The lawsuit rings familiar, as the legality of the agency model was brought into question earlier this year. The printed word is alive and well whether it takes a paper delivery or digital delivery.” Suit against Apple and major US publishers might lack legsĪlso in the news this week, Seattle law firm Hagens Berman filed a class-action lawsuit against Apple and five major US publishers: Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Hachette, Penguin and Macmillan.Īccording to a press release, Apple and the publishing houses “colluded” and “forced Amazon to abandon its discount pricing and adhere to a new agency model in which publishers set prices and extinguished competition so that retailers such as Amazon could no longer offer lower prices for e-books.” In an interview for the New York Times, Tina Jordan, vice president of the Association of American Publishers, summed up the good news: “In each category we’re seeing growth. Both Adult Fiction and Juvenile (non-fiction and fiction) have seen consistent annual gains.
Publishers’ 2.57 Billion net units sold in 2010 represent a 4.1% increase since 2008.Īmericans, young and old, are reading actively in all print and digital formatsĢ010 total net sales revenue in the consumer-focused Trade market is $13.94 Billion, increasing 5.8% since 2008 (and excluding 2011’s e-book sales surge). Publishers’ net sales revenue has grown annually 2010’s $27.94 Billion is a 5.6% increase over 2008. The Association of American Publishers posted some highlights: The latest version of Epub, Epub 3, is based on HTML5, and it might make sense for Amazon to abandon its format to make better use of the browser.” Survey says: Publishing is savedĪ survey released this week by BookStats offered a fairly optimistic snapshot of the current state of the publishing industry.
Kassia Krozser, owner of Booksquare, was quoted by Technology Review musing that perhaps “Amazon will take this opportunity to embrace more-advanced technology. The choice to base the new app in HTML5, however, might be telling. In an interview for MIT’s Technology Review, Joe Wikert, general manager and publisher at O’Reilly, said he’s “disappointed that Amazon decided to try to carve out own format,” and pointed out that “Epub, a free, open standard supported by many in the publishing industry, offers a richer experience than the Kindle allows.” Questions still abound about Amazon’s decision to stick with its Kindle format.
#Amazon kindle cloud reader Pc#
William Fenton has a nice review and breakdown of the Kindle Cloud Reader in a post at PC Magazine. As far as how it works, early reviews indicate it’s a bit clunky at launch, but a good step in the right direction. The flexibility of HTML5 allows us to build one application that automatically adapts to the platform you’re using – from Chrome to iOS.īasing the app in the browser also enables Amazon to bypass the Apple in-app purchase rules.
#Amazon kindle cloud reader Offline#
We have written the application from the ground up in HTML5, so that customers can also access their content offline directly from their browser.
Amazon Kindle director Dorothy Nicholls pointed out in the news release: The fact that Amazon opted to write the app in HTML5 might be the best example yet of its commitment to its “Buy Once, Read Everywhere” mission. The biggest news this week was probably Amazon’s launch of the Kindle Cloud Reader. Amazon launches the Kindle Cloud Reader, HTML5 wins big Here are a few highlights from this week’s publishing news.
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