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May 19, 2012
at 5:44 pm
The French ebookstore cooperative 1001Libraries was launched just over a year ago as a way for independent booksellers to get on the web. Alas, after a year of discussion and development, the project has been deemed too expensive and it’s going …
Posted on: 05/19/12 5:44 PMI mentioned yesterday that as part of the Copyright Office’s 3-year DMCA exemption hearings, the office would hear arguments on whether to permit cracking the CSS encryption on DVDs. Although it doesn’t directly have anything to do with e-books, I …
Posted on: 05/19/12 6:30 AMHere’s an interesting post from the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), the people responsible for the EPUB format. Bill Rosenblatt of GiantSteps Media Technology Strategies lays out a proposal for a “lightweight DRM” standard for EPUB…
Posted on: 05/19/12 4:35 AMMight an ad-supported Kindle Fire be in the offing? Ad Age reports that Amazon has been soliciting ads to appear on the Fire’s welcome screen, according to an executive at an agency Amazon pitched. The ad packages would start at $600,000 and include …
Posted on: 05/19/12 3:40 AMHow would you like to save yourself the effort of having to remove DRM so you can transfer the ebooks you bought to your ereader of choice? Today I heard some news that suggests this might one day happen. The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDP…
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