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Apple, as well as five large publishing houses, have been accused of collusion by the European anti-trust authority. The European commission has recently announced that they suspect that Apple, as well as these large publishing houses, have been engaging in anti-competitive behaviour which is affecting the prices of electronic books. The European Commission has said that [...]  Author J.K. Rowling, after being witness to the magic of e-books, is now ready to take Harry Potter digital in a move that may just revolutionize the e-book industry giving the second wealthiest woman in the entertainment business, trailing only Oprah Winfrey, another huge windfall. She is now hinting, after declining e-books deals for many years, [...] Classic literature and contemporary writings are only a couple of the millions of works translated by Google books library. The online book industry is immense and Google has some of the most impressive technology in the market. Many of these digitalized works are available to their bookstore users. Google’s presence in the industry is being [...] The e-reader wars are on, and that can only be good news for a growing number of readers who have made the adjustment from books-from-trees to books-on-screen. Amazon’s Kindle was the only word in e-books when it was introduced in 2007, but Barnes & Noble, the venerable booksellers, are in the running for top place [...] Amazon has just announced a new sort of Kindle that allows consumers to preview books. While it is true that Amazon already has a preview option for some of the books they sell, this is a little different. The new Kindle option will run on any browser and will invite a preview of e-books offered by [...] The Apple iPad is targeted towards the publishing industry, but will it aid publishers that are taking cover or help lead to a new revolution in the way society reads? Given the fact that publishers are currently in the midst of an accelerated change in the way that readers respond to publications, how much of digital [...] Writer’s who are finding it hard to sell their novels to a publisher may be interested in the new Smashwords app available from the iBookstore from Apple. The simple app allows writers to sign into a deal with Apple that allows them to distribute their books free in e-book form in [...] French publishers plan to launch a massive second lawsuit today against Google for scanning their books into its digital online library. From the publisher’s point of view, consumers may be expecting too much (or too little) regarding the current and future price of books. While theoretically an e-book costs less to produce than a printed version of the same material, this is not necessarily the case. According to a recent report in The New York Times, a [...] Google Inc. is planning to head to take the US Department of Justice to court in order to see if they can get access to the rights of millions of books without breaking copyright or antitrust laws. Google filed suit on Thursday defending a settlement they made for $125m with US publishers and authors a little [...] |
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