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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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  • ▼  2011 (297)
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      • Publishers Look Beyond Bookstores
      • A word from our sponsor: Video trailer featuring m...
      • 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
      • NOOK for Android updated with new grid view, wish ...
      • 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
      • Motorola Xoom - Bad Timing, High Price, Complex In...
      • RIP, Alex eReader
      • Amazon's delivery fees for Kindle books putting a ...
      • Steve Haber Speaks: Apple’s Rejection, Sony Reader...
      • Barnes & Noble 3Q net income falls
      • Amazon’s New Kindle Commercial Jabs At iPad Again
      • Books Beyond Borders
      • Amazon pushes out Kindle update
      • Alexander Nazaryan on the future of publishing - b...
      • No More Crippled iBooks? Jailbreaking Tool's Updat...
      • Borders bankruptcy's impact across the industry
      • AAP Reports the Obvious: eBooks Boosted Sales in 2010
      • Can Tina Brown successfully reinvent Newsweek?
      • Book Lovers Fear Dim Future for Marginalia
      • Apple’s Message to Publishers: Quality
      • Pressure mounts over Apple's 30% subscription charge
      • Apple Subscription Service Draws Antitrust Scrutiny
      • GOB Banners To Go Up Friday for 200 Borders Stores
      • Nook Color Honeycomb 'beta' hack advances | Crave ...
      • AAP Stats on Viral eBook Sales Growth
      • S&P Analyst: US Market "Over-Saturated" in Terms o...
      • Kobo Reassures Its E-Book Customers After Borders ...
      • Bankruptcy Filing Means Borders Owes Big Publisher...
      • With Borders decline, industry loses millions of s...
      • Google Announces Payment System for Digital Conten...
      • Good roundup of pundit opinion Amazon vs. Apple re...
      • Conde Nast Newsstand Tries Convergence of Technolo...
      • And Here We Go: Borders Files for Bankruptcy
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      • Apple: if we get you subscribers, we deserve a cut
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      • Why Innovation Doffs an Old Hat
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      • Hedge fund financier acknowledges $125 million los...
      • Apple, Google and the Publishers: Here’s How to Ma...
      • Sports Illustrated Magazine to Offer Subscriptions...
      • Yahoo Launches "Livestand"
      • PC WORLD Ponders the eBook Format Morass
      • HP TouchPad and Other Tablets vs. the Advantaged iPad
      • Amazon HP TouchPad Kindle App
      • Kindle Books on Linux
      • Page Numbers for Kindle Books an Imperfect Solution
      • Powell’s Lays Off 31 Workers
      • Apple's New iPad in Production
      • European publishers upset over Apple's iTunes subs...
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      • Having stopped shipments to Borders Group, publish...
      • Amazon adds "real" page numbers to Kindle eBooks
      • What's to stop ...
      • Hands-On With The Daily (Sure Doesn't Feel Like Th...
      • The Daily vs. Flipboard - Which Wins?
      • Android Powered Archos 70 Joins eReader Market
      • Big Brains on eBooks
      • Apple rumored to hold "small event" in March to us...
      • AOL to Buy The Huffington Post for $315 Million
      • NYSE Warns Borders Stock Price Too Low For Continu...
      • E-Book Sales Rise in Children’s and Young Adult Ca...
      • Digital Publishing Collateral Damage: H.B. Fenn, C...
      • Springer Starts Online Review Program
      • Want to Read The Daily? No iPad, No Problem!
      • Digital Magazines Hindered by Long Download Times
      • Apple sets deadline for Amazon's Kindle app to change
      • Authors Guild vs. The Free Market
      • News Corp. Launches "The Daily" iPad Newspaper
      • Analysis: Amazon Positioned for 50% Overall Market...
      • EXCELLENT Interview with O'Reilly eBook Guru Andre...
      • Wiley Launches New Program of Open Access Journals
      • Apple: Nothing Has Changed. Except For This One Th...
      • UK: eBook agency pricing investigation begins
      • On eve of 'The Daily' launch, rival iPad apps offe...
      • Apple denies claim that Sony Reader, Kindle in dan...
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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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