I had a bout of insanity last night and went looking through Google Books to see if there ever was a Life magazine cover like the one shown in the...Continue reading
Author: Mike Cane
Amazon Only Does What’s Best For Amazon
Amazon in Talks to Launch Digital-Book Library Amazon has told publishers it is considering creating a digital-book library featuring older titles, people familiar with the talks said. The content would...Continue reading
Why Reviewers Must Always Tell The Truth
Because if you think everyone is hanging on your words, you just have your head up your ass. Users will tell the truth. Here are just two letting loose about...Continue reading
Fondle: HP Touchpad
Editor’s Note: I can’t find a local store that will let me put my hands on the new Touchpad, and given the bad early reviews I’m not throwing away $500....Continue reading
Concord ePress Is Announced
I got an email today announcing the opening of Concord ePress. For those who don’t know, Concord Free Press came first and had the revolutionary business model of giving away...Continue reading
DC Comics: Reboot Places Them At Apple’s Mercy
The news was all over the Internet Monday. DC is revamping most of their comics and wiping their numbering slate clean, starting most of their books with an “Issue #1?...Continue reading
“Endless Demand” For “Transformational” Bullshit
The Stupid. It hurts so much. First, from an egress-pusher I won’t even link to, comes this absolute crap about there being “endless demand” for eBooks. Really? Tell me, Mr....Continue reading
Tell Publishers Why You Didn’t Buy A Book
Lost Book Sales: Every day an author and a publisher lose a sale. These are the stories why. I mentioned this site before. Things have since changed for the worse...Continue reading
Are Publishers Liable For Lost eBooks If Borders Dissolves?
I am not a lawyer, but it seems to me those of the Big 6 publishers who have been playing the price-fixing Agency Model racket have left themselves wide open...Continue reading
The Bonfire Of The Print Publishing Dunces
They’re Selling Comics On The iPad The Wrong Way The iPad, with its digital downloads, has the ability to offer reams of forgotten comics and sell them to us comics...Continue reading
DC Comics Almost Wakes Up To Market Potential
BATMAN BEYOND To Be Published Digitally Day-and-Date “Batman Beyond was a critically acclaimed, fan favorite animated series that still has a large number of fans to this day,” said Hank...Continue reading
B&N NookColor Dilemma
This is not good news at all, really: Honeycomb to Require Powerful Processor, Screen: OEM Google’s new Android Honeycomb tablet OS will require a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor to run...Continue reading
Android Tablet Makers: You’re Doing Pocket PC Again!
This week CES will finally see that threatened flood of Android tablets. 99% of them will be utter failures, with probably 80% of the ones shown never coming to market...Continue reading
Public Domain Parasites: An Ongoing Series
Editor’s Note; The Amazon free ebook story today inspired me to go dig up this post Mike wrote back in June. This is the real problem, not people selling pd...Continue reading
Kobo Beats Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Sony To eBook Gifting
One of the ongoing major complaints people have about all eBookstores is the inability to buy someone an eBook as a gift. How hard can it be? Anyone should be...Continue reading