Amazon’s new browser-based version of its Kindle e-book app is designed to get around Apple’s restrictions on in-app purchasing, but it is also a great example of how media companies should… Read more »
As the disruption of the book industry continues, media companies are showing an increasing interest in “format shifting” by publishing their own e-books using content that they have already created, moves… Read more »
The forces that are driving the disruption in traditional book publishing are the same as those affecting other media as well, whether it’s newspapers and magazines or virtually any other publishing-based… Read more »
We’ve written a lot here at GigaOM about the evolution — and disruption — of the book-publishing industry, from the rise of self-publishing phenomenons like Amanda Hocking to new e-book ventures… Read more »
John Green, whose book for young adults hit the number one spot this week before he was even finished writing it, is the latest example of an author whose use of… Read more »
Author John Locke has become the new poster boy for self-publishing via Amazon’s Kindle platform by selling more than a million copies of his e-books. Along with fellow author Amanda Hocking,… Read more »
Amazon is launching a Kindle lending program for libraries, and while there are some interesting features included, the plan raises questions about who controls the content in these books, and what… Read more »
Ebook-lending service Lendle, whose access to the Amazon API was just cut off, has become the latest poster child for a simple maxim: Building your service on top of someone else’s… Read more »
Amazon has refused to remove a book from its Kindle store despite criticism from hundreds of commenters on the self-published title, which advocates pedophilia. The retailer says it doesn’t believe in… Read more »
The definition of a “book” is becoming more fluid, thanks to efforts like Borders’ new self-publishing service powered by Bookbrewer, and the recently launched Amazon Kindle Singles program, both of which… Read more »