Kobo Steps in at the Eleventh Hour, Will be Taking Over Blinkbox Books Customer Lists – Blnkbox, the UK digital download business, has been in the process of trying to offload both the video and book download services since last year. While the video portion was successfully transferred, it looked ... more >
Open Road Dodges $1 Million Bullet in Copyright Case – In its bid to be awarded attorneys fees of more than $1M dollars, Harper Collins argued that Open Road’s contract to publish Julie of The Wolves as an ebook was “objectively unreasonable” — that is, so clearly wrong that Harper ... more >
Dear Ms. McCarthy, I managed to make it all the way through the first book in the series without realizing that it was based on Wuthering Heights, even though the hero and heroine were named Heath and Cat. In my defense, it was definitely a loose interpretation. The parallels between ... more >
Keurig’s next generation of coffee machines will have DRM lockdown – Ugh. I love my Keurigs. Yes, that’s right; I own more than one. What a ridiculous, consumer-alienating idea it is to have a DRM-ed machine. Seriously?! For coffee?! Not only does it go against everything that makes Keurig appealing ... more >