Sep 11 2009
In testimony before the House Judiciary, Google announced that it would allow other retailers to sell access to the out of print books (the infamous “orphan works”). This was a policy Google had in place regarding its in print books available through the Partners Program. The North Carolina Literary Festival is starting today with a(…)
Jul 8 2009
Amazon is cutting off affiliates right and left, some due to taxing issues within the state, but it removed any affiliate fees for Kindle books; eliminated search related affiliate fees and not won’t pay for tweeted links. I’m of the opinion that Amazon is trying to strategically reduce any affiliate fees. USA Today had a(…)
Jun 7 2009
The idea of ownership of ebooks is quite ephemeral. There is no resale. No return. No sharing. Essentially a reader’s right of first sale is totally obliterated by a digital book. I joked with someone the other day that you really only have a leasehold interest in the digital book for your life or the(…)
May 19 2009
Apr 30 2009
Two important pieces of news have developed about the Google Book Settlement. First, the court has granted an extension on filing papers for opting out of the settlement. Prominent authors like Patricia Briggs and Kresley Cole and Meljean Brook have opted out but I also know that major agents have advised their authors to NOT(…)
Mar 19 2009
Some ebook news. Here is the Diesel romance ebook press release discussing it’s 400+ bundles. Of interest is that Diesel claims 60,000 customers. That seems like a big number to me for some reason given that digital books only make up a small percentage of overall book sales. Maybe by the end of 2009, ebook(…)
Oct 15 2008
When I first read this article in Time magazine, I thought for sure it was a hoax. A Google widget to protect yourself from emailing drunken messages over the internets? Surely not. I then googled it and sure enough, Gmail has a new feature called Mail Goggles. An email won’t be sent unless you can(…)
Sep 23 2008
May 12 2008
A couple of weeks ago, the possible assimilation of Yahoo by Microsoft caused people to wonder about the future of Google. Now that Microsoft’s bid is off the table, a Yahoo + Google merger is swirling around again. According to BBC, the potential merging of search engine giants is facing a call from activists of(…)
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