While the London Book Fair was home to big news regarding digitization with Random House announcing their further rollout of digital books and Penguin announcing support for the open .epub standard, the IDPF BSIG (Business Special Interest Group) call this week centered around some practical guidelines for going forward with digitization.
Waterstones and Borders to Sell E-Books in UK
Random House Joins In-House E-Reader Trend
The Wire and eBay: Economics, Scarcity, and Digital Product
All those who know me will surely not be surprised that I have managed to incorporate Stringer Bell into my personal analysis of eBay’s recent decision to stop selling eBooks in auction. For those who are unfamiliar with the depth of my obsessive dissection of both the HBO series and economic models for e-product, well, welcome to wonderland.
No More E-Books for eBay
As of April 29th, eBay will no longer sell downloadable items:
“We’ll be banning all goods that can be digitally downloaded or transferred electronically from being listed in any format on eBay.co.uk and eBay.ie”
E-Books: What Do You Own?
Gizmodo pulled together a great synopsis of a learned and high-fibre article from the Columbia Law School’s Science and Technology Law Review. It deals with the difference between buying and licensing and what that means to consumers of dowloadable e-books.
The Digital Race Speeds Ahead
High Watermarks in the Future of Music
With Sony BMG making the announcement last week that it will join Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and EMI in offering DRM-free music downloads, it seems that digital culture has just gotten a little free. But there’s more to the story, writes David Kravets.
Mike Shatzkin's Crystal Ball
Camels Are SO 2007
In the long tradition of copying and improving desirable naturally occurring traits from the animal kingdom (wings, small pouches for valuables…um…flippers), Voltaic Systems has created a power source that would make even the most well-endowed ungulate flush with envy: a solar-power generator in the form of a backpack.
