The link below is to an article that lists 10 places that an independent author can get their book/ebook reviewed.
For more visit:
http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/08/get-reviews-for-your-self-published-book/
Monthly Archives: August 2013
Article: Review of Libboo
Libboo is a book recommendation service/application that I have mentioned before. The link below is to an article that reviews the book recommendation service.
For more visit:
http://www.futurebook.net/content/testing-libboo-authors-view
Annual Leave Break – 2 Weeks Off
Let me just take this opportunity to thank all of the visitors to my Blog(s) – except the spammers of course. Thankfully the majority of spam is removed without having to check it over. I would love for the real comments to be posted without having to check them first, however there is still a lot of spam that makes it through and that needs to be separated from the good stuff.
It is time for me to take a break from Blogging and I have chosen to take my break while on annual leave from work, which will allow me to do a number of things – get healthier, get some rest, hopefully travel a little at some point, read some books, etc. It will also give my regular visitors a chance to have a break from my ramblings and carry on. There is plenty of content to look at in the archives though, so feel free to browse those while I take my 2 week hiatus.
So thanks again and feel free to leave some thoughts and comments along the way. Have a great couple of weeks 🙂
Apple slams government’s proposed punishment in ebook pricing case
As expected, Apple(s AAPL) has expressed its strong disagreement with the federal government’s proposed remedies in the ebook pricing case, which the government outlined in a court filing released Friday morning.
In July, a federal judge found Apple guilty of conspiring with publishers to fix ebook prices.
Apple’s full court filing is embedded below and is available here as a PDF. Apple calls the proposed injunction “a draconian and punitive intrusion into Apple’s business, wildly out of proportion to any adjudicated wrongdoing or potential harm,” and claimed it is “a sweeping and unprecedented injunction as a tool to empower the Government to regulate Apple’s businesses and potentially affect Apple’s business relationships with thousands of partners across several markets.”
The government’s injunction seemingly forces Apple to abandon its in-app purchasing restrictions, at least for digital bookstores, by “allowing Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other ebook app providers to offer a simple…
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Feds say Apple must give access to Amazon and Barnes & Noble e-bookstores
The Justice Department is calling on a federal judge to force Apple(s aapl) to allow competitors in the ebook market to provide prices and links to their e-bookstores within apps on Apple’s devices, a move that is likely to anger the iPhone maker and increase the stakes in an anti-trust investigation that has already produced a damning judgment against Apple in early July.
In a press release and court filing on Friday, the government set out a series of proposals to fix what it says are Apple’s “brazen” efforts to orchestrate price-fixing among major publishers.
The remedies would come in the form of a final judgment to be entered in a high-profile trial between Apple and the Justice Department that concluded in July when U.S. District Judge Denise Cote ruled that Apple had been the ringleader in a conspiracy with five publishers to increase prices and wrest control of the…
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Article: Book Donations
The link below is to an article that considers the issue of donating books.
For more visit:
http://unclutterer.com/2013/08/02/books-to-donate-or-not-to-donate/
Article: Book/Ebook Length
The link below is to an article that considers the length of books/ebooks.
For more visit:
http://www.teleread.com/writing/feel-the-extra-length-the-issue-of-size-in-writing/
Article: Book Editing
The link below is to an article that looks at book editing.
For more visit:
http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/08/how-to-edit-your-own-book/
Not My Review: Vegetables: A Biography by Evelyne Bloch-Dano
The link below is to a book review of ‘Vegetables: A Biography,’ by Evelyne Bloch-Dano.
For more visit:
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/aug/02/vegetables-biography-evelyne-block-dano-review
Article: Apple Finally Being Held to Account
The link below is to an article reporting on the USA DOJ’s proposed settlement for Apple in the ebook price fixing lawsuit. My view? Finally, Apple is having to put things right across the board.
For more visit:
http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2013/08/02/doj-calls-for-apple-to-let-rival-apps-link-to-their-ebookstores/
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