If you’re looking for an iOS alternative to the popular Tachyomi manga reader, look no further. Arnold Zafra outlines five great choices.
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Thursdays with Bob: Killing Time â TMO Daily Observations 2022-02-03
Dr Mac joins Kelly to talk about some of the ways he likes to while away the hours, or even just the minutes, and how you can do the same.
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Apple Feels Schadenfreude as Amazon is Accused of eBook Price Fixing
Nine years after an investigation found that Apple and the âBig Fiveâ book publishers colluded to fix eBook prices to compete with Amazon, Amazon has now been accused of doing the same.
The lawsuit claims that almost 90% of all ebooks sold in the US are sold on Amazon, in addition to over 50% of all print books. The suit alleges that ebook prices dropped in 2013 and 2014 after Apple and major publishers were successfully sued for conspiring to set ebook prices, but rose again after Amazon renegotiated their contracts in 2015.
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âThe Darwin Affairâ Latest Big Library Read
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London, June 1860: When an assassination attempt is made on Queen Victoria, and a petty thief is gruesomely murdered moments laterâand only a block awayâChief Detective Inspector Charles Field quickly surmises that these crimes are connected to an even more sinister plot. Was Victoria really the assassinâs target? Are those closest to the Crown hiding something? And who is the shadowy figure witnesses describe as having lifeless, coal-black eyes?
Audiobooks on Macs â TMO Daily Observations 2020-05-07
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China Pulls Apps, Ebook Tips â TMO Daily Observations 2020-03-23
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Book Publishers Artificially Limit eBook Lending in Libraries
Major book publishers impose limits on how libraries handle ebooks, with short-term licenses and contracts.
Because only one reader can check out an ebook at a time, and because the cost of licensing an ebook is prohibitively high for libraries to invest in hundreds of copies for every new title, library-goers have become accustomed to long waits to check out ebooks, particularly bestsellers. For publishers, thatâs the point. If you have to wait weeks to check out a new ebook, you might just cruise on over to Amazon and pay $14.99 to have it delivered immediately to your Kindle or the Kindle app on your phone.
Expensive college textbooks and dumb eBook rules are two good examples of how ripe for disruption this space is. Itâs also shortsighted. The point of digital media is to make it so easy to access that people donât feel the need to pirate anymore. But practices like this is partly what drives people to pirate.
EU Rules Selling Secondhand eBooks Infringes Copyright
A European court recently ruled that the unauthorized sale of secondhand eBooks infringes upon the ownerâs copyrights.
âThe decision is not only important for the book sector, but also for the music and film industry, because now also for music and film, downloaded copies may not be resold. The GAU / Media Federation is happy that after many years there is finally clarity about the application of copyright to e-books.
Iâm not sure how you would tell the difference between a âusedâ eBook and new one, unless a proof of purchase was provided. But itâs unfortunate to me that, unlike physical goods, you canât sell used digital goods.