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Jan

2012

Apple and eBook Standards

Written by Ric

Thursday's launch of Apple's education books initiative quickly brought howls of outrage from a diverse group of people, including people in publishing and those who produce ebooks for publishers. The non-standard code base for the new "enhanced" books generated the most commentary, while other hot topics included the fact the authoring tool only works on OS X and Apple's EULA has weird and stupid restrictions.

Dec

2011

We Made Amazon

Written by Ric

The media has been buzzing this week with tales of terrible deeds by Amazon. Amazon is killing your local bookstore, pushing publishers to the brink, and maybe making unicorns extinct. Really?
Last Updated on Saturday, 17 December 2011 08:16
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Dec

2011

Shipped != Sold

Written by Ric

Lazy, sloppy, or plain incompetent? I am unsure which applies to journalists who equate “shipped” with “sold” in business articles.
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Oct

2011

Is Kobo a Player?

Written by Ric

Kobo is suddenly back in the news, after some interesting new deals to sell ebooks in Europe were revealed at the Frankfurt Book Fair. The commentary on how this positions Kobo among the other players in the ebook retail game has been interesting.
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