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Top US publishers are in 'secret' negotiations with Apple for the launch of the expected Apple Tablet/Slate/Pad later this month, with reports suggesting that they are seeking greater control over pricing and supply of digital material.

Джобс молодец — слова не держит, если его можно продать ;)

В общем — логично. Чем беднее страна, тем более она готова к восприятию новых технологий. Примерно так же, как с VoIP в "третьем мире".

Пробуйте, тестируйте, и если выловите ещё какие-то баги – непременно сообщайте в комментариях к данному посту, мы учтём на будущее. Если ни у кого нет возражений, архивы будут выкладываться еженедельно, по вторникам. На сайте у них будет своё место, о появлении которого известим дополнительно.

Правильный тренд.

«Генерал Козлов, неужели вам не стыдно, что вы творите!», – кричала толпа.

В обращении к генералу в этом контексте мне почему-то слышится родительный падеж.

Amazon's old system will remain in place for those who don't want to participate in the new arrangement, but the carrot to upgrade is pretty attractive—a typical $8.99 book would pay an author $3.15 under the "standard" system, while an author or publisher would get $6.25 under the new 70 percent scheme.

The catch, however, is that authors or publishers must list their books for between $2.99 and $9.99 on the Kindle. A majority of Kindle books already fall into this range, but authors are able to set prices higher if they want, and some do.

The price must also be at least 20 percent below the lowest list price for the physical book, the book must be available in all geographical areas where the authors has rights, it must include all features of the Kindle store (including text-to-speech capabilities), and the Kindle price must be the same or below the price offered at other e-book stores. 

Essentially, the pricing and features of your book must be most attractive on the Kindle compared to any other option on the market. In return, more cash gets paid out.

То есть 70%. НО! Суммируя все оговорки — при наименьшей цене за книгу. Amazon, кажется, готовится к войне с Apple, которая, по слухам, предложила свободные агентские условия «большой шестёрке» американских издательств — как в App Store.

Although I’m as excited as the next guy by the coming Apple Tablet, I really don’t think it will change the world for ebooks. It’s too big, too heavy, too expensive, and likely to be too consumptive of battery power to be a better ereader for most people than a Kindle, a Sony Reader, an iPhone, or one of the many other devices announced last week at CES. My own hunch is that the Tablet won’t be as powerful a catalyst for ebooks as the Kindle was or the iPhone has been. (That’s okay: year-on-year ebook sales are up 300% through November so they don’t actually need a lot of extra impetus…)

But Apple’s entry into the market, if it was the tool to get this Agency model off the ground, might have a very profound effect on the ebook world going into the future. I wonder if this is the last big disruption before Google Editions. And I the next thing to ponder, although we have a bit of time, if this will in any way disrupt that.

Дело, считает Шатцкин, не в ней, а в агентской схеме продаж, которую предлагает Apple издателям.