- 2013 May 16
Steve Jobs's E-book Email
“Throw in with Apple and see if we can all make a go of this to create a real mainstream e-books market at $12.99 and $14.99.”
- 2013 Apr 24
E-book Anxieties
Guardian: "Amazon's bid for rights to sell secondhand ebooks adds another layer of complexity to a world where the certainties of print culture are dissolving."
- 2013 Apr 10
Former Amazon Exec's Literacy Cause
David Risher is hoping to teach all children in the developing world to read...one e-book at a time.
- 2013 Feb 12
How the People Saved Book Publishing
Forbes.com publishes an excerpt from the new e-book by DBW's Jeremy Greenfield.
- 2012 Dec 10
Baen Moves to Kindle Store
If you’re looking for proof about how the e-book market has changed in the 5 years since the Kindle Store launched, today’s news concerning Baen Books will give you a clue.
- 2012 Oct 22
Hearst Plans Holiday Recipe E-book
While Hearst has already dipped its toe into electronic publishing for individual magazines like Cosmopolitan and Esquire, the e-book (published by Open Road) is the first time Hearst has published content from a variety of its magazines in digital form.
- 2012 Oct 19
No One Needs a Publisher
The Denver Post has just found out authors can self-publish. The paper's done its 'you don't need a publisher' story, attempting to make it timely--we assume--by tying it to a growing DIY ethic in the culture at large.
- 2012 Aug 14
Harper Plans Deluxe Chabon E-book
"Telegraph Avenue" will have an interactive map of Oakland, eight videos, an animated cover, and more.
- 2012 Jul 17
Penguin Makes Major E Push in India
"Penguin Books India has firmed up some grand plans to register its presence in the burgeoning e-book segment, which analysts believe can make printed books obsolete in the not too distant future."
- 2012 Jun 25
Amazon's E-book Issue
Daily Mail: "Amazon has been accused of making money selling offensive, racist and potentially dangerous ebooks on subjects ranging from bomb-making to drug growing."
Folger Shakespeares Go to E
NY Times: The Folger Shakespeare Library editions will be available in e-book format for the first time beginning Monday.
- 2012 Jun 22
'New Yorker' Takes on the Ebook 'War'
In Monday's magazine Ken Auletta digs into the showdown over e-books between Apple, Amazon, book publishers, and the DoJ.
- 2012 Jun 12
What Will E-books Look Like in 2016?
New data from Pricewaterhouse Coopers’ Global Entertainment and Media Outlook projects that e-books will make up 50 percent of the U.S. trade book market by 2016.
- 2012 Jun 07
The 'War & Peace' Nook vs. Kindle War
Guardian: In the Nook version of Tolstoy's classic, every instance of the word "kindle" is replaced with the word "nook."
- 2012 May 25
E-Readers Uncovered
What and why people read on devices.
- 2012 May 10
China Wants E-books to be 50 Cents
Readers in China expect their e-books to be a very low price.
- 2012 Mar 13
Amazon Sells 2 Million Kindle Singles
In just over a year, Amazon has crossed the 2 million mark.
- 2012 Mar 06
NYT On Kindle Singles
The New York Times looks at the burgeoning market for short form content, focusing on Kindle Singles.
- 2012 Mar 02
E-books Turning Oligopolistic
"Certain developments in the e-book marketing show some alarming trends that may make it a kingdom of oligopoly where things are decided not by readers but by Apple, Amazon and Barnes & Noble."
- 2012 Feb 15
'USA Today' On Ease of Self-Publishing
The paper looks at the growing number of options for those looking to self-publish.
- 2012 Feb 08
Charles Orlando Talks Self-Publishing
The author/relationship guru talks to Fast Company about self-publishing and why he walked away from a "traditional" book deal.
- 2011 Dec 19
Apple's Agency Deals Investigated
The Guardian on Apple, Amazon, and the ongoing pricing of e-books debate.
- 2011 Nov 28
How Much Does a 99c E-book Cost Amazon?
The economics of Amazon's e-book trade.
- 2011 Oct 28
E-Book Bestsellers in WSJ
The Wall Street Journal's bestsellers lists to include e-books, reports the AP.
- 2011 Oct 03
Harry Potter E-books Delayed Until 2012
The reason: to bring as many people as possible to Pottermore.
- 2011 Sep 15
Controversial App Banned by Apple
Apple has banned "Phone Story" from its App Store, which references child labor and factory-worker suicides.
- 2011 Sep 06
E-books Rewrite Sales Story
USA Today on how e-books are changing everything.
- 2011 Aug 25
Three 99-cent E-books Are Bestsellers
Thriller writer Michael Prescott has 3 99-cent self-published e-books in the USA Today top 150.
- 2011 Aug 09
Opening Up About Open Road
Jane Friedman talks to Business Insider about how Open Road is doing.
- 2011 Aug 04
Book Publishing Needs To Get Dirty
The Chicago Tribune on how publishing and the supporters of physical books need to fight back against the seductiveness of e-books.
- 2011 Aug 01
The New Yorker's iPad Success
The NYT reports that the no-frills New Yorker iPad app is outselling any other Conde Nast iPad magazine. Turns out people just want to read words sometimes...
Oh, the Pages That Glow!
How kids are embracing e-readers.
- 2011 Jul 24
Apple Cracks Down on eBookstores
The Digital Reader reports that the Kobo iOS app no longer offers access to the Kobo eBookstore, in compliance with Apple's newly enforced in-app purchase rules.
- 2011 Jul 19
Novels on Facebook
The University of Michigan press is serializing two novels on its Facebook page.
- 2011 Jul 18
No Textbooks for iBooks
TUAW has some thoughts on the implications for iBooks of Kindle's new textbook lending program.
- 2011 Jul 13
Cambridge Press Opens Digital Platform
Beginning this October, University Publishing Online will provide institutions with e-books and "related database products” from publishers across the world.
- 2011 Jul 11
E-Books are for 'Bloodless Nerds'
Booker Prize-winning author Penelope Lively says there are no substitutes for real books.
- 2011 Jul 08
Create a Branded iOS Home Screen Icon
A useful post from TUAW (via GIGAOM) for publishers who want to create a branded homescreen icon for iOS for when users bookmark your site to their home screen.
- 2011 Jul 06
La Martinière Joins the iBookstore
French publisher joins the e-book game, from TheBookseller.
- 2011 Jul 05
Pottermore's Revolution
The Vancouver Sun on the multimedia potential of Rowling's new digital venture.
- 2011 Jun 30
E-books will "blow apart" cover design
From TheBookseller. How publishers should do book design on the digital front: "drop text entirely in favor of a distinctive "icon" that can transfer to social media like Twitter.
- 2011 Jun 29
How Romance Writers Recycle Books
From WNYC: "Summer Secrets," the former #1 e-book bestseller, was actually first published in 2004, but rights reverted back to the author, Barbara Freethy.
- 2011 Jun 27
E-books to Sell Print Books
The NYT looks at a promotion from Algonquin books--the publisher is using discounted e-books as an incentive for print book buyers.
E-Reader Ownership Surges
Fast Company reports on a Pew survey that shows e-reader adoption has surged, surpassing even tablet adoption.
iPhone 5 In September
TUAW reports on Morgan Stanley's prediction that the iPhone 5 will launch in September.
- 2011 Jun 24
Pottermore's Massive Potential
Rowling is ostensibly "giving back," but is also in position to sell millions of e-books. From The Guardian.
- 2011 Jun 23
E-books Across the Pond
The Telegraph asks whether the e-book book is finally here--or there.
- 2011 Jun 22
Amazon Tablet
More rumors about an Amazon tablet. It may debut in August, says AllThingsD.
Flexible Displays
The NYT looks at the flexible displays that could be the future of everything from candy bar wrappers to books...
Spam to Riches
The WSJ looks at how there is e-book spam and e-book self-pub success in equal measure in Europe.
Spamazon
Laura Miller of Salon on the Amazon e-book spam scandal.
- 2011 Jun 21
European E-Growth
The Bookseller reports good digital growth in Europe despite the threat of encroaching US E-book companies.
- 2011 Jun 20
Survival of the Home Library
The Independent wonders whether the home library will survive the rise of the e-book.
Book Scanning UK
PaidContent reports that Google is about to scan 250,000 out-of-copyright books for the British Library.

