The rise in popularity of e-books is rising. Back in 2012 24% of the adult population read an e-book. Today that has risen to 28%. It gets better. About 42% of the adult population owns a tablet computer. According to the Pew Research Center more than 42% of adults own a tablet computer. E-book reading…
Last year, Amazon waged an unusual public battle with America’s top 5 publishers, Hachette—a conglomeration of imprints like Little, Brown, Hyperion, and Orbit. Their published authors may sound more familiar—James Patterson, Michael Connelly, Mitch Albom, David Baldacci, and J.K. Rowling. Their argument was over Amazon’s e-book pricing and Amazon’s role in the publishing ecosystem. Amazon…
