes managing to, publish the next great novel. Not even the most shortsighted reader can truly indulge the thought that all enjoyable...
View ArticleBarnes & Noble Opens Self-Publishing
After years of Amazon’s dominance in the self-publishing ebook marketplace, Barnes & Noble(NYSE:BKS) has decided to enter the scene. Eligible independent publishers and self-publishing authors...
View ArticleAmazonEncore’s Fall Lineup
Amazon’s(NASDAQ:AMZN) first publishing imprint, AmazonEncore, has announced plans to bring us ten titles for the fall of this year from a variety of areas. For those who are unaware, AmazonEncore is a...
View ArticleAmazon Incentivizes Digital Discounts
As things come to a head between publishers and providers, and as Barnes & Noble(NYSE:BKS) and Amazon(NASDAQ:AMZN) compete over the digital self-publishing market, Amazon is attempting to place...
View ArticleKindle Publishing Made Easy By Adobe
A while back, Amazon’s(NASDAQ:AMZN) Kindle publishing platform made headlines for its remarkable offer of 70% royalties, under the right circumstances, to self-publishing authors wanting to make their...
View ArticleReactions to Free E-books
Lately, I can’t help myself but notice a new emerging movement of free e-books haters. Mind you, I’m not talking about the pirated free e-books haters. That emotional response to copyright infringement...
View ArticleWhy Some People Are Annoyed By Kindle Book Sales Numbers
Not too long ago, Amazon(NASDAQ:AMZN) announced that they were finally officially selling more Kindle Edition eBooks than they were print books, even discounting free book downloads. It was a big deal...
View ArticleWill Rowling’s ‘Pottermore’ Change Digital Distribution As We Know It?
J.K Rowling, long term eBook holdout, has decided to finally let the Harry Potter series out for the Kindle and into the eReading marketplace in general. It’s good news for fans of Harry Potter, fans...
View ArticleClass Action Lawsuit Seeks To Bring Value Back To Kindle eBooks
For those who have been paying attention, it doesn’t come as much of a shock to hear that people are unhappy about the rise in price of Kindle eBooks caused by the Agency Model pricing forced on Amazon...
View ArticleKindle Success Spurs Apple To New eBook Moves
Recent reports indicate that later this month we can expect to see Apple host a press conference related to, of all things, eBooks. After news that the Kindle Fire has had a noticeable impact on iPad...
View ArticleApple Attacks Kindle Publishing With iBooks Author, Drama Ensues
We are well aware now what the big Apple announcement for January was: their new iBooks Author program. It is a program that allows for easy creation of books, most notably textbooks, for free....
View ArticleThoughts on Kindle Publishing
When it comes to publishing an indie book, the Kindle Direct Publishing program has done wonders for new authors all over the place. Some, like John Locke and Amanda Hocking, have manages to hit it...
View ArticleAmazon vs B&N Conflict May Mean More Kindle Exclusives
In what is just the latest point of conflict between Amazon and Barnes & Noble over their relative positions in book sales, B&N has announced that they are unwilling to stock any Amazon...
View ArticleThe Amazon Kindle, eBooks, and Piracy
While it is hardly the only place that media piracy is coming up these days, eBook piracy is very much on the minds of publishers and booksellers. There has been some informed speculation made that...
View ArticleHow Publishers Can Kill the Kindle by Trusting Customers
There is no avoiding the fact that the Big 6 publishers created their own problem in the Kindle. Amazon provided them with an easy way to start making a move into digital publishing when it was just...
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