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eBookMall Publishing Review

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eBookMall.com re-launched their publishing services sometime last month. Authors and publishers weren’t able to submit ebooks to be sold on their website for a while during the time that they were making big changes to their website. I was curious whether they’d changed their submission rules and whether they were in line with the current [...]

3 Interesting Infographics About eBooks

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Here are three interesting infographics about eBooks. Courtesy of: CreditDonkey Browse more infographics. Browse more data visualizations. Filed under: Reblogs Tagged: books, ebooks, green, infographics

Small Update on the Price Fixing Lawsuit

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It kind of seems like this whole thing with the lawsuit over price-fixing of ebooks has just been blowing about in the ether lately. I found a small update today, though. From this post at the Guardian: Apple and five major book publishers have failed to persuade a US judge to throw out a lawsuit [...]

Best eBook Apps for iPad and iPhone

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The best ebook reading app for your iPad or iPhone depends mostly on where you get your ebooks. Each of these apps have basically the same features, so the main issue to consider is the type of ebooks that they support. All of the major ebook sellers have their own ebook app that works only [...]

How To Open .acsm Files

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ACSM files (files that end with .acsm) often cause confusion for those who are unfamiliar with them. This post will tell you what you need to do to open them. Basic Information ASCM files are part of Adobe’s eBook DRM. ACSM files are not supposed to be the full eBook. They are small files that [...]

Major Publishers Being Sued Over the Agency Model

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The United States Department of Justice is suing Apple along with publishers Hachette SA, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin, and Simon & Schuster, for conspiring to raise the prices of ebooks. This article at PC World does a pretty good job of explaining the basics of the situation. Here’s the core of it: At issue is Apple’s [...]

Harry Potter eBooks

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The big ebook news this week is that official Harry Potter ebooks are now available on the Pottermore website. When I read about this, the first thing I wondered about was what format the ebooks were being made available in, and what kind of DRM they were using. From looking at their supported devices FAQ [...]

Recent Stories of Piracy and Plagiarism

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eBook piracy and plagiarism are two of the worst fears of authors and publishers. Just like with music and movies, there are now websites that offer many pirated ebook downloads. Plagiarism has been happening for ages and it’s only become easier with books in digital format. This article on The Guardian paints a new picture [...]

Six Tips For Avoiding Display Problems When Creating eBooks

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Part of my job over the past 10+ years in the ebook industry has been the creation of ebooks. Over the years the popular formats have changed and the software used to create ebooks has changed, but there are some concepts about text manipulation that have remained constant. Whether you’re creating ebooks for ePub, PDF, [...]

How To Install Aldiko on Kindle Fire

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If you’d like to use Aldiko on your Kindle Fire, you can install it via the Fire’s browser. Here’s how: Before you can install an app that’s not available in the Kindle App Store, you have to change one setting in the Kindle Fire. In the top Kindle Fire menu, select the Gear (settings) icon. [...]