E-publishing and the dangers of malleabilityWith the advent of e-publishing technology comes a range of related issues such as regularly revised texts. What are the implications for books that “are never done being written?” Bethanie Blanchard discusses.
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Life in the Amazon: e-books outsell the printed word
Powerful bookseller Amazon announced that for the first time since it began selling e-books — and its succesful Kindle e-reader — four years ago, it now sells 105 e-books for every 100 printed book.
Read library books on your Kindle
Amazon’s Kindle e-reader gets a lot of flack for hurting local booksellers and now 11,000 libraries in the US will soon offer Kindle e-books for short-term lending.
The Kindle is alive and well
If you thought Apple’s iPad had seized control of the e-reader industry and obliterated the competition, think again. The Kindle is far from dead. According to new figures from Amazon, the digital reading device is actually more popular than ever.
Will Apple save or destroy the publishing industry?
With Amazon offering increasingly cut-price e-books, the publishing industry is looking to Apple’s iPad to kill the Kindle and save the book business. But is Steve Jobs really looking after the interests of publishers, or just his own legacy?
Will iPad kill Google?
Screw Microsoft, the biggest worry for Google is Apple and its iPad. Why? Because when you play online with your iPad or iPhone — reading newspapers, checking the weather etc — you use apps, not Google.
Former VP: How Microsoft lost its cool
Microsoft has truckloads of cash, employs some of the smartest people on Earth, and, until recently, completely dominated the computer industry. So how come it didn’t invent the iPad, iPod, BlackBerry or Kindle? Former VP Dick Brass explains.
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The new economics of book publishing explained
For anyone confused by all the hype about e-readers and the “digital revolution” in the book publishing world, this article breaks it down perfectly: how Amazon makes money with the Kindle, how Apple will from the iPad, and why publishers are pissed off.
Destroying the Amazon
After Amazon last week pulled all the Macmillan published books from its online shelves following a dispute over pricing of e-books, Amazon has caved and raised the prices as per Macmillan’s wishes. Is this the first defeat in the Kindle vs. iPad war?
E-Day looms for book publishers
The power relationship between authors and publishers is set to change fundamentally with the coming e-publishing revolution, writes Michael R. James.
It’s called iPad, and the Kindle is rooted
2009 wasn’t just the year of the ebook reader. 2009 was the only year of the ebook reader. Goodbye Kindle, hello iPad.
How to write a best-seller: give it away free
The best-selling e-Books aren’t necessarily the ones penned by big-name authors or showered in awards: they’re the ones that don’t cost anything. Heaving bosoms and lusty vampires don’t hurt “sales”, either.
Why Murdoch and Google are fighting on the same side
Contrary to popular belief, Rupert Murdoch and Google aren’t at odds over their visions for the future of the news, says Mark Day: both know a big game changer is looming in the near future, and it’s called the e-Reader.
Why e-Readers are not the future of magazines
The Kindle and its ilk may be taking the newspaper and book worlds by storm, but they’re not going to revolutionise the way we read magazines anytime soon: the screens, formatting and lack of interactivity just aren’t up to the task.
The Kindle in Australia: the good, the bad and the crippling
Stubborn Mule is one the Australians who snapped up a Kindle as soon as it became available on our shores. It may be a whizz-bang bit of tech, but there are some pretty significant limitations placed on the Aussie version. So is it worth it?
Arrr! Prepare ye landlubbers for book piracy
With the arrival of the Kindle around the world, the publishing industry is preparing for an onslaught of black-market e-books, as people share them illegally online. Will it be the mp3 wars all over again?
E-paper: the real “Kindle Killer”
Everyone (and by “everyone”, we mean “geeks and the media”) is fixated on what the Next Big Thing in e-readers will be. But what if e-readers aren’t the Next Big Thing at all? Check out e-paper, which allows hi-res, full-colour imagery.
The Kindle won’t kill libraries
Aussie Publishers may be worried the predicted surge in e-reader sales will damage the book industry, but news from the States shows libraries needn’t share their concerns, with “digital lending” booming in public libraries.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Why is the media so unKindle?
Crikey readers give some Kindle love, suggest Ruddock climbs back in his coffin, raise spew-rious questions about choking on vomit, and defend Sand Gropers: they’re not all luddites and nanny-staters — just most of them.
2010: year of the e-reader
The world’s media pundits are predicting a huge Christmas boom in sales of e-readers — spurred by the release of the new Kindle. Will 2010 become known as the year the book died?
Book industry has to accept the Kindle: it may be a bumpy ride
Australian publishers may not like it, but e-books are not going away. And with the launch of the Kindle in Australia, the industry’s going to have to adapt.
Kindle not the book’s iPod moment
The release of Amazon’s Kindle e-reader in Australia has impatient early adopters crying “about time”. But don’t get too excited, says Matthia Dempsey: you may not actually be able to read anything on it.
Bye-bye Borders: the Kindle finally comes to Australia
Amazon’s heavily-hyped e-reader, the Kindle, has finally released an international version and will be available in Australia this month. Why would you want one? Imagine buying, downloading and reading a new-release book, without getting out of bed. Exactly.
