Stephen King delays e-book in favour of print
Telegraph.co.uk
King’s decision to get behind traditional book retailing has been welcomed in America, where book stores have have been hit hard by online e-book pricing. Joyland will be published by Hard Case Crime, an independent US publisher that specialises in …

Simon & Schuster Creates New Global Ebook Strategy Position
Digital Book World
Recognizing the global growth of ebooks as well as the significant U.S. ebook market, Simon & Schuster has created a new senior-level position dedicated to developing the publisher’s worldwide ebook business. Doug Stambaugh will fill the role as vice …
Simon & Schuster Hires Doug Stambaugh to be Vice President, Global eBook …Good E-Reader (blog)

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Gli e-book reader e tablet al Salone del Libro di Torino – ITespresso.it
ITespresso.it
Al Salone del Libro di Torino il mondo e-book è finito sotto i riflettori. Mondadori ha svelato il nuovo Kobo Aura HD, l’ebook reader ad alta definizione e dal nuovo design. Invece Ibs.it ha lanciato LeggoIBS Touch LUX e il mini tablet da 7 pollici …

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Research Suggests E-Readers Are More Intense Readers, eReflect 7 Speed …
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
The developers at eReflect, the software company behind 7 Speed Reading, are pleased to announce that a study by the Pew Research Center has recently found that those people who read books via their ebook readers are more intense and voracious …

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Albert Heijn en bol.com zetten in op digitaal lezen – Nieuwsbank
Nieuwsbank (persbericht) (abonnement)
De twee merken gaan samen aandacht besteden aan de gemakken van digitaal lezen en biedt de nieuwste reader tegen de laagste prijs aan. Albert Heijn en bol.com verwachten binnen enkele weken vele tienduizenden readers te verkopen en zo digitaal …

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In ebook case, Apple says publishers had already taken measures to counter …
PCWorld
Concerned about Amazon.com’s low pricing of ebooks, publishers had taken measures as early as 2009 such as “windowing,” a practice of delaying ebook releases to benefit sales of hardcover editions, Apple said in a filing in an ebook price-fixing lawsuit.
Apple’s E-Book Argument: Deals With Publishers Improved CompetitionAll Things Digital
DOJ Places E-Book Price-Fixing Blame on ApplePC Magazine
Apple denies DoJ accusations, says eBook publishers were fixing prices before …BGR
International Business Times -The Verge
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Google Play Books enables user ebook uploads, Google Drive support
The Verge
The new feature has been enabled as part of Google’s strategy to unite its cloud services, allowing users to either upload their ebooks via its website, or import them from their Google Drive storage. Google says that users will be able to store up to …
Google Play Books now lets you upload your own eBooks and read them across …MobileSyrup.com

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Research Reveals E-Book Readers Read More Frequently, 7 Speed Reading …
PR Web (press release)
As it turns out, the rise in gadgets designed or used as ebook readers has had a significant effect on peoples’ reading habits. Consequently, speed reading becomes even more important as well, and the 7 Speed Reading development team at eReflect …

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Marvin the Intelligent Ebook Reader (Almost) Gets It Right
TidBITS
Today I took a spin through a few books on my iPad with Marvin, a new and free ebook reader from Appstafarian Limited, and there’s a whole lot to like about it. Billed as an “intelligent ebook reader,” Marvin provides an array of reading tools far …

E-book-standaard in ontwikkeling
Boekblad (abonnement)
Het Open eBook Forum (OeBF) is bezig met het opstellen en handhaven van standaarden voor de structuur van e-books. Daarnaast stelt het OeBF zich ten doel de acceptatie van elektronische boeken te propageren. Het OeBF bestaat uit uitgevers, hard- en …