Google brings eBookstore to Canada
Watch out Amazon and Kobo, Google wants its slice of Canada’s ebook retail market. Google’s eBookstore is now open to Canadian customers, offering hundreds of thousands of books for sale and upwards of 2 million free public-domain titles. Google has already struck deals with Canadian publishers big (Penguin, Random House, and Harper Collins) and small […]
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 10:00 am by editor · 2 Comments · Tagged with: Amazon, digital, e-readers, eBookstore, Google, Kobo, lawsuit, Nook, publishing
A misguided tactic with its heart in the right place
Writer and trade unionist Jonathan Tasini has fought and won battles on behalf of freelance journalists in the past. But his lawsuit against Arianna Huffington and AOL, launched yesterday, seems as likely to alienate current supporters of unpaid Huffington Post bloggers as it does to get more people on their side. Tasini is asking for […]
Posted on April 13, 2011 at 10:58 am by editor · LEAVE A COMMENT · Tagged with: AOL, collective action, Huffington Post, Jonathan Tasini, lawsuit, Trouble spots
