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Oyster Is a Netflix-like Service for Books
For $9.95 a month – less than what you’d pay for the average e-book – you get access to Oyster’s library of over 100,000 titles.
Amazon Rolls Out Kindle MatchBook: Buy a Paper Book, Get the Kindle Version Cheap or Free
Buy a paper book from Amazon, and you can have the Kindle version for $3, $2, $1 or free, depending on the title.
How One Local Bookstore Is Dealing with the E-Book Revolution
A San Francisco institution tries its hand at selling e-readers.
Apple Found Guilty in E-Book Price Fixing Conspiracy Trial
In a significant blow to the world’s largest tech company, a federal judge ruled that Apple “facilitated a conspiracy” with publishers to raise the price of e-books, costing consumers millions of dollars.
The Future of Libraries: Short on Books, Long on Tech
This isn’t your childhood library.
Physical Books Are Dead — Long Live Physical Books
The 2012 physical and digital book sales numbers are out, and they’re not at all what you’d expect.
How to Write a Book Without Paper
Last month, my first book was published. It was released by an ebook-only publisher, and its story, like the story of writing itself, is linked to technology.
How Small E-Booksellers Could Help Break the Amazon-Apple Duopoly
It’s a scary time for publishers. Last Wednesday, the Department of Justice filed a major antitrust lawsuit against Apple and five big publishers for allegedly price-fixing e-books. The goal was apparently to prevent Amazon, …
How Apple’s Steve Jobs and Book Publishers Cost Consumers Millions
The Department of Justice complaint against Apple and five major publishing houses reads like a case study: A powerful, entrenched industry desperately tries to confront an economic disruption caused by the rise of a new …
Sued: DOJ Brings E-Book Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple, Publishers
Just like that, Apple is officially on the receiving end of a major antitrust lawsuit filed this morning by the U.S. Justice Department for alleged e-book price-fixing. The suit, filed in New York district court, includes …
Harry Potter and the Release of the Long-Awaited E-Books
J.K. Rowlings’ Harry Potter books have sold around 450 million copies worldwide — all of them made out of an ancient material your parents know as “paper.” Today, the entire series is entering the digital age, selling as …