How much are you willing to pay for eBooks? (Macmillan wants $15) Downloadsquad (blog) For the last few days Amazon and Macmillan have been waging a tiny little war over the future of eBook ..
AP – Amazon.com says it will give in to publishing giant Macmillan and agree to sell electronic versions of its books even at prices it considers too high.
AFP – Australian Internet rights groups fear a piracy court case could force Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to become “copyright cops” and cut web access to customers who make illegal downloads.
PC Magazine – Those who were disappointed by Apple’s recent announcement aren’t seeing the big picture.
AFP – The iPad may have been designed in the United States, but Apple’s money-spinning products are manufactured in the high-tech factories of east Asia.
AFP – European legislation covering the protection of private data is being dragged into the digital age in a potential threat for social networking sites like Facebook where users display foibles, often without a thought for consequences.
PC World – If the iPad doesn’t succeed as a consumer electronics device–its initial target market–it may find a successful second career as an electronic textbook reader.
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AP – Even as Apple’s iPad will likely energize electronic reading, the new device is undermining a painstakingly constructed effort by the publishing industry to make it possible to move e-books between different electronic readers.
AFP – China’s online tourism market is booming as an increasingly wealthy middle class travels for pleasure and the use of credit cards and the Internet soars, analysts say.
