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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Good roundup of pundit opinion Amazon vs. Apple re: in-app iPad content purchases -

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      • AT&T stores to carry Amazon's Kindle 3G
      • This Library E-Book Will Self-Destruct After 26 Ch...
      • E-commerce drives Q3 growth for Barnes & Noble
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      • Google adds eBooks to Android Market
      • Kindle for the Web - or - Why Amazon Isn’t Worried...
      • O'Reilly ebooks outsell print editions by more tha...
      • Apple Announces an iPad-2 Event
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      • RIP, Alex eReader
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      • AAP Reports the Obvious: eBooks Boosted Sales in 2010
      • Can Tina Brown successfully reinvent Newsweek?
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      • Apple’s Message to Publishers: Quality
      • Pressure mounts over Apple's 30% subscription charge
      • Apple Subscription Service Draws Antitrust Scrutiny
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      • AAP Stats on Viral eBook Sales Growth
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      • Kindle Books on Linux
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      • Want to Read The Daily? No iPad, No Problem!
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      • Authors Guild vs. The Free Market
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Some Interesting e-Publishing Enterprises

  • Cursor
  • Diversion Books
  • eBook Architects
  • Enhanced Editions
  • FastPencil
  • New Street Communications, LLC
  • Nomad Editions
  • Odyssey Editions
  • Open Books
  • Open Road Integrated Media
  • PadWorX Digital Media
  • Push Pop Press
  • RosettaBooks
  • ScrollMotion
  • Smashwords
  • Volio Press
  • Vook
  • Wattpad
  • Wowio
  • Zinio

Open-Source Textbook Initiatives

  • College Open Textbooks Community
  • Community College Open Textbooks Collaborative
  • Curriki
  • Flat World Knowledge
  • Free Digital Textbooks Initiative

Worthwhile Organizations

  • Banned Books Week
  • Berkman Center for Internet & Society
  • Creative Commons
  • Electronic Frontier Foundation
  • Institute for the Future of the Book
  • PEN American Center Freedom to Write Campaign
  • Project Gutenberg
  • Worldreader.org
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