Last month, Amazon decided to try to make some money by legitimizing “fan fiction,” the growing trend for fans of a story or book series…
OPLIN 4cast #342: Fan fiction gets real
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Last month, Amazon decided to try to make some money by legitimizing “fan fiction,” the growing trend for fans of a story or book series…
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…
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We usually try not to get too geeky on this blog, but sometimes it seems like we have no choice. The recent stories about the…
It’s a safe assumption that most of our readers have heard of the recent move by Harper Collins to restrict the lending of their e-books…
With the holiday shopping season upon us, many people will be buying e-book readers for themselves or as gifts. Some industry forecasts predict as many…
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We’ve done three OPLIN 4cast posts about e-books in the last six months, and this one makes four. We try to mix our topics and…
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Amazon announced yesterday that it sold more Kindle books than hardback books over the last three months. While the format of the book may be…
1. In addition to marketing the Kindle, Amazon has been trying some new things, too. Amazon To Acquire AbeBooks, And With It A Stake In…