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Miss Spider’s publisher explains how he’s wanted to create ebook apps since 1972

With all the blog chatter about myopic and hamstrung publishers, it’s easy to forget about the innovators like Nicholas Callaway… Continue reading

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HarperCollins tries to justify its new library policy

Josh Marwell, the president of sales at HarperCollins, today published an open letter to librarians and library patrons in an attempt to explain the publisher’s new self-destructing ebook license. He writes that ebooks are such a fast-growing sector of the … Continue reading

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How your next ebook loan might sap your library’s book budget

For all their good qualities, and there are almost two, publishers sometimes have really bad traits as well, and one of the worst is a hatred of public libraries. Last week, HarperCollins revealed the extent of this hate when it … Continue reading

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One way ebook retailers might be able to get around Apple’s 30% tax

Remember Stanza? It was among the first and brightest ebook apps when the iPhone App Store started to really take off, which is why Amazon bought the developer in April ’09. Stanza’s good reviews and press coverage were well-deserved; it … Continue reading

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Why Kindle magazines leave out images: it’s too expensive

The U.K. magazine PC Pro this week published a blog post explaining why the Kindle edition doesn’t include photos. The problem is that Amazon charges publishers a variable fee based on how much 3G wireless bandwidth it takes to deliver … Continue reading

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What Neil Gaiman likes about the Kindle, and why you should care

Hopefully you don’t need a Famous Author to validate your purchasing decisions, so I’m not posting about Neil Gaiman’s opinions on the Kindle just to make you feel better/worse about your new ereader. Instead, I thought it might provide some … Continue reading

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When publishers won’t sell, piracy emerges

 “I think what leads to rampant piracy is not meeting emergent demands.” – Brian O’Leary   That is the most concise statement I’ve read so far about an issue that constantly bothers me, which is that content companies create their … Continue reading

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Amazon and Seth Godin partner up to create new worldwide publishing imprint

I’ve long had some precognition that I might be psychic, but now it’s confirmed; just a week after I posted a more or less random item about Seth Godin freebies, Amazon has announced that they’re partnering with him to launch … Continue reading

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