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Expectation of Fair Pricing, Not Free
February 23 2009
At Dear Author, a post stating that not all content should be expected to be free; rather it must be provided, free or not, in a realistic understanding of consumer... read moreNew York Times Settles Linking Suit
January 27 2009
In what many of us thought was a slightly bizarre case, the New York Times Co. has settled with GateHouse Media in a suit attempting to cease the automated... read morePalm's webOS Represents Major Shift for Syncing and Data
January 12 2009
In an article covering the Palm Pre mobile device, Ars Technica makes a very important point about how devices utilize network connectivity, and what the assumptions are underlying their... read moreNew Tech Mixes Book Experience with Sensors
December 16 2008
A new form of hybrid book is coming on the market -- and the inventor consults with Apple. From the Guardian UK: Lyndsay Williams -- who has already developed... read moreHistory Repeating with Book Publishing's Mobile Efforts
December 10 2008
A Computerworld blog post from Mike Elgan looks at recent mobile announcements from book publishers. From the perspective of technology, watching book publishers slowly grapple with the tentative migration... read more800 Newspapers Coming to Iliad E-Reader
December 06 2008
iRex Technologies scores scores of newspapers for its new iLiad e-reader. From E-Reads: Digitally delivered news is gaining momentum and as we turn the corner to 2009 it's gotten... read moreRandom House Expands Ebook Offerings, Embraces EPUB
November 25 2008
Random House is pursing digital with a vengeance, recognizing a growth market. From the Huffington Post: The publisher already has more than 8,000 books in the electronic format and... read morePoint-Counterpoint: On Digital Book DRM
November 20 2008
In the first part of a point-counterpoint exchange, Peter Brantley outlines reasons why DRM is bad for book publishers. read moreEFF Attorney: Google Book Search Settlement Weakens Innovation
November 20 2008
In an editorial in The Recorder, Fred von Lohmann of the Electronic Frontier Foundation says Google's settlement with publishers and authors signals an implicit abandonment of Google's legal team... read morePublishers Need to Get In on the Conversation
November 19 2008
Kassia Krozser has a Cluetrain-like manifesto for publishers. From Booksquare: It's time to get your hands dirty, to dig into the real-world conversation. It's a weird thing, and sometimes... read moreEbook to iPod to Hard Copy Purchase
November 18 2008
Hugh McGuire is loving Stanza, the free ereader app for the iPhone/iPod Touch. From the Book Over Blog: 40,000 ebook dowloads-a-day. I've got 35 of them sitting on my... read moreAPIs, New "Transactions" and the Google Book Search Registry
November 13 2008
At PersonaNonData, Michael Cairns discusses the Google Book Search registry, and muses whether it might support certain types of transactions through an API: How the registry may be formed is... read moreAndroid Barcode App Connects to Google Book Search
November 12 2008
Google has released a nifty Android app that permits the scanning of a book's barcode, enabling the linkage with the corresponding work in Google Book Search. From E-Reads: "Google has... read moreElection Interest Signals Print's High-End Future
November 10 2008
Following the sell-out of post-election newspapers, Ed Nawotka looks at the collectable future of print. From Beyond Hall 8: One immediate consequence of Obama's victory was the boost in... read moreNovember 09 2008
President-elect Obama has been very vocal about supporting an open government policy, and so far the signs are quite promising. See for example this page linked off Obama's transition website,... read moreRecent Posts | All Posts
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