The link below is to an article that takes a look at the Open Library (part of the Internet Archive) and how it appears to be violating copyright rules.
For more visit:
http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/the-internet-archives-open-library-is-violating-authors-copyrights/
The link below is to an article that takes a look at the problem with watermarking in the piracy debate.
For more visit:
http://www.teleread.com/drm/the-problem-with-watermarking/
The link below is to an article that provides another take on Ownshelf, the ebook sharing site mentioned in an earlier post.
For more visit:
http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/ownshelf-e-book-sharing-system-seems-pointless/
The link below is to an article that takes a look at Fan Fiction and authorship – or rather, how Fan Fiction can assist writers to become better authors.
For more visit:
http://www.lindsayburoker.com/guest-posts/how-fanfiction-made-me-a-better-author-with-carolynn-gockel/
The link below is to an article concerning a very interesting start up called ‘Ownshelf,’ which is an ebook sharing site – something like a Dropbox for ebooks.
For more visit:
http://www.mediabistro.com/appnewser/ownshelf-is-like-dropbox-for-ebooks_b38200
The links below are to articles that report on Amazon’s latest venture, this time into comics, with the launch of Jet City Comics.
For more visit:
– http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2013/07/09/amazon-publishing-launches-jet-city-comics/
– http://www.mediabistro.com/appnewser/amazon-introduces-jet-city-comics-imprint_b38196
– http://www.teleread.com/amazon/amazon-launches-jet-city-comics-a-new-imprint-for-comics-and-graphic-novels/
The link below is to an article on the Internet Archive – probably my favourite place on the Internet.
The link below is to an article that takes a look at books on whistleblowing.
For more visit:
http://www.boston.com/arts/books/2013/06/22/look-selected-books-whistle-blowing/jxw5pRahletytReSiceE0I/story.html
The link below is to an article/tutorial on how to self-publish your own Kindle ebook.
For more visit:
http://michaelhyatt.com/kindle-publishing-success.html
The link below is to an article that looks at the question of ‘who controls ebooks?’ I’m sure a good number of people now know that the answer is not the reader who paid for it.
For more visit:
http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2013/07/ideas-bank/how-amazon-kindled-the-bookburners-flames
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