How do you top the sales lists at Amazon, a month before your book is released? Do you? A) Sign up with a major publisher,which may include signing over a substantial percentage of royalties, and possible debt-financing? B) Or release digital copies online and become a viral sensation? The answer is B, at least it [...]
With 500.000 iPads sold in the first week, Apple’s new multi-gadget is already a force to be reckoned with. As book publishers see the iPad as a potential threat to their revenues, we take a look to find out what happened to eBook piracy in the last week. The results are surprising.
Swedish book publishers have presented a study in which they show how widespread book piracy is in Sweden. The publishers think that this copyright infringement has a disastrous effect on their income, while The Pirate Bay is surprised to see that the publishers used their torrent database illegally.
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