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Amazon Has a Patent to Sell Used Ebooks - 0 views

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    I don't understand how this would work. ebooks are files. Why would I buy a file? What's to stop me from just sending it to a friend for free? How is this even a market?
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McDonald's Happy Meals Now Offer eBooks Instead Of Toys - PSFK - 1 views

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    UK McDonalds are offering free downloads of ebooks and the promotion is tied to Britain's National Literacy Trust.
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Why the Public Library Beats Amazon-for Now - WSJ - 0 views

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    Public libraries has the rest of the crowd beat with their eBook stockades.
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    Many libraries use the Overdrive mobile app for downloading eBooks, which is a useful service. We use it to put eBooks on Kindle for our kids. The user experience in that app for searching, however, is TERRIBLE.
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The right to resell: a ticking time bomb over digital goods - paidContent - 0 views

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    Interesting piece about the business of digital content, and how to continue to capitalize after the "First Sale" of a music file or ebook.
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Amazon's "AutoRip" Service Goes Live, Giving Customers Free MP3s For CDs Purchased On A... - 0 views

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    Buy a CD, get the digital version free. Is this potentially the start of a trend? Can I get an eBook if I buy the hard copy?
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Apple to revolutionize textbooks with "GarageBand for e-books," says report | VentureBeat - 1 views

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    Good for publishers and could be good for us as well.
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Google eBooks Now 'Books On Google Play', With Big Sales - 0 views

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    Now more of an iTunes-like storefront
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Borders Opens eBook Store-BlackBerry and Android Apps Arrive as Reinforcements - 0 views

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Confirmed: Nook Color getting apps, tablet features with update | VentureBeat - 0 views

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    Tablets - ebook readers as the low-cost entrants
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Mattel-Amazon Partnership Blurs Boundary Between Retail & Entertainment - PSFK - 2 views

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    Online retailer Amazon and toy company Mattel's HIT Entertainment have partnered together to bring HIT Entertainment's popular children's cartoon Fireman Sam exclusively to the online retailer. Amazon will show episodes of Fireman Sam via streaming and will also have them available for download in Amazon Instant Video, Prime Instant Video, and FreeTime Unlimited. Amazon will also show related merchandise, including toys, ebooks, games, apparel, footwear, lunch boxes and more.
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Amazon Tests 'Kindle Unlimited,' A Netflix For Ebooks And Audiobooks | TechCrunch - 1 views

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    Tagging this as it seems to support whatever we end up calling Lessification. You don't need to keep and store books to have instant access to just about anything. Now add movies, music, photos...
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E-book wrapping: Nine fun ways to give e-books as presents. - Slate Magazine - 0 views

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    Could be interesting point to share deeper into December for gift tips.
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Joe Wikert's Publishing 2020 Blog: Why Advertising Could Become Amazon's Knockout Punch - 0 views

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    More on Amazon advertising
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Jessica Rovello: A Kindle Obituary - 0 views

  • Earlier this week a price war started between Barnes & Noble and Amazon, signaling the beginning of the end of the e-reader.
  • Price wars are never a good sign for a market, especially one so young as this
  • The iPad has sold three million units in just three months, a number likely comparable to the number of Kindles sold in two years
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    tablets are the end of e-readers possibly
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    Environmental scan about future of ebooks in relation to price wars.
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ABC Family Creates 'Chatterbox' iPad App - 0 views

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    daily 8.4 abc has released a chatterbox app so ppl can talk about the shows theyre watching as they watch them abc has also released a player iPad app to stream episodes and an ebook
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    Good to keep in mind for Cartoon/Turner as well.
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