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Tor.com Woos Sci-Fi Fans with Free Ebooks
Taking a page from the Baen playbook, Tor.com, a division of Macmillan, is giving away 24 science fiction ebook titles through July 27. The ebooks are available in PDF, HTML and Mobi formats. (Via News.com) Cory Doctorow: "Science Fiction is the Only Literature People Care Enough About to Steal on the Internet." Free Ebooks with Embedded Ads Via Scribd-Lulu…
30 O'Reilly Titles Now Available as Ebook Bundles; Many In Kindle Store Later Today
O'Reilly has released 30 titles as DRM-free downloadable ebook bundles. The bundles include three ebook formats (EPUB, PDF, and Kindle-compatible Mobipocket) for a single price — at or below the book's cover price.
Select O'Reilly Books Soon on Kindle, and as DRM-free Digital Bundles (Including EPUB)
Official word on O'Reilly's upcoming ebook initiatives.
Ebook Format Primer
Ebook readers support (or don't support) dozens of formats. Which ones have a future?
A Q&A on O’Reilly’s “Up-to-Date” Publishing Experiment
O'Reilly has launched a new experiment with the just-released "Essential Silverlight 2" Up-to-Date edition. Readers get a book that's current when they purchase it, but also get access to updates that can be physically inserted into the book.
Roundup: New B&N Site Taps Digital Revenue, Magazine Goes High-End with Production
B&N’s new site, Quamut.com, is supported by display ads and pdf sales; Monocle magazine courts the high-end crowd with upscale production and high prices.