Wed June 17 2015
Canadian Public Libraries for Fair Ebook Pricing Launches Website |
05:20 AM by trainboy in E-Book General | News via infoDOCKET. New coalition of organizations launches web page and tool. "The page features examples of the “price gap” between consumer and library prices, illustrated by a selection of popular titles, and includes social media sharing with hashtag #FairEbookPrices, as well as email collection for those interested in updates on the issue"
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Tue June 16 2015
Amazon listens to authors; changes KU pay to per-page model |
05:58 AM by fjtorres in E-Book General | News https://kdp.amazon.com/help?topicId=A156OS90J7RDN
No real impact to readers except now it no longer favors shorts and serials over novels quite as much. They are also introducing a new metric:
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Amazon Faces EU Antitrust Probe Into E-Books Contracts |
05:58 AM by Dopedangel in E-Book General | News http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...ooks-contracts Now Amazon seems to be under the fire of EU. |
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US Copyright Office report on Orphan Works & Mass Digitization |
05:58 AM by AnemicOak in E-Book General | News Thought this might be of interest to some folks. The US Copyright Office has just published a 234 page report on Orphan Works & Mass Digitization. PDF link |
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Mon June 08 2015
PW: Trade book sales down across the board |
09:28 AM by fjtorres in E-Book General | News From Publisher's weekly:
AAP numbers are normally year to year dollars, not unit sales. It lets them report a gain *somewhere*. Gory details at the source. |
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Sat May 30 2015
MobileRead Week in Review: 05/23 - 05/30 |
06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review Been away? Fear not! Here is your chance to check out what appeared on our frontpage this week: E-Book General - News E-Book General - Reading Recommendations |
Thu May 28 2015
Interesting Kindle Upgrade |
03:39 AM by Waylander in E-Book General | News Saw this in my daily The Passive Voice email: http://www.fastcodesign.com/3046678/...at-doesnt-suck Apparently, the update is being rolled out to the actual ereaders later in the summer, so no specific date, but it is coming soon. What does anyone else think? |
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Baen can no longer provide automatic delivery to Kindle by email. |
03:34 AM by gbm in E-Book General | News This was posted on Baen's Bar today.
They have updated the ereader instructions page:
Spoiler:
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