Tue November 11 2014
“Sony Developing New DRM to Make Used eBooks Viable” |
03:57 AM by disconnected in E-Book General | News http://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-n...-ebooks-viable From the article -- “Sony plans on making their new eBook encryption system very appealing towards publishers and e-reader manufactures.” “ I have heard from a reputable source that Sony already has six publishers locked up and will be leveraging those relationship in order to establish new ones.” “…. define a clear path of ownership, this will allow people to sell a used eBook and it will actually physically disappear from the original owners account.”
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Mon November 10 2014
The guardian: Self-publishers are... |
09:18 AM by fjtorres in E-Book General | News http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...elf-publishing
More at the source, including this:
Ouch. |
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Sat November 08 2014
MobileRead Week in Review: 11/01 - 11/08 |
06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review If you've been a bit too busy to keep up, here are a few of our favorite stories from the past week. E-Book General - News |
Fri November 07 2014
Scribd adds Audiobooks to its Plan |
10:23 AM by tubemonkey in E-Book General | News Scribd Adds Audiobooks To All-You-Read Library, Piling Pressure On Amazon
This adds a new dynamic to these subscription plans. The ball is now in Amazon's court. |
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Sat November 01 2014
MobileRead Week in Review: 10/25 - 11/01 |
06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review Ok kids, time for the weekly roundup of what we've covered this week: E-Book General - News E-Book General - Reading Recommendations E-Book Readers - Kobo Reader |
November 2014 Book Club Vote |
12:11 AM by WT Sharpe in Reading Recommendations | Book Clubs November 2014 MobileRead Book Club Vote We will start the discussion thread for this book on November 20th. Select from the following Official Choices with three nominations each: • Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko Spoiler:
• The Bat by Jo Nesbř Spoiler:
• Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami Spoiler:
• The Iron King by Maurice Druon Spoiler:
• As Red as Blood by Salla Simukka Spoiler:
• How to Make Love To a Negro Without Getting Tired by Dany Laferriere Spoiler:
• Le Grand Meaulnes by Alain-Fournier Spoiler:
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Thu October 30 2014
New online preview feature on Kobo's website |
09:59 AM by GeoffR in E-Book Readers | Kobo Reader I just noticed there is a new preview option available on the Kobo website. I can preview a book in a popup window in my browser, I don't need to be logged in or download the preview to a Kobo app or device. This is from the New Zealand site, it might not be everywhere, so I've added some screenshots of what I see: |
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UK Copyright Law - more stuff freed & available. |
05:01 AM by carpetmojo in E-Book General | News Copyright law has been amended regarding "orphan" works, such that a lot are now free of copyright problems. |
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