May 16, 2012
- "George Harrison: Living in the Material World," the new e-book by Olivia Harrison, has generated good reviews from iTunes users, and the content is excellent. Whether it's worth downloading, though, depends on your tolerance for tiny text.
May 2, 2012
- Target has been trying to stop Amazon shoppers from checking products at Target stores and then buying them from Amazon.
April 30, 2012
- The deal, which gives Microsoft a 17.6 percent stake, values the Nook unit at $1.7 billion and bolsters the bookseller’s efforts to make its digital business the linchpin of its future growth.
April 29, 2012
- Buzz Bissinger’s postscript to “Friday Night Lights” was doing well as an e-book. Then a giveaway involving Apple and Starbucks became a pricing dispute with Amazon.
April 24, 2012
- Ever get frustrated trying to read an e-book in a darkened room? Behold, the self-illuminating Glow Light Nook from Barnes & Noble.
April 17, 2012
- Some fear that a price-fixing lawsuit might give Amazon a pass to offer discounts that could put its competitors out of business.
April 15, 2012
- An antitrust suit may provide short-term price reductions on e-books, but once the competition is flattened, Amazon is likely to resume its monopolistic ways.
- In February, the Educational Development Corporation said it would remove all its titles from Amazon, more evidence of the tumult over who gets to decide how much a book costs.
April 12, 2012
- If e-book prices plummet as a result of the lawsuit by the Justice Department, the financial impact on Apple will likely be small, analysts say.
April 11, 2012
- The government’s decision to pursue major publishers on antitrust charges has put Amazon, the nation’s largest bookseller, in a powerful position to decide how much an e-book will cost.