eBooks

Available soon: Harry Potter ebooks in the Amazon Kindle lending library

by Sheila Wallace on Friday, May 11, 2012, 11:04 am · 0 comments

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J.K. Rowling has decided to loosen up on her own restrictions: Subscribers of Amazon Prime, a service providing free shipping and discounts for $79 a year, will be able to borrow these bestsellers for free from the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library, reported Xinhua. Author J.K.Rowling has been refusing to sell Harry Potter in electronic form [...]

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Researching and writing

by Sheila Wallace on Sunday, January 15, 2012, 3:20 pm

in Miscellaneous,Publishing

I’m sorry to say my posting has been very infrequent, but we’re busy, busy, busy here! I’m devoting a great deal of time and effort to researching and writing my book (details later), which I intend to self-publish later this year. I’ll give you a heads-up when it’s about to be released, and as this [...]

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A first in Canadian journalism: eBook collections of news articles

by Sheila Wallace on Monday, December 19, 2011, 1:22 pm

in News,Publishing,Trends

The National Post in Canada is introducing an eBook publishing program to offer readers the opportunity to purchase the news site’s various collections: Through National Post ebooks, readers around the world will be able to purchase collections of our best work from Apple’s iTunes, Amazon, Kobo Books, the Google ebookstore and the Sony ReaderStore. Our [...]

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Updates to the Apple-eBook publishers price fixing story

by Sheila Wallace on Monday, December 19, 2011, 9:00 am

in News,Publishing,Trends

I’d posted about this here and wondered how it could be considered price fixing. The following makes it clearer that it most certainly sounds like price fixing: An agreement between six major publishers has seen prices rocket for many books worldwide – some of which are more expensive than the paper version. The agreement includes [...]

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Apple under investigation for alleged eBook price fixing

by Sheila Wallace on Monday, December 12, 2011, 1:46 pm · 1 comment

in News,Publishing,Technology

From ITProPortal: The US Department of Justice has announced that it has started an anti-trust probe against Apple and its partners for allegedly fixing the prices of ebooks. [...] The regulators have reason to believe that Apple conspired with book publishers on its iBooks ebook platform. If you read on in the article, it says [...]

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Science fiction/fantasy author finally caves in to ebooks

by Sheila Wallace on Tuesday, November 29, 2011, 2:44 pm

in News,Publishing,Trends

Ray Bradbury, who’s always rejected ebooks, is finally giving in and allowing the digital release of his classic Fahrenheit 451 : At age 91, Ray Bradbury is making peace with the future he helped predict. The science fiction/fantasy author and long-time enemy of the e-book has finally allowed his dystopian classic ‘Fahrenheit 451′ to be [...]

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Kobo eReader coming to Walmart

by Sheila Wallace on Saturday, October 23, 2010, 11:41 am

in News,Technology

Have you bought an eReader yet? You might want to consider the Kobo. It should be in Walmart stores in the U.S. for the upcoming holiday season. Read: Kobo Wireless eReader landing at Walmart Walmart stores in the United States are picking up another eReader for the upcoming holiday season: starting next week, some 2,500 [...]

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Competing with the iPad: Amazon’s latest Kindle device only $139

by Sheila Wallace on Friday, July 30, 2010, 9:18 am

in News,Technology,Trends

Read: Amazon offers $139 Wi-Fi Kindle, challenges iPad Amazon.com launched a cheaper, wireless-only Kindle on Wednesday, betting that the $139 price will turn its latest electronic reader into a mass-appeal device as Apple Inc’s iPad gains ground. I guess if owning a device that is good for only one thing appeals to you then go [...]

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Will eBooks ever replace print books?

by Sheila Wallace on Saturday, July 24, 2010, 9:12 am · 1 comment

in News,Publishing,Trends

At Amazon, eBook sales have crossed a major milestone: They are outselling hardcover books. The future is here, and the rate of acceptance is accelerating. But some people still cling to their dead-tree versions. See author David Carnoy’s “tongue-in-cheek” look at this: Top 10 Reasons Hardbacks are “Better” Than eBooks 1. Spilling a drink on [...]

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Fed up with the eReader industry

by Sheila Wallace on Monday, January 25, 2010, 6:00 am · 1 comment

in News,Technology,Trends

I don’t own an eReader, I’ve never used an eReader, and I won’t be buying an eReader any time in the foreseeable future. Don’t get me wrong – I really thought I wanted one of these handy little portable devices – but I’m completely fed up with that whole industry. Why? Well, where do I [...]

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Why I won’t buy from Barnes & Noble

by Sheila Wallace on Sunday, January 24, 2010, 3:19 pm · 3 comments

in News,Technology

This is just a personal choice of mine, but I refuse to spend money at a company that is this stupid. Case in point: In early December I tried to buy an eBook (for reading on my computer) from B&N’s online store, only to be met with a message stating that this book was not [...]

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How do you feel about eBooks containing advertising?

by Sheila Wallace on Wednesday, December 30, 2009, 5:33 pm

in News,Publishing,Trends

We all get tired of the mountains of junk mail we receive, especially around the holidays. Constant advertising breaks interrupt our favourite television shows. Yet, advertising is how we find out about the latest products and when they’re on sale. But, how would you feel about advertisements appearing in the books you buy? It probably [...]

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Our eBook selection of the week: Friday, December 18, 2009

by Sheila Wallace on Friday, December 18, 2009, 3:13 pm

in Featured eBooks

Write Where the Money Is From the author: “I don’t have a boss. I set my own schedule. I don’t drive to work. I take time off whenever I want. Magazines pay me to travel all over the world, have cool experiences, meet amazing people, and then write about them.” More from the website below: [...]

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Warning to traditional publishers: Adapt or die

by Sheila Wallace on Monday, December 14, 2009, 11:53 am · 1 comment

in News,Publishing,Trends

The publishing industry news is all abuzz with word that several major publishing houses have announced that they will be delaying the release of their eBook versions until four months after the release of hardcover books. I don’t think I’m alone in thinking this: What are they smoking? Seriously, do they really hate their customers [...]

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GalleyCat gives birth to eBookNewser

by Sheila Wallace on Monday, December 7, 2009, 2:44 pm

in News

Great news! GalleyCat, dedicated to reporting on the book publishing industry, has launched eBookNewser — a site blog for covering anything eBook related. This site will cover eBooks, digital reading devices, publishing technology, smartphone reading applications, digital self-publishing, and the rapidly evolving future of digital publishing.

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