Fri February 14 2014
Author turned down $1.5 million book advances to continue to self-publish |
04:48 AM by Top100EbooksRank in E-Book General | News Saw this post from the PassiveVoice, it's interesting so I thought I would share. http://www.thepassivevoice.com/02/20...in-trad-deals/ From author H.M. Ward on Kindleboards:
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Wed February 12 2014
Hugh Howey presents: Amazon author earnings |
10:27 AM by fjtorres in E-Book General | News Real world data massaged, charted, ready for analysis. Original site: Since the site is overwhelmed with traffic, Joe Konrath is hosting a copy. Howey says:
There is a whole lot more at the sites. With more to come. I suspect a lot of debate will follow. Just consider this chart: Spoiler:
Kabooom! Edit: Original source site is accesible by now. |
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Mon February 10 2014
Barnes & Noble Fired Its Nook Engineering Staff |
03:57 PM by afv011 in E-Book General | News "Barnes & Noble laid off its Nook hardware engineers, according to a source that tipped Business Insider. [EDIT]Later info says it's wasn't the hardware engineers.[/EDIT] |
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Sun February 09 2014
EU Court of Justice on DRM circumvention |
10:30 AM by pdurrant in E-Book General | News From TechDirt. In a case brought by Nintendo, the EUCJ has ruled that the European Directive on the Harmonisation of copyright "is designed only to protect the copyright holder against acts which require his authorisation" and "that the legal protection covers only the technological measures intended to prevent or eliminate unauthorised acts of reproduction, communication, public offer or distribution, for which authorisation from the copyrightholder is required. That legal protection must respect the principle of proportionality without prohibiting devices or activities which have a commercially significant purpose or use other than to circumvent the technical protection for unlawful purposes." (bold in the original) In short, circumventing DRM might be legal if it is not done to infringe the copyright holder's copyright. And sale/distribution of DRM circumvention tools might be legal so long as they are mainly used for purposes which do not infringe copyright. The full ruling (in English) can be read here. Other European Languages are available. NB I am not a lawyer. Do not rely on this message for legal advice! |
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Competition Bureau strikes deal that's expected to lower ebook prices in Canada |
06:33 AM by leanansidhe in E-Book General | News
Finally Canadians will see some lower ebook prices. I can't believe the difference in prices between the US and Canada. I hope this happens soon. I've spent up to $15 for an ebook (and not a newly released one either). I hope we can start seeing more for $9.99 or less. |
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Sat February 08 2014
MobileRead Week in Review: 02/01 - 02/08 |
06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review Feast your eyes on some of the discussions from this week at MobileRead... E-Book General - News |
Thu February 06 2014
Sony closes USA and Canada ebook store |
03:29 PM by thomasn75 in E-Book General | News Just saw this article on engadget. As we all probably already knew, this is the end of sony ereaders. RIP They have sent out an email to customers:
There's also a link to Sony's FAQs about this change. It's also possible to opt-out of the transfer to Kobo, but I'm not quite sure why anyone would ant to opt out. |
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What happens with DRM in the real world |
05:25 AM by AlexBell in E-Book General | News I interrupt attending to my email this morning to bring you news of a long but very interesting article by Cory Doctorow in this morning's Guardian. http://www.theguardian.com/technolog...ts-management? I think it's well worth reading. |
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