E-books are cheap according to publishers

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 [...]

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Google in lawsuit to offer millions of books free online

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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Classics available for free online from the British Library

Soon those who own the Kindle from Amazon will be able to view books along with their original illustrations of many classic and famous works by authors such as Thomas Hardy, Charles Dickens, and Jane Austin.  Many obscure artists will also see their books go up with full illustrations and original typeface.

For about £15 a [...]

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