Tag: e-books

Apple’s Agency Model Was Not Invented For E-Books
Recently we brought you news that the U.S. Justice Department had...
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E-Book Subscriptions: More Publishers are Adding Titles to ebrary’s Academic Complete
Publishers that distribute e-books to libraries under subscription in addition to other models will receive the most value, according to ebrary which is owned by ProQuest. Wiley al...
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Apple Responds To DOJ Price-Fixing Lawsuit
Apple has finally released their own statement concerning the recent lawsuit filed by the...
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Amazon: DoJ Deal With Publishers “Big Win” For Kindle Owners
Following the U.S. Department of Justice's decision to file a lawsuit again...
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Macmillan CEO John Sargent Responds To DOJ Lawsuit
A short while ago we brought you news that Apple and five publishers had been...
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Apple, Publishers Sued By Department Of Justice For E-Book Price Fixing
UPDATE: Bloomberg is now reporting that Simon & Sc...
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DOJ Could Sue Apple Over E-Book Pricing Today
The Department of Justice could be filing a lawsuit against Apple over allegations of e-book price fixing as early as today, according to a recent report. Settlements with several...
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Amazon Introduces the Spanish Version of E-Books
Amazon.com announced a new spanish version of Kindle e-books today, obviously being called, "eBooks Kindle en Español". In ad...
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Feeling Nostalgic For the Encyclopedia Britannica? [Video]
I've been feeling a little nostalgic these past few days, especially in light of the...
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Encyclopedia Britannica to Stop Printing After 244 Years
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 depicts a future world in which books are no longer published, and where members of society instead receive their information in rooms with s...
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Big Reversal On Erotica Policy By PayPal
Last month, PayPal notified a number of important e-book distributors and gave them a su...
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Amazon Moves Towards E-Book Non-Exclusivity
James Atlas will be selling a series of short (25,000-40,000 words long) biographies for Amazon called "Amazon Lives." He will buy and edit at least 12 of them. Aside from the Kind...
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Amazon Kindle Owners’ Lending Library Hits 100,000 Titles and Grows Royalties for Authors
One million Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) select books have been borrowed since the launch of the Kindle Owners' Lending Library program in November. The library now houses over 1...
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Apple Rejects eBook Because It Links To Amazon
Any good and successful company knows that it probably shouldn't go out of its way to promote its competition. I mean, you don't see Microsoft putting out ads that talk about how...
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Paypal Puts Publishers’ Panties In A Wad
So what's got e-book publisher for independent authors Smashwords and others who are concerned about censorship all worked up? Apparently,...
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