Article: Libraries and Ebook Prices

18 July 2013 by particularkev

The link below is to an article that takes a look at the problems faced by libraries with ebook prices.

For more visit:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/art-brodsky/the-other-e-book-pricing_b_3611087.html

Article: How Much Should Ebooks Cost?

14 July 2013 by particularkev

The link below is to an article that considers what the price for ebooks should be – the comments section is also interesting, with some very good thoughts among them.

For more visit:
http://www.marketplace.org/topics/tech/how-much-should-e-books-cost

Article: Apple Antitrust & Book Widgetification

13 July 2013 by particularkev

The link below is to an article that takes a look at the recent Apple antitrust lawsuit and the widgetification of books.

For more visit:
http://www.themillions.com/2013/07/the-apple-antitrust-case-and-the-widgetification-of-books.html

The real villain in the ebooks case isn’t Apple or Amazon — it’s publishers’ addiction to DRM

11 July 2013 by particularkev

Gigaom

After much back-and-forth, a verdict came down on Wednesday in the Apple (s aapl) ebooks case: a judge found the company guilty colluding with five of the big six major book publishers in a scheme designed to inflate prices. The publishers (all of whom settled with the government before the trial) have tried to argue in the past that they were forced to cut a deal with Apple because of Amazon’s (s amzn) monopoly — but when it gets right down to it, the real culprit is the DRM lock-in that the publishers themselves pushed for. In effect, they forged the chains that bound them to Amazon in the first place.

My GigaOM and paidContent colleagues Jeff Roberts and Laura Owen have written about the details of the judgement itself, and also about the potential impact on Apple and the ebook business as a whole, but what really interests…

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