by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 31, 2010 | Commentary, Featured
Amazon removes Macmillan books | via CNET News Apple will allow publishers more leeway to set their own prices for e-books. Although the prices will be tethered to print book prices by a formula that will generally yield prices between $12.99 and $14.99 for most...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 26, 2010 | Commentary
From the Wired Epicenter Blog’s Twitter feed: Newspaper Paywall Update: Thirty-five people have signed up to access Newsday online. After three months. At $5 a week = $9,100 in revenue. I’ll be honest, I don’t think I could last on $3000 in revenue a...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 26, 2010 | Commentary, Featured
Today’s Times has an interesting article on Apple’s forthcoming device, and the effect it may have on the publishing industry. But the piece contains some ugly undertones: Apple sold lots of music, but the music labels claimed that iTunes had destroyed the...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 21, 2010 | Commentary, Featured
There was a new article in the Wall Street Journal last night that “leaked” a little more information on what might be in store for next week’s Apple event. From the WSJ article: Apple has recently been in discussions with book, magazine and...
