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Something from the music industry. Many of you may have heard about iTunes getting the labels to agree to DRM-free music in exchange for a new princing structure. But things are not going so smoothly in upgrading to DRM-free music. Looks like iTunes could use a solid analysis of its system architecture to see where the bottleneck is.

Google has quietly launched its music search service. Speculation over whether this will affect iTunes or not. More of Google's expansion.

The website of a record label which offers completely free music downloads has been taken down by its host for copyright infringement, even though it only offers its own music. Quote Unquote Records calls itself "The First Ever Donation Based Record Label", but is currently homeless after its host pulled the plug.

If ebook readers succeed, will publishers be smarter than the music industry in the face of digitization and the web? Some guidelines on how publishers can avoid some of the mistakes of the music industry peers

Thanks for posting this, Arnie. I've been watching the rise of the Kindle for a while. It popped up at various publishing conferences a few years back. As a reader, it does have some appealing qualities. But, the product is too expensive to go mainstream just yet, in my view. I'd be nervous to schlep a $400 device on international trips with multiple time zones/hotel stays. It's okay if I accidentally leave a paperback behind in a plane or forget it in my hotel room, but you'd have to be careful with a Kindle--it sort of changes my perception of reading materials when I'm traveling.

Interesting take on the music piracy issue and a highlight of the punitive nature of the current laws.

Yippee....

Amazon and Apple are looking to create markets for the sale of "used" e-books.

A ruling on the resale of digital music could have implications for the potential resale of e-books.

Lessons for book publishers from the music industry sprinkled with some pessimism that major publishers will heed the lessons.

With new technology, there are endless possibilities for creating new works, this article explains why current copyright law inhibits this from happening, and why you should think twice about reusing music by Prince.

With a new tablet device, Steve Jobs is betting he can reshape businesses like textbooks, newspapers and television much the way his iPod revamped the music industry-and expand Apple's influence and revenue as a content middleman." />

Will publishing follow the trajectory of the recorded music industry?  Kevin Kelly  thinks so.

Read about the latest Entertainment News on Wired.com, including art, technology, films, animation, music, web video, tv, podcasts, and blogs.

Non-linear storytelling engines and Ulysses in one article. Bam!

Talks about how an Apple iTablet can change the publishing industry in the same way that the iPod revolutionized the music industry