Leaked Windows 10 build shows Creators Update is getting an ebook store

Google has one, Apple has one, Amazon has one, so Microsoft seems to feel that it should have one too. We're talking ebook stores, and a leaked version of Windows Mobile reveals that this is something that is due to be added to the Windows Store. While Microsoft has been slowly but surely building up its store ecosystem, the focus has been mainly on apps so far, with music and video thrown in for good measure. With the company having fairly recently added EPUB support to Microsoft Edge, the arrival of ebooks is perhaps not entirely surprising, but Microsoft is… [Continue Reading] Continue reading at 'Betanews'

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Apple executive Eddy Cue defends ebook deals at antitrust trial

Government lawyers allege the agreements Apple signed in 2010 with five publishers amounted to a conspiracy to get consumers to pay more for electronic books.NEW YORK — Eddy Cue, the Apple Inc. executive in charge of negotiating the company's controversial ebook deals, defended how the tech... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple tells price fixing courtroom it owns 20 percent of the ebook market

Apple director Keith Moerer said in court on Tuesday that the company holds about 20 percent of the US ebook market, double the size commonly assumed. The revelation came after the Department of Justice tried to bolster its price fixing case against the company by asserting that "Apple forgot to... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2013-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Philip Pullman argues that authors are being shortchanged on ebook loans

Few people understand the magic of libraries better than Philip Pullman, author of His Dark Materials, but all is not well when it comes to digital lending. As the soon-to-be president of the Society of Authors, Pullman is leading the charge against publishing houses that may be shortchanging... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2013-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Court hears terse testimony in ebook trial

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[ Stuff | 2013-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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SoA warns publishers over ebook loans to libraries

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Zola gets exclusive on Time Traveller ebook

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bowker: self-published ebooks 12% of sales

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Six new Waterstones stores to open

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Winnie-the-Pooh and Penguin take the stage in ebook trial

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[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ BBC World | 2013-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple cost readers hundreds of million of dollars by conspiring with five major publishers to fix prices, government says. Apple says the antitrust case is bizarre. NEW YORK — Apple Inc. and five major publishers conspired to fix prices on ebooks, costing consumers hundreds of millions of... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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[ BBC World | 2013-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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