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Reason 510 DRM Is Terrible: Wal-Mart Ends Video Download Service

By Jane • Dec 28th, 2007 • Category: Publishing News

One reason I was so disgusted when Kindle debuted with its super proprietary Mobipocket format was because of the history of companies, both big and small, to stop supporting the proprietary format of the month, leaving its consumers high and dry.
Wal-mart has announced that it will end its video download service after just one year [...]



Wal-Mart to Sell DRM free Digital Music. Can Digital Books Be Far Behind?

By Jane • Aug 22nd, 2007 • Category: Publishing News

Wal-Mart positions itselfto be a force in the digital music business in which Apple ITunes holds a more than 70% market share. To challenge the big gun who is now third in the overall music sales, Wal-Mart has begun to sell high quality (256 ) songs from EMI at a lower price point. [...]



Changes Afoot to Wal-Mart’s Shelving of Books?

By Jane • Jun 27th, 2007 • Category: Publishing News

Word came down a few weeks ago that the brick and mortar Wal-mart stores were reducing the number of mid list authors it was going to carry. According to Black Romance Reader, that is not the only negative book shelving change that is going on. BRR reported that the following:
I'd already known [...]