Amazon vs. HarperCollins. Will this be different from Amazon vs. Hachette?
So the battle over book pricing may have started a bit earlier this spring. Last year it wasn't in full swing until May. This year is starting with April, assuming the...
Ink Monkey Launches UK Independent Digital Imprint
Former UK music journalist, literary agent, and latterly publishing director at Weidenfeld & Nicolson Neil Taylor has just launched his own new digital imprint, Ink Monkey, hailing 2013 as "The Year...
Amended complaint filed in agency pricing lawsuit
The law firm handling the consolidated class-action lawsuits against publishers over agency pricing filed an amended complaint on January 20th. This complaint, filed against the “Agency Five” excluding Random House, goes...
Apple antitrust plaintiffs ask for $840 million in damages
The Apple e-book case proceeds apace. The class plaintiffs filed a brief asking for summary judgment of damages and putting forward their estimate of the final damage to consumers as being...
Texas, Florida lead transformation to digital textbooks
From the press release:
Florida and Texas led a major push for digital materials in the classroom in 2011, strengthening the foundation for the use of technology intextbook adoption states. According to a...
All major e-book stores run one-day sale on the same 14 e-books
The Kindle app on my Android phone just pinged me that Amazon is running a Gold Box special on 14 popular Kindle e-books today. The available titles include The Martian by...
Publishing’s digital transformation: Key theme at DBW March 7-9
The 7th Annual Digital Book World Conference + Expo (DBW) is focusing on publishing's digital transformation as one of its key themes with numerous speakers offering first-hand accounts of how their...
SFWA ‘doubles down’ in support of Douglas Preston’s petition
Passive Guy over at The Passive Voice reports receiving an email from SFWA headed “SFWA doubling down,” clarifying its position on signing onto Douglas Preston’s open letter decrying Amazon’s hardball tactics...
iBooks 2 and iBooks Author: Another opportunity & headache
From the Vook blog:
People wax nostalgic about the smell of books, but no one pines for the smell of textbooks. They smelled like glue, they were heavy, and they were—usually—boring. So...
"The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore" wins Oscar
http://www.youtube.com/v/Adzywe9xeIU?version=3&feature=player_detailpage
Thanks to Open Culture for the heads up.
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A sad tale of Amazon monetization: eReaderIQ and the affiliate program
Courtesy of the Kboards, a worrying item about struggling e-book sites and their ability to monetize engagement with Amazon - or not - has...
