Ben Hur and Casablanca are among the film scripts to be released as ebooks for the first time by Warner Bros. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2012-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Microsoft and Barnes & Noble are announcing a new partnership to develop and sell educational ebooks on the Nook e-reader. Microsoft is investing $300 million in the subsidiary, while B&N will own the remaining 82 percent of it. (The new operation is being provisionally called "Newco,"... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2012-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Coming up first: A Metro-style Nook e-reader app for Windows 8 that will be available to U.S. and international users. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2012-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Science fiction publisher Tor UK has announced it will stop using the technology that restricts copying from all of its ebooks, in a possible precedent for the industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2012-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nobody partners, or negotiates deals, like Microsoft. That's evident from today's stunning agreement with Barnes & Noble, which is sure to turn the ebook market on its head. The two will jointly invest in Newco, temporary name for ebook venture that incorporates B&N's digital and College... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2012-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Microsoft invests $300m in Barnes and Noble's digital business, providing a boost to the Nook ebook reader. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2012-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Byliner.com, a digital publishing company, withdrew the ebook “After Friday Night Lights” by Buzz Bissinger from Amazon because of a pricing dispute involving a promotional giveaway. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2012-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Booksellers Association's talks with ebook platform providers have intensified after... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The publishing industry has a problem. The old guard haven't innovated. And neither their business models nor their products embrace the digital books revolution. Take the ongoing and complicated spat between Apple and the Justice Department over the agency pricing model and alleged collusion... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2012-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Almost a year after it was first announced 3M's Cloud Library ebook lending service is getting a proper rollout. Introduced today at a beta site in St. Paul, the system is now ready for its kiosks, e-readers and apps to hit the hands and eyes of library patrons. The touch-based Discovery... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Science fiction publisher Tor UK decides to drop anti-piracy restrictions from its electronic books. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2012-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The former publisher of the Wall Street Journal has defended Apple's Ebook Strategy saying it is not only good for Apple, but good for consumers and publishers as well. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2012-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The ebook editions of J K Rowling's Harry Potter series are now available in French, Italian... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
You don't need a special reader to enjoy ebooks if you already own a smartphone or tablet. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2012-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc wants to go to trial to defend itself against U.S. government allegations that it conspired with publishers to raise prices of electronic books, a lawyer for the Silicon Valley giant said in court on Wednesday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2012-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Last week, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Apple and five publishers for allegedly colluding on ebook prices, and class-actions suits in the U.S. continue. Three Canadian law firms are filing class-action suits against as well ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
A brouhaha is shaping up: Apple and book publishers square off against Amazon and the DOJ over the price of an ebook. Who's right? CIO.com's Tom Kaneshige looks back to a Whiz Kid from the '90s for answers. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2012-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette Livre has sold its ebook distribution platform Numilog to its founder and c.e.o. Denis... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple responded to DOJ antitrust accusations claiming it simply leveled the playing field against Amazon's virtual monopoly of the ebook industry. I disagree. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2012-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
In February, the Educational Development Corporation said it would remove all its titles from Amazon, more evidence of the tumult over who gets to decide how much a book costs. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2012-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]