John Wiley and Sons, publishers of the widely popular bestselling For Dummies series of titles, have been doing battle of late over piracy of its ebooks. As recently as last month, Wiley estimated that more than 74,000 of one of its popular titles alone had been illegally downloaded. In April, the publisher filed a lawsuit against 200 people based on the IP addresses after a … [Read more...] about Wiley Takes on Verizon Over Piracy Concerns
Ebook and Audiobook Piracy News
Piracy Drives One Noted Author to Early Retirement
Ebook piracy and illegal file sharing of authors’ works proved to be the final straw for an award-winning, bestselling author. Spanish author Lucía Etxebarria, whose works have won the highly prestigious Planeta and Primavera awards, has declared she is done with publishing, at least for now. She places the blame squarely on ebook piracy of her works. Piracy has long been … [Read more...] about Piracy Drives One Noted Author to Early Retirement
John Wiley Takes Piracy Matters Seriously
The publisher of the ever-popular For Dummies series of titles has once again taken steps to combat illegal file sharing of its works, again successfully filing a lawsuit—for now, at least—against defendants named only as John Doe. Why the secret identity? Because the plaintiffs have nothing more than the IP addresses of the offenders at this time. Once the lawsuit goes … [Read more...] about John Wiley Takes Piracy Matters Seriously
The German Book Association cries foul over Piracy
The Frankfurt Book Fair is one of the largest gatherings of publishers and companies of its kind in Europe. The event just kicked off yesterday and many authors and companies are talking ebook piracy. Gottfried Honnefelder the head of the German Book Association said that over 60% of all book downloads in Germany are pirated books. The plight of pirated books in Germany is … [Read more...] about The German Book Association cries foul over Piracy
Android developers more prone to Piracy then Apple ones
A recent study by Skyhook and research firm Yankee Group has put fourth new information on piracy and mobile operating systems. According to the latest intelligence Apple users traditionally download six times more paid apps then Android ones. The study also pointed out that in the USA apple users are downloading around 40 apps a year. One very telling bit of information was … [Read more...] about Android developers more prone to Piracy then Apple ones
Autography Enriches E-books, Slows Piracy
While standing at the Autography booth in the Digital Zone at the BEA2011, author and company co-found Tom Waters did something fairly amazing. He signed my e-book copy of his novel. Only I didn’t have my e-reader with me, and in fact, I didn’t actually own a copy of his work. Don’t tell him I said that. Even stranger, when Waters told me to check my email, there in my inbox … [Read more...] about Autography Enriches E-books, Slows Piracy
Piracy could make books a thing of the past
Every time a new technology reaches the consumer marketplace, a new way to use it illegally springs to life. With the advent of the MP3 player came the websites that fostered illegal music downloads and widespread file sharing. Now, the e-reader has met its foe: websites that offer illegal e-book downloads. In an age in which Amazon.com has reported that it sells more … [Read more...] about Piracy could make books a thing of the past
Baidu Library to introduce Anti-eBook Piracy software May 1st 2011
Mega Chinese search giant Baidu has been criticized lately by a group of authors who claim their copyrighted books are being infringed upon. The company is not taking this matter lightly and will be introducing Anti-Pirate technology May 1st 2011, a product 4 months in development. A spokesman for Baidu Kaiser Kuo stated "The technology will not only enable Baidu Library to … [Read more...] about Baidu Library to introduce Anti-eBook Piracy software May 1st 2011
How eBook lending clubs will extinguish eBook Piracy
eBook lending services are starting to blossom and bear fruit, as popular e-reader companies, such as Amazon and Barnes and Noble recently allowed their eBook owners to lend out most books for a 14 day window period. Many new websites such as eBookFling, Kindle Lending Club, Lendle and BookLending helps facilitate members sharing purchased ebooks with each other. The question … [Read more...] about How eBook lending clubs will extinguish eBook Piracy
Is the Apple iPad creating a surge in eBook Piracy?
Popular Bit Torrent Site Torrentfreak recently investigated the number of downloaded E-Reader ebook files in conjunction with the subsequent release of the Apple iPad. The numbers were quite staggering Research shown that ebook piracy increased by a whopping 78% after the first few weeks of the iPad release The Rise of eBook piracy is still pathetically small if you look at … [Read more...] about Is the Apple iPad creating a surge in eBook Piracy?