The link below is to an article that looks at Amazon Matchbook, which is yet another reason why Amazon continues to dominate the book/ebook market. The Amazon emphasis is on putting the ‘reader’ first and it is a strategy that works well for them.
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http://www.futurebook.net/content/two-and-half-thoughts-amazons-matchbook
The link below is to an article that takes a look at Kindle Matchbook, the new service provided by Amazon.
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http://www.teleread.com/kindle/kindle-matchbook-service-a-match-made-in-ebook-heaven/
The link below is to an article that looks at ‘Kindle Dementia.’
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http://killzoneauthors.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/kindle-dementia.html
Maybe this was inevitable since Amazon (s AMZN) acquired book-based social network Goodreads (see disclosure), but Kobo has stopped using the Goodreads API on its website and in its apps, Good E-Reader reports.
That means no more Goodreads ratings and reviews on Kobo book pages. It sounds as if the decision was driven by Kobo, not Goodreads or Amazon: The company’s chief content officer Michael Tamblyn tells Good E-reader that Kobo might re-add the Goodreads API in the future. And back in March when Amazon acquired Goodreads, the companies told me they would leave the Goodreads API open and would not shut off the Kobo feed. (Update: Goodreads confirmed it’s made no changes to its API.)
Nonetheless, the move demonstrates the risk of relying on what is now a competing retailer’s API. At one point, Goodreads actually encountered a similar problem itself: In early 2012, it stopped sourcing its…
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The link below is to an article reporting on yet another bookseller shooting itself in the foot – Kobo has suspended Goodreads from its ebook readers.
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http://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/kobo-suspends-usage-of-the-goodreads-api
The link below is to an article about ‘updating’ used bookstores/bookshops.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alexander-wooley/strategies-for-bringing-t_b_3814098.html
In court filings posted Monday morning, Apple (s AAPL) attorney Orin Snyder responded to the Department of Justice’s revised proposed punishment for the tech company in the ebooks case. Snyder criticized the government for filing “a 12-page broadside masquerading as a brief,” and accused them of “seeking a remedy that would give Amazon a significant competitive advantage over Apple.” (The filings are embedded below.)
U.S. district judge Dense Cote found Apple guilty of conspiring with publishers to set ebook prices last month, and Apple is appealing that verdict. Nonetheless, it responded directly to various parts of the DOJ’s proposed injunction. The DOJ is arguing for a number of things: Changes in the way that Apple sells content in the App Store, including allowing ebook retailers to sell ebooks directly through their apps without Apple taking a cut; staggered negotiations with book publishers; and the creation of a third party monitor to…
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The link below is to an article that takes a look at the Samsung Readers Hub.
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http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2013/08/25/samsung-readers-hub-next-ibooks/
The link below is to an article that reports on the latest developments concerning the Apple ebook pricing lawsuit.
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http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2013/08/23/doj-offers-revised-settlement-apple-5-publishers/
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