Editor’s note: This post originally appeared on Publishing Trendsetter. Earlier this year, France made publishing news headlines when its court ruled ebook subscription services like Kindle Unlimited illegal. The law cited was the Lang Law, which gives publishers the exclusive right to set the price of a book. Retailers are not allowed to discount more than…Continue Reading
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Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know. Are virtual reality bookstores the next step for retailers who are competing in an on-demand world? Will Chinese translations find success…Continue Reading
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Tagged Amazon, Apple, bookstores, Chinese, contact sheets, ebooks, economics, Facebook, Google, literary fiction, NYU, print, Publishing Trends, retailers, Scott Galloway, translations, video, virtual reality
The ongoing and increasingly heated debate over the use of Digital Rights Management (DRM) in digital publishing has recently received more press attention because of the EU ruling to charge VAT (value-added tax) on ebooks. For those in need of a reminder, Digital Rights Management refers to the protections that are in place on many…Continue Reading
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Tagged .mobi, Amazon, Apollo 1201, Apollo 1201 Project, Apple, Ars Technica, Barnes & Noble, Cory Doctorow, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, digital rights management, DRM, EPUB, Good e-Reader, Hachette UK, Isabelle Attard, Julie Crisp, Kindle, Macmillan, Nintendo, Nook, PC Box, Reuters, Rightscorp, The Digital Reader, The Electronic Frontier Foundation, Tor, Ursula MacKenzie, VAT
In October of last year, news broke on The Digital Reader that Adobe Digital Editions was taking a significant amount of user data and sending it back to their servers. Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) is a program that allows readers to put ebooks onto their reading devices from retailers and libraries alike. The program’s terms…Continue Reading
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Tagged Adobe Digital Editions, Amazon, Apple, BuzzFeed, Claudia Ballard, Data Tracking, ebooks, ereaders, Fast Company, GoodeReader, Joseph Bernstein, Kindle, Kobo, Mark Coker, oyster, Scribd, Smashwords, The Digital Reader, WME
Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know. Why are publishers so keen on ebook subscription services? Is there a downside to teaching children to read at…Continue Reading
Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know. Should Barnes & Noble start focusing on how to beat Starbucks instead of trying to win the tablet market?…Continue Reading
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Tagged anti-trust, Apple, Barnes & Noble, copyright law, Department of Justice, disabilities, marketing, Nielsen, print, social media, Starbucks, Tablet, teens, websites
Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know. Has Pamela Paul’s leadership led to a more inclusive New York Times Book Review “100 Notable Books” list? Is Apple guilty…Continue Reading
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Tagged 100 Notable Books, Apple, blockbusters, bookstores, debut authors, ebook price-fixing, infographic, kids, New York Times Book Review, Pamela Paul, public libraries, Scholastic
Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know. Will the Apple iOS 8 update convert Amazon Kindle users into iBooks users? Will print books survive alongside ebooks…Continue Reading
Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know. Is it time for publishers to take a stance on ebook subscription services? Should The Man Booker Prize be able…Continue Reading
Every week, our sister site, Publishing Trendsetter, recommends 5 publishing news stories that young book professionals should read to feel more connected to what’s going on in the industry. To continue that tradition here on Publishing Trends, we will be recommending 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope…Continue Reading