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Springer launches SpringerBriefs & Tips for eBooks
Springer has announced the launch of a new product line named SpringerBriefs. These short form books running 50 to 125 pages will feature cutting-ed…
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Do Books Cost too Much
Mark Coker, founder of Smashwords thinks so ( HuffPo ): Most books are too expensive. Compared to lower cost alternative media sources, books are bec…
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BISG Report: Consumer Attitudes to E-Books
From BISG the annoucement of the final installment of their study into consumer attitudes towards e-Books. Available today, the fourth and final ins…
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SharedBook Announces Several New Initiatives
Many readers will know I have been a fan of the SharedBook model for several years now and enjoy keeping track of their new initiatives. Here is a …
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Open Letter from ALA on Digital Book Lending
Last week ALA President Maureen Sullivan published an open letter to the library and publisher community regarding the refusal of Simon & Schust…
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MediaWeek (V7, N42): Open Access Myths, eBooks and Tablets, China's Fake Research Industry, Brit Trade Invasion, + More
Open Access expert Peter Suber writes in the Guardian: Open access : six myths to put to rest Open access to academic research has never been a hot…
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Front Page News: Libraries To Kill Trade*
Motoko Rich ( NYTimes ) takes a look at eBook lending in libraries without discovering anything particularly new - at least to anyone with even a pas…
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WSJ goes to School on eBooks
In the WSJ this morning they have a round-up of some of the trails and debates about placing eBook readers in schools as a replacement for paper text…
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Nature's $49 eTextbook
The financial times is reporting that on Tuesday Nature publishing will announce an experimental eTextbook offering pricing an electronic textbook at…
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Random House to Sell Chapters
The WSJ (via Reuters) is reporting that Random House will begin experimenting with the sale of chapters from their web site. The report suggests thi…
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Ingram: Downloads Strong. Prichard Interview
A little bit of a puff piece from Ingram Digital announcing that digital downloads from their retail solutions unit had enjoyed record third quarter …
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OUP Believes E-Book Sales are Huge
Evan Schnittman on the OUP blog has some interesting analysis on ebook sales for the balance of this year. He concludes thus, Success in technology,…
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MediaWeek (V7, N42): Open Access Myths, eBooks and Tablets, China's Fake Research Industry, Brit Trade Invasion, + More
Open Access expert Peter Suber writes in the Guardian: Open access : six myths to put to rest Open access to academic research has never been a hot…
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Defections
Another big name author has followed the money and moved from his long term publisher. Richard Ford has moved from Knopf to Ecco after 17 years, and …
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Who's moving my E-Book?
A month ago the Gutenberg Project organized a World e-Book Fair that was designed to bring attention to the e-book format by making over 300,000 e-bo…
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BISG Reports Accelerating Migration to eContent
From their recently released report on Consumer Attitudes to eBooks: “This is a market in fast motion and identifying trends early is the key to gain…
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Blackwell to Implement Espresso Book Machine
News from The Bookseller that Blackwell will be implementing the Espresso Book machine in their 60 store chain of retail stores. From the article, &q…
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Front Page News: Libraries To Kill Trade*
Motoko Rich ( NYTimes ) takes a look at eBook lending in libraries without discovering anything particularly new - at least to anyone with even a pas…
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SharedBook Announces Several New Initiatives
Many readers will know I have been a fan of the SharedBook model for several years now and enjoy keeping track of their new initiatives. Here is a …
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Judging Clarity: The AAP, Google, AG Settlement
There has been an increasing amount of discussion – mainly on the Interwebs and via list serves, etc. — about the proposed settlement between Google,…
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