1226 readersA completely subjective selection of the last week’s posts. How you can sell your ebooks via mobile phones, by Piotr Kowalczyk How Apple may inadvertently boost ebook linking, by Eric Hellman Romance Bookstores on the map, by Sarah Wendell Fansubs and e-books: When pirates outcompete on quality, by Chris Meadows 100 French publishers say “Non”
1344 readersDigital Book World coverage: Publishers and agents differ on ‘fair’ e-book royalty rates, by Chris Meadows Its no pocalypse at Digital Book World, by Eric Hellman DBW panelists suggest children’s book apps need curating, by Chris Meadows Digital Book World: BISG research report on ISBN Digital Book World: consumer attitude and buying behavior studies Digital
1578 readersA defense of pagination New BookReader on the Internet Archive View from Down Under: Kindle for Web vs. Google Ebookstore, by Jason Davis Amazon removes incest-related erotica titles from store, Kindle archive, by Chris Meadows A geographical restriction warning for those of you giving an iPad/iPod – it may go unactivated! by Joanna What ereader
1253 readersA Red Lemonade Sampler by Richard Nash Will E-Readers Eat the Tablet Computer? by Michael Mace Why DRM is a distraction by Chris Walters Kobo on top of the Canadian Giller Prize; the immediacy of ebooks Amazon announces 70% revenue share for Kindle mags and newspapers; publishing tool available On PDF Scissors for use with
678 readersA completely subjective pick of the stuff I liked the best. Ruth Ann Nordin posts her marketing plan How did Mark Twain really feel about perpetual copyright?, by Chris Meadows The best ebook apps and non-apps, by Meredith Greene New survey shows traditional publishers don’t understand consumers A new kind of hello, by Brian O’Leary
1154 readersFree E-books on Malay Archipelago in Sejarah Melayu Library New site for children’s trade book authors Canada could get DMCA-style DRM anti-circumvention law, by Chris Meadows Competition for reader attention heading up, says Mike Shatzkin, by Chris Meadows Granta gets a Kindle edition A guide to the Kindle collections feature, by Andrys Basten Magazines need
1746 readersGizmodo has an article on how to remove DRM from your Kindle ebooks Two articles on lending ebooks, by Sue Polanka Just How Big is the Kindle Revolution? Our Estimates, by Stephen Windwalker Chronicles of lost ebook sales, by Dave Slusher Why ProQuest brought ebrary, by Eric Hellman Paul Carr seeks a better way to
740 readers2010 Summary: libraries are still screwed, by Eric Hellman Deer in the headlights, by Brian O’Leary All the details on Amazon’s book lending program – a “how to”, by Andrys Basten Year One: the born digital publisher Do authors make good publishers? asks e-reads How to add books to the iPad, iPhone, etc. Why I
908 readersA very subjective selection of the stories I found most interesting this week. Author Terrill Lee Lankford nixes book deal over ebook royalty rate Pew breaks down gadget demographic… but may have missed an important group, by Steven Lyle Jordan It’s like making sausage, by Mary Anna Evans Review of the typography of The Daily
2024 readersSurvey shows misunderstanding of iPad’s place in the ereader market by Andrys Basten Why Smashwords moved to “agency pricing” – explained by Mark Coker Joe Konrath predicts e-publishing boom in 2011 by Chris Meadows How do you cite an e-book’s ‘page number’? by Chris Meadows Project Gutenberg responds to Greg and Astrid Bear’s takedown request;