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Patent lawyer explains rejected Google Books settlement for the rest of us
If you’re in publishing, you probably can already hit all the main points of the Google Book Search settlement story without crib notes, but it can still seem like a complicated mess to outsiders. The website Practical eCommerce asked an … Continue reading
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Tagged background, book settlement, explanations, google, help, IP, key points, simplified, summaries
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Confused about formats and ereaders? Here's why
I used to go on and on about things like “lock-in,” which is when a company uses a proprietary file format in order to keep their customers from buying from competitors. I don’t really talk about it much these days … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, azw, digital publishing, drm, ebooks, epub, explanations, format wars, formats, kindle, lock-in, nook, overviews, tpz
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Why you can't shop within the Kindle iPhone app
The next time you go to buy a Kindle book on your iPhone and get frustrated that it has to close the app and open the browser to go to Amazon, blame Apple. Or blame Amazon–it’s really a business decision … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, app, app store, Apple iOS, approval, business, competitors, explanations, functionality, iPhone, ipod, kindle
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Two of the best explanations of the Amazon/Macmillan book battle
The feud between Amazon and Macmillan (and now Hachette) over how to sell ebooks is a complicated mess. Two of the best analyses I’ve found come from published writers who hold an obvious interest in what Amazon and publishing houses end up doing. Continue reading
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Tagged agency model, Amazon, analysis, book wars, digital, ebooks, explanations, hachette, kindle, macmillan, publishers, publishing, windowing
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Two of the best explanations of the Amazon/Macmillan book battle
The feud between Amazon and Macmillan (and now Hachette) over how to sell ebooks is a complicated mess. Two of the best analyses I’ve found come from published writers who hold an obvious interest in what Amazon and publishing houses end up doing. Continue reading
Posted in business, publishing
Tagged agency model, Amazon, analysis, book wars, digital, ebooks, explanations, hachette, kindle, macmillan, publishers, publishing, windowing
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