by Trina Boice
www.trinaboice.com
Amazon now sells more e-books than regular books! While publishers, authors, readers, and the electronic companies who put them all together scramble to figure it all out, one thing is clear...the publishing world has changed.
Apple didn’t get to bask in the glory of its new iPad for long. The Justice Department has warned the company—along with five of the biggest U.S. publishers—that it plans to sue them for allegedly colluding to raise the price of electronic books, sources tell The Wall Street Journal.
The case alleges that just before the release of the first iPad, Apple worked with publishers to adopt a retail model in which the publishers set a price and Apple took a 30 percent cut of sales. The move was a reaction against Amazon, which had frightened publishers by selling e-books at $9.99.
After Apple adopted the pricing model, the publishers were able to demand a similar one from Amazon.
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Initially when I got my iPad a year ago I bought quite a few ebooks. Then I realized that new hardcovers were cheaper than ebooks. So I am back to buying actual hardcover books and use my iPad for library books, cheap self-published books and free stuff from places like the Baen Free Library.
I do love the convenience of having so many books in such a portable format. I also like that I can make the font as large as I wish so its easy on the eyes. I was annoyed recently, though, while on a road trip. My battery gave out and I couldn't read any more. :(
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