How do you brand the digital book of the future? 50% old school, 50% new school.From a design standpoint, Kindle books aren't radically different than their print counterparts. Letters are rendered in pixels rather than ink, and are somewhat adjustable. But otherwise, a digital a book is the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2015-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Last week, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, by a 2–1 margin, affirmed Judge Denise Cote’s 2013 finding that Apple orchestrated a 2010 conspiracy with five major publishers to fix ebook prices. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple did conspire with publishers in the US to fix the prices of ebooks, an appeal court has found. The technology company had appealed against an earlier decision by Judge Denise Cote, who said that Apple and publishers were guilty of conspiring to raise the prices of ebooks. Apple appealed... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook's shiny logo isn't all that's new for the social network today: The outfit's also announced how it plans to split video ad revenue with publishers. Like YouTube, Facebook will give content creators 55 percent of ad revenue and keep the rest,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2015-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
The tech giant is targeting YouTube's clients with a new ad revenue sharing program for video publishers.Facebook has just made another change to its burgeoning video advertising business. Effective today, Facebook is testing out sharing video ad revenue with video partners. The move is similar... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2015-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook can drive a lot of traffic to publishers, but the knock is that a lot of it is fly-by traffic. The Times is using a startup, KeyWee, to find subscribers among the casual readers, though. KeyWee comes up with keywords for articles and then targets the articles to Facebook users who are... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2015-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Social network already has 4bn views a day of its native clips, but helping their creators to make money is its next ambitionVideos uploaded directly to Facebook are watched more than 4bn times a day according to the social network. Now it wants their uploaders to be able to make money from... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
On the same day as Apple Inc.'s release of its much-anticipated Apple Music streaming service, a federal court upheld a ruling Tuesday that states the company illegally conspired with book publishers to drive up prices for ebooks to compete against Amazon.com Inc., USA TODAY reported. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2015-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
An appeals court ruled against Apple’s challenge of a lower court’s decision which found the company liable for illegally conspiring with ebook publishers to jack up prices. A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit voted 2 to 1 against Apple. Writing for the... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2015-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
An appeals court upheld a lower-court ruling that Apple violated antitrust laws to upset Amazon's control of the ebook market. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple violated antitrust laws by colluding with publishers to raise electronic book prices when it entered a market in 2010 that had been dominated by Amazon.com, a divided federal appeals court... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2015-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
A federal appeals court Tuesday let stand a 2013 lower court ruling that concluded Apple conspired with several top book publishers to raise ebook prices. The Justice Department had accused Apple of unfairly taking control of a nascent market that had been dominated by Amazon.com. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2015-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
On the same day that Apple Music launched, Apple received some bad news from the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. In a 2 to 1 vote, judges ruled that the company did conspire with publishers to inflate the prices of ebooks sold through iBookstore, agreeing with a 2013 ruling. The judges found... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2015-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed Judge Denise Cote's 2013 finding that Apple orchestrated a scheme to fix the price of ebooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
A US federal appeals court upholds a ruling that Apple conspired with publishers fix the prices of electronic books. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2015-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
A federal appeals court stood by a 2013 decision that found the tech giant guilty of fixing ebook prices with publishers.Apple's last-ditch attempt to avoid paying $450 million to ebook buyers was just quashed, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2015-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple conspired with publishers to artificially raise the price of ebooks, the Second US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled today, upholding a verdict from 2013. Now that the company has lost its appeal, Apple is expected to pay $450 millio... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2015-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jordan's EkTab and Egypt's Kotobi are sell ebooks and print books online in the Middle East and Africa, where distribution poses a constant challenge. The post Ebookselling Innovation in the Arab World appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new survey showed that Russian readers preferred printed books over eBooks by 49% to 9%, though 37% surveyed said “that they do not read books at all.” The post Russians Who Read Still Prefer Print Over Ebooks appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Digital Content Working Group co-chair Carolyn Anthony told members that ALA officials were "continuing to dialogue" with the Big Five publishers over ebook prices. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]