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If you love books then you should be rooting for Amazon, not Hachette or the Big Five

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Mathew Ingram's avatarGigaom

As Amazon (s amzn) continues to tighten the screws on book publishers like Hachette — by making its books difficult to find, impossible to pre-order, and so on — the conventional wisdom seems to be that the company is an aggressive and possibly illegal monopoly aimed at killing publishers, and that its behavior is also bad for authors and probably consumers as well. The only problem with this view is that most of it, if not all of it, is completely wrong. What Amazon is doing is not only good for book-loving consumers but arguably good for authors as well — and even for some publishers (although not Hachette and its ilk).

Is Amazon a true monopoly? Not in any meaningful sense of the word — not any more than Walmart has a monopoly on sales of toothpaste. Yes, the electronic retailer has a large share of the ebook…

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Ebooks Versus Traditional Books

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The link below is to another article that looks at the ebook versus traditional book debate.

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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/53d3096a-f792-11e3-90fa-00144feabdc0.html

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Ebook Readers and Children

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The link below is to an article that takes a look at how ebook readers are affecting children.

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http://www.teleread.com/ereaders/ereaders-affecting-children/

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Pen Names

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The link below is to an article that takes a look at pen names.

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http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/01/writing-pen-name-alternative-literary-identities-sarah-hall-sarah-vaughan

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Early Reading Apps for Kids

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The link below is to an article that takes a look at early reading apps for children.

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http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/early-reading-apps-for-kids_b87488

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What is an eBook? How do Publishers price it?

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The End of Ebook Readers?

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The link below is to an article that looks at the probable end for ebook readers. In my view, the emergence of tablets is the real future for digital readers – not that I currently have a tablet.

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http://mashable.com/2014/06/27/e-readers-next-ipods/

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Kindle: How To Send eBooks, Documents, And Articles To Your Kindle App Or eReader

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The link below is to an article that looks at how to send content to a Kindle App of Kindle Ebook Reader.

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http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/send-ebooks-documents-kindle-app-ereader/

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Giving Books

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The link below is to an article that looks at the power of giving books.

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http://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-news/the-power-of-giving-books

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The right to resell ebooks — major case looms in the Netherlands

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David Meyer's avatarGigaom

A major lawsuit is about to take place in the Netherlands, dragging the issue of the resale of digital media back into European courts.

On Tuesday this week, a local startup called Tom Kabinet opened the virtual doors on its secondhand ebook bookstore. At the moment, it is generally accepted that ebooks cannot be resold, as is the case with music, movies and other digital media.

However, Tom Kabinet is pointing to a 2012 ruling by Europe’s top court, the Court of Justice of the European Union, in the case of UsedSoft v Oracle. That case was about reselling licenses for downloadable software, and the court ruled that – even when the software license explicitly forbids resale – the buyer should have the right to resell that licence, just as they would be allowed to resell a boxed software copy.

“The publishers have asked us to stop operating with…

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