At the end of last week, there was an interesting development among ebook publishers. The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), which includes several major publishers,…
OPLIN 4Cast #283: DRM on a diet
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At the end of last week, there was an interesting development among ebook publishers. The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), which includes several major publishers,…
In the past 10 days or so, all kinds of interesting things have been happening with big companies and ereaders. You’ve surely heard about Microsoft…
We know ebooks are very popular right now, and it’s also proving to be pretty easy for authors to self-publish in ebook format (and even sometimes encouraged).…
One of the nifty things about ebooks is their ability to transcend plain text. Illustrations and graphic design have always been recognized as an important…
Almost everybody would agree that 2011 was the year of the ebook, when they captured about 20% of all fiction sales. Almost everybody in the…
You may recall from an earlier 4cast that the law suit against the Google Books project had its ups and downs last year. It looks like…
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Occasionally, the topic of ebook piracy generates some press, though not as often as you might expect. Last spring, for example, there was a flurry…
In the middle of last week’s excitement about public library books for the Kindle, the Aptara Corporation released their Third Annual eBook Survey of Publishers (40-page…
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Ereaders and tablets, for the most part, have not had much effect on the book. That is, an ebook on an ereader is currently little…
While many folks have been focused on Google+, Google Books has been bouncing from bad news to good news over the past couple of weeks.…