Here’s the story I wrote for this week’s National Business Review, a round up of the interesting times we’re living in and my pick of the winners and losers — so far.
When Apple launched its long-rumoured iPad tablet computer late last month, it fired a major salvo in the battle for control of media [...]

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Until this week, you needed a US business address to get your ebooks into Amazon’s Kindle store via their self-service Digital Text Platform (DTP). They’ve now extended this to international publishers and authors for books published in English, French and German.
It’s aimed at the small publisher and self-publisher market with fairly minimal requirements. Here’s a [...]

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I’ve posted below the full notice that was just sent out to rightsholders who had registered under the original settlement agreement. This is the official court summary of the key changes to the Amended Settlement filed by the parties last month.
Notable, of course, is the change relating to the territories from which the published works [...]

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The Android vs iPhone wars are at an interesting point. Apple is making huge strides with its early-mover advantage while Android’s much-hyped but slow-burning start tests the nerves of developers and supporters.
Is this going to be Mac vs PC in reverse? Surely, much as we love the wonderful things Apple is doing, we don’t want [...]

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Google and a group of partners filed revised settlement terms in a US federal court on Friday. The revised terms are notable for the exclusion of works from many countries that objected to its original settlement proposal.
The new proposal essentially covers just works from the US, UK, Canada and Australia. Representatives from those countries will [...]

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