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A bad day for net neutrality, and that's not good.

Interesting piece on the challenges for first time authors

Amazon started life as a book retailer, and as a book retailer they made books cheaper. Then they were pioneers in the e-book industry where they made books cheaper. Their recently announced plan to give readers free e-book copies of books they buy in physical form doesn't make books cheaper per se, but it does give readers greater value for their book-buying dollar. This is all great stuff. But not everyone agrees. Emily Gould complains that "When ebooks and pbooks are bundled, the ebooks are sold at a loss. That's authors', publishers' and, associatively, non-AMZN retailers' loss" and "frustrating we have to keep explaining that ebook production is not free. digital objects are not made by elves."

Courts rule against Apple for colluding to raise e-book prices.  This will be a win for Amazon and loss for publishers.

The need of eBook Production Services for managing and advertising your business. eBooks have changed the way of reading and the way of living. People have transformed themselves with the digital world and hence it is important that you should hire an eBook Development Service.

Does the MatchBook program further devalue e-books?  Of course it does.

The above article briefly talks about eBooks and the need for eBook conversion. Then it goes on to discuss some essential tips for authors and publishers before outsourcing eBook conversion requirements to a service provider.

Amazon flexes monopoly muscle. Thanks DOJ.

More bad behavior from Amazon.

BluEnt reveals the top three factors impacting search engine optimization contract. Achieve the highest possible ROI with the best SEO pricing plan.

Barnes & Noble said it would drop the price of the Nook to $199. Responding rapidly, Amazon.com cut the price of its popular Kindle e-reader below the Nook, to $189.

Rolling Stone's circulation has increased as it takes on coverage of the financial crisis and the war in Afghanistan.

Is this a tipping-point?

Yes, I believe so. The evidence would suggest that we read more, when we read e-books. Therefore, the e-book readers will progressively represent growth in the book industry. Combine that with the trend that Amazon has already reported, and it seems inevitable.

Google closer to entering the book market as distributore and retailer.

Cory Doctorow on what publishers can learn from Silicon Valley.

Getting in shape for a changing job market.