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Baen soon coming to iBooks, finally posts announcements of changes to web site

Chris Meadows — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:13:53 +0000

A month and a half since Baen made the jump to Amazon availability, the publisher is about to add another feather to its cap. On her forum on the Baen Bar, publisher Toni Weisskopf has mentioned that Baen e-books will soon be available DRM-free in Apple’s iBooks store. A formal announcement will be made when [...]

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Baen/Amazon deal takes effect December 15

Chris Meadows — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 04:31:28 +0000

Since I originally posted about Baen’s deal with Amazon, a couple more details of about the deal have come to light. First of all, the deadline for buying any of the old Baen bundles is Saturday, December 15th. That’s when the deal with Amazon goes live, and the old $10, $15, and $18 monthly bundles [...]

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The Humble Bundle finally does e-books

Chris Meadows — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:15:46 +0000

You may have noticed I haven’t posted anything at The Digital Reader lately. It was a fun run, but sometimes things just don’t work out. Fortunately, Dan Eldridge was kind enough to extend an offer to me to write here again, and I’m happy to be back where I was for six years before leaving. [...]

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Diane Duane offers e-book format bundles, Young Wizards series bundle in her e-book store

Chris Meadows — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 01:15:00 +0000

A couple more e-book-related news items from Diane Duane’s blog that hit in recent days: First, Duane is now able to make available multi-format bundles, including both EPUB and Kindle/MOBI, for all the DRM-free e-books in her store. (And .LIT will be added to these bundles as well, over the next month.) To celebrate, she’s [...]

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Angry Robot rolls out all-you-can-read annual ebook subscription

Chris Walters — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:15:06 +0000

Sci-fi/fantasy publisher Angry Robot Books has announced a new annual subscription model for its ebook store. For £69, you get every new release for the next twelve months, which AR promises will consist of at minimum 24 titles. For books that are part of a series, subscribers will be able to purchase the earlier titles [...]

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E-textbook industry offers ideas for traditional publisher e-books

Chris Meadows — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 02:48:51 +0000

On Publishing Perspectives, John Konczal of IBM’s Sterling Commerce takes a look at some of the ways e-textbook providers are experimenting with diversifying or enhancing their e-book offerings, and suggests some of these methods could be applied to traditional publishing. One such thing is renting e-books for set periods of time at lower prices—a student [...]

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