As you open your Kindle or iPad on Christmas, consider this publisher who suggests that e-books and print books can live peacefully together.
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The Book Beyond the Book
On December 25, 2011, In Technology, by bankier
As you open your Kindle or iPad on Christmas, consider this publisher who suggests that e-books and print books can live peacefully together.
Just two days after the European Commission announced that it was investigating Apple and major international publishers for possible e-book price fixing , the US Justice Department has made it clear that it’s also launching a probe into the possibility of “anticompetitive practices involving e-book sales.” Although Justice Department officials didn’t name which companies they’re looking into, it’s very likely that they’re focusing on the same agreements between publishers and the major e-book platform owners — either Apple or Amazon or both. E-book publishers are now being investigated in the US, not just Europe originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:06:00 EDT.
Just two days after the European Commission announced that it was investigating Apple and major international publishers for possible e-book price fixing , the US Justice Department has made it clear that it’s also launching a probe into the possibility of “anticompetitive practices involving e-book sales.” Although Justice Department officials didn’t name which companies they’re looking into, it’s very likely that they’re focusing on the same agreements between publishers and the major e-book platform owners — either Apple or Amazon or both. E-book publishers are now being investigated in the US, not just Europe originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:06:00 EDT.
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E-book publishers are now being investigated in the US, not just Europe
E-books may have caught on in a big way these past few years, but there have been a few big holdouts.
E-books may have caught on in a big way these past few years, but there have been a few big holdouts.
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Fahrenheit 451 now available as an ebook, memorize at your own discretion
Plus Robert Scoble has a minor falling out with Google+, and TechCrunch gets a sneak peak at upcoming Amazon Kindle tablet A quick burst of 9 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team I am asking Google to remove me from the Google+ suggested user list > > Robert Scoble – Google+ “…Anyway, I totally understand why Google did this list. It just isn’t a well curated list and so I don’t want my name associated with it.” Lost iPhone 5: Police ‘assisted’ Apple investigators in search of SF man’s home > > San Francisco News For those who doubted the original report was correct: “The bizarre saga involving a lost prototype of the iPhone 5 has taken another interesting turn. Contradicting past statements that no records exist of police involvement in the search for the lost prototype, San Francisco Police Department spokesman Lt
Plus Robert Scoble has a minor falling out with Google+, and TechCrunch gets a sneak peak at upcoming Amazon Kindle tablet A quick burst of 9 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team I am asking Google to remove me from the Google+ suggested user list > > Robert Scoble – Google+ “…Anyway, I totally understand why Google did this list. It just isn’t a well curated list and so I don’t want my name associated with it.” Lost iPhone 5: Police ‘assisted’ Apple investigators in search of SF man’s home > > San Francisco News For those who doubted the original report was correct: “The bizarre saga involving a lost prototype of the iPhone 5 has taken another interesting turn. Contradicting past statements that no records exist of police involvement in the search for the lost prototype, San Francisco Police Department spokesman Lt
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Boot up: Police ‘assisted’ Apple in lost iPhone hunt, and no US launch for Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 or Galaxy note
Plus why Amazon’s app store has a big problem (and a mini revolt) on its hands, and zero-day vulnerabilities found in many Wordpress themes A quick burst of 7 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team Amazon App Store: Rotten To The Core > > Shifty Jelly’s blog of mystery This is a big problem for Amazon: “Amazon’s biggest feature by far, has been their Free App Of The Day promotion. Publicly their terms say that they pay developers 20% of the asking price of an app, even when they give it away free
Plus why Amazon’s app store has a big problem (and a mini revolt) on its hands, and zero-day vulnerabilities found in many WordPress themes A quick burst of 7 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team Amazon App Store: Rotten To The Core > > Shifty Jelly’s blog of mystery This is a big problem for Amazon: “Amazon’s biggest feature by far, has been their Free App Of The Day promotion. Publicly their terms say that they pay developers 20% of the asking price of an app, even when they give it away free
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Comic-Con 2011: Penny Arcade co-creators talk about potential focus for their next game, a new movie project, and how hard Irrational Games rocks (so hard).
Comic-Con 2011: Penny Arcade co-creators talk about potential focus for their next game, a new movie project, and how hard Irrational Games rocks (so hard).
On June 13, 2011, In Gadgets, by klubetor
Don’t look now, but there’s some major synergy going on in Japan’s e-book market, now that Sony , Panasonic , Rakuten and Kinokuniya have all joined forces on a new digital quest. Today, the quartet of companies announced they’re working on a system that would allow users to purchase and read content across their respective e-readers , injecting the e-cosmos with a heavy dose of free love and good vibes
Don’t look now, but there’s some major synergy going on in Japan’s e-book market, now that Sony , Panasonic , Rakuten and Kinokuniya have all joined forces on a new digital quest. Today, the quartet of companies announced they’re working on a system that would allow users to purchase and read content across their respective e-readers , injecting the e-cosmos with a heavy dose of free love and good vibes
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Sony, Panasonic, others to launch cross-platform e-book service, later this year
Yet another print powerhouse is bringing its wares to the iPad , all lining up neatly ahead of Apple’s upcoming WWDC. First it was Time , then it was Hearst , and now Cond
Yet another print powerhouse is bringing its wares to the iPad , all lining up neatly ahead of Apple’s upcoming WWDC. First it was Time , then it was Hearst , and now Cond
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Maxis action role-playing game and IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover headline light week at retail as Outland makes downloadable debut.
Maxis action role-playing game and IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover headline light week at retail as Outland makes downloadable debut.