The link below is to another ebooks versus books article.
For more visit:
http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2014/jul/23/ereaders-versus-books-discussion
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Book/Ebook Price – According to Length?
The link below is to an article that looks at whether books/ebooks should be priced according to their length.
For more visit:
http://michaelhyatt.com/pricing-books-according-to-length.html
Reading with Rooster
The link below is to an article that looks at the reading experience with the Rooster ebook subscription service.
http://bookriot.com/2014/07/25/revisiting-reading-rooster-app/
Kindle Unlimited
The links below are to articles that look at Amazon’s new Kindle Unlimited service.
For more visit:
– http://kindleworld.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/amazons-new-kindle-unlimited.html
– http://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-news/amazon-enters-ebook-subscription-market-with-kindle-unlimited
– http://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-news/kindle-unlimited-goes-live-with-ebook-audiobook-titles
– http://goodereader.com/blog/digital-publishing/is-kindle-unlimited-good-for-indie-authors
– http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/amazon-reveals-kindle-unlimited-ebook-subscription-service_b88175
– http://ilmk.wordpress.com/2014/07/18/its-official-kindle-unlimited-is-here-with-639621-titles/
– http://www.infodocket.com/2014/07/16/get-ready-here-comes-we-think-amazons-all-you-can-read-subscription-e-book-subscription-service/
– http://www.teleread.com/amazon/kindle-unlimited-now-live/
– http://www.teleread.com/amazon/amazon-start-kindle-unlimited-service-similar-scribdoyster/
– http://the-digital-reader.com/2014/07/18/amazon-launches-kindle-unlimited-will-take-international-september-october/
Amazon officially launches Kindle Unlimited, ebook and audiobook subscription service for $9.99/month
Amazon(s AMZN) has officially launched Kindle Unlimited, the $9.99/month ebook and audiobook subscription service we told you about on Wednesday.
The details are, pretty much, what already leaked. The service is only available in the U.S. for now. About 640,000 titles are available, most from Amazon’s own publishing imprints or by self-published authors who’d previously enrolled their books in KDP Select. There are books from traditional publishers as well — no big-5 publishers — but Abrams, Algonquin, Workman, Open Road and Bloomsbury, among others. Two thousand audiobooks from Audible are included, and a membership to Kindle Unlimited comes with a free three-month Audible subscription.
“You can keep up to ten books at a time and there are no due dates,” according to Amazon’s help pages. “Read your Kindle Unlimited books on any Kindle device or free Kindle reading apps.”
One splashy series of note that is available: The first…
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Scribd Updates
The link below is to an article that looks at recent updates for Scribd and its various apps and subscription service for ebooks.
For more visit:
http://www.teleread.com/book-subscription-services/scribd-gives-new-look-apps-adds-new-platform/
Apple to Settle in Ebook Lawsuit
The link below is to an article that reports on the news that Apple will settle in the ebook pricing lawsuit.
Ebook Pricing Court Battles
The link below is to an article reporting on the latest legal battles concerning ebook pricing.
For more visit:
http://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-news/big-five-back-in-court-over-ebook-pricing
Amazon exec on Hachette dispute: “It’s all about ebook pricing”
As Amazon(s AMZN) and Hachette’s contract dispute wears on, Amazon has had little to say publicly about it: The company released an unattributed statement on the Kindle forums at the end of May, but until now no executive from the company had commented. That changed Tuesday, when Russ Grandinetti, Amazon’s VP of Kindle content, gave a few quotes to the Wall Street Journal.
Amazon has been criticized for tactics like turning off pre-orders on upcoming Hachette titles. Grandinetti told the WSJ that Amazon is working “in the long-term interest of our customers.” He also seemingly confirmed reports that Amazon is demanding a larger commission on ebook sales, up from the 30 percent it currently receives: “This discussion is all about ebook pricing. The terms under which we trade will determine how good the prices are that we can offer consumers.” Grandinetti seems to be arguing that if Amazon…
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If you love books then you should be rooting for Amazon, not Hachette or the Big Five
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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