May
25
2011

France attempts to impose e-book prices on Apple, others

Sorry, Apple—French publishers will set the price you can charge for their e-books, according to a new French law. Passed last week by both houses ...
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Mar
23
2011

Our HBGary/Anonymous e-book now available on Amazon

When we launched our first e-book, Unmasked, it was available
Mar
01
2011

Random House caves on agency e-book pricing, may join iBooks soon

Monster publishing house Random House has finally given in over the so-called "agency model" e-book pricing and will begin implementing the pricing changes on ...
Feb
01
2011

Apple responds: we want a cut of Amazon, Sony e-book sales

Apple has responded to the furor over its supposed App Store policy changes that many believe could affect the popular Kindle, Nook, and Sony ...
Dec
15
2010

Amazon’s latest Kindle deletion: erotic, incest-themed fiction

Amazon may be in the process of stirring up some more trouble for itself thanks to reports that the company is deleting certain kinds ...
Dec
14
2010

Japanese publishers complain of pirated books in App Store

A group of Japanese book publishers is taking Apple to task for distributing pirated versions of books by Japanese authors via the App Store. ...
Dec
07
2010

Users can now read full Kindle books online

Amazon expanded its Kindle for Web offering Tuesday by announcing that not only can users read full books from the browser, they can also ...
Dec
01
2010

Google’s bookstore may launch in time for the holidays

Google's settlement with book copyright owners may still be meandering through the courts, but that's apparently not going to stop the search giant from ...
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Dec
01
2010

iPad leading e-book reader demand despite Kindle price advantage

The Amazon Kindle is an excellent e-reader, and the latest version is a good value at $150. Yet Apple's iPad ...
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Nov
02
2010

Feature: Kindle 3: e-book readers come of age

During a stint in California, I once wandered into a ramshackle San Diego bookstore and began browsing the back shelves ...
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Oct
12
2010

Paying for (short) content: Amazon to publish "Kindle Singles"

Amazon is rolling out a separate section of its Kindle store meant for shorter content—meatier than long-form journalism, but shorter than a typical book. ...
Sep
28
2010

Read Kindle book samples right on the Web, sans software

Amazon is continuing its attempt at world domination
Sep
08
2010

Canada probing Apple’s iBookstore over "cultural heritage" worries

On August 20, Canada's Privy Council Office issued an order targeting Apple and the company's new Canadian version of the iBookstore. Referred to simply ...
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