At the BookShelf has been following developments in the USA in the government versus Apple (and others) lawsuit. The link below reports on the latest developments in the case.
For more visit:
http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/23/doj-sticks-to-its-guns-in-price-fixing-suit-against-apple-wont-modify-ebook-settlement/
How can publishers survive the Internet and ebooks? The link below is to an article that looks into the possibilities of the future for publishing.
For more visit:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephen-s-power/three-ways-publishers-can_b_1696765.html
If you haven’t already checked out by new Tumblr Blog which is meant to complement this one, then please do so. I have been doing a little more work on it and I think it now has a much better appearance, as well as more free Kindle ebooks to grab.
Have a look at the About page over there also, as it will explain the purpose of the Blog. Thanks.
Visit The Book Stand at:
http://bookstand.tumblr.com/
The link below is to an article that reports on the way Amazon does business around the Kindle. An interesting article.
For more visit:
http://finance.ninemsn.com.au/newsbusiness/motley/8503606/how-amazon-squeezes-writers-to-make-you-richer
I have started a new Blog to complement this one. It is called ‘The Book Stand.’ The Book Stand is a place to find free Kindle and/or pdf format ebooks, as well as good ebook offers every now and then. It is a Tumblr Blog.
For more visit:
http://bookstand.tumblr.com/
The link below is to an article that looks at ebook buying and our to read lists.
For more visit:
http://www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org/e-content/real-truth-about-ebook-purchasing
If you buy ebooks from Barnes & Noble for use with the Nook, you now are also able to read them on a web application called ‘Nook for Web.’ The link below is to an article that reports on Nook for Web.
For more visit:
http://mashable.com/2012/07/17/nook-web-reader/
I’ve always had a thing for books. Well, certainly since I was able to afford buying them when I began my working life anyway. I devour books – have done for years. Many years in fact. Traditional books are everywhere in my house and have been in every house wherever I lived, whether a small place or large. Even when living in a caravan park for a while, with the vast majority of my books in storage I kept at it – buying and hoarding books. Not rubbish books – I don’t collect garbage! Which makes me a little different from the author of the article linked to below.
With the advent of ebooks, my hoarding ways have continued. Sure, I have stopped hoarding traditional books (more of them anyway – at any great speed – just the odd one here and there). I now hoard ebooks and I have a virtual truckload of them – possibly two. However, I still refuse to collect rubbish.
For more on hoarding ebooks visit:
http://www.northcentralpa.com/feeditem/2012-07-14_ebook-hoarding
The link below is to an article that looks into what books would encourage reluctant readers to actually read.
For more visit:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/teacher-network/2012/jul/05/recommend-books-boys-reading.
The link below is to an article about a service that gets your book printed or distributed as a Kindle ebook in Australia.
For more visit:
http://www.techlife.net/lifestyle/how-tos/2012/7/going-into-print-with-oz-pod-ebooks/
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