HathiTrust Digital Library

http://www.hathitrust.org/home

Just discovered this today, well do another post once I know more, but wanted to share this resource with everyone.

DoJ reportedly planning antitrust suit against Apple, publishers over e-books

Full story at Apple Insider, as a fan of Ebooks I hope this goes to trial, but Apple and the Publishers involved will probably want to settle out of court to avoid the publicity.

Because that would increase awareness of their role in raising Ebook prices.

Jerry Pournell on Ebooks

First this from Jerry Pournell's blog:

With eBooks there is no competition for shelf space between new mid-list books and older books. They’re all available, and the store is always open. Both Mote and Hammer have been selling quite steadily as eBooks, and in fact have now sold more as eBooks than they did in their last print reissues. Other authors can tell the same story.

This matches closely with my thoughts and observations about Ebooks and publishing.

Interesting Ebook Tidbit

A comment from http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/reviews/2011/11/kindle-fire-vs-nook-tablet-which-one-should-you-buy.ars?comments=1#comment-22325811

rnelson | Tue Nov 29, 2011 8:18 pm | permalink

I found my Nook Tablet's web browser can play Amazon Prime video just fine. Add in the fact that you don't even need to do anything special to side-load the Amazon App Store, it seems to be the more inclusive 7" tablet. The Kindle Android reader installs just fine...

(Note: I've found installing applications from the Amazon App Store on the Nooks require a microSDHC card to be installed.)