A daily roundup of book and publishing news from across the Web: Apple Makes It Easier for Self-Published Authors; Legal Fears Leave Book Publishers Wary of Apple's E-Book Service; Publishers Back Milestone iPad, But Agency Model Pricing Unclear; Guinness Goes Digital on the iPad; Fangs and Other Fluff, Completely Guilt Free; Summer Picks from the 'WSJ'; Novel Promo's a Laugh Riot.
Apple Makes It Easier for Self-Published Authors to Sell Ebooks in the iBookstore
Apple's in an interesting position with the iBookstore, one it's never had in its years of successful content platforms: it has competitors, Fast Company notes.
Legal Fears Leave Book Publishers Wary of Apple's E-Book Service
The Financial Times reports that concerns among some book publishers about Apple's iBookstore could take the shine off the international launch of its iPad today.
Publishers Back Milestone iPad, But Agency Model Pricing Unclear
Publishers from Hachette UK, HarperCollins and Pan Macmillan have backed the launch of the iPad, but it remains unclear what the wider affects of the agency model will have on digital pricing with some titles still cheaper on Amazon.com's Kindle store than on the iBookstore. The Bookseller has the story.
Guinness Goes Digital on the iPad
One of the world’s best-selling copyrighted books, which has bucked the downward trend in the publishing industry in recent years, has gone digital on the iPad after avoiding other e-readers.
Fangs and Other Fluff, Completely Guilt Free
In the NYT, Janet Maslin says Memorial Day marks the start of a special season: the time to stop lying about what you read for fun.
Summer Books from the WSJ
The paper runs down some of the biggest books of the season, and offers separate articles on food books, beach books, and sports books.
The New York Post says Jennifer Belle hired 40 actresses to fan out across New York and burst out laughing in public while reading her new novel, The Seven Year Bitch.
