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Apple: More at Stake in Trial Than Ebook Prices
Apple and the U.S. Department of Justice will appear in court this week to resolve the matter of alleged ebook price fixing.

Several antitrust lawyers we've spoken with don't seem to think Apple has much of a chance of winning the case. Even the Judge involved doesn't think it looks good for Apple.

If Apple does lose, there may be more at stake than just ebook prices. One antitrust lawyer believes that Apple's reputation among consumers could suffer and likens this case to the Microsoft antitrust battle in the late 1990s that left the software giant's reputation sullied.

If you're not caught up on the case, there's a good primer here from the New York Times.

Samsung's Move Into Ebooks (DBW)
Samsung has had a content and ebook platform for some time, even releasing a second version of its ebook retail and reading platform earlier this year. But now the company's planning to step it up and it was at Book Expo America last week to meet with publishers.

Leaving the Rest (Pub Perspectives)
What happens to the rest of the largest U.S. publishers when Random-Penguin becomes a reality? One publishing consultant thinks we're on the road to one massive U.S. trade publisher.

Discoverability is the key to driving revenue.

If someone is searching for one of your books, is it easy to find? If you haven't optimized your entire online presence to drive discoverability, you are missing the opportunity to drive your book sales. In today's world there are three areas that you should be focusing on to stand out from the crowd and maximize your rankings in the search engines and across the social web. Read more.

Evoke Wins Hackathon (DBW)
Discovery was the hot topic at this year's publishing hackathon, a software developing contest held over a short period of time. Evoke, a young adult book discovery start-up won.

How Students Feel About E-Textbooks (DBW)
Join Digital Book World for a free webcast on June 11 on students and e-textbooks - data presented by Bowker.

Lulu's Picture Publishing (TechCrunch)
Lulu has branched out into selling print photo books. The company's founder explains the move.

Are Your Books Easy to Find, Easy to Buy?

If someone is searching for one of your books, is it easy to find? Are you modernizing your existing web presence to truly drive discoverability and revenue? Our experience is that most publishers aren’t focusing on the three things that will actually help them make their books easy to find, and easy to buy. Are you? Read more.

Adapting to Amazon, Dealing With Random-Penguin (Pub Trends)
At last week's Pub Launch event, industry experts tackled the big questions, including discussing how scale will affect the publishing industry, what happens to the rest of the ecosystem when Random House and Penguin finally merge and how to do business with Amazon.

Also from Pub Launch:
-- Agents Now in Talent Management Business
-- F+W Media's Multimillion Dollar E-Commerce Business
-- Napack: Publishers Not Equipped for Opportunities

BEA Recap (Pub Lunch)
Couldn't make it to BEA? See what others saw and heard at the U.S. publishing industry's largest gathering.

BEA Back to Normal? (PW)
Book Expo America show attendees and observers tentatively offer that things seem to be getting back to normal in publishing - or at BEA anyway. It's a view that Digital Book World can't endorse after its own experience at the same show but not a bad read anyway.

The Humans of BEA (PW)
Some great pictures of BEA attendees enjoying the show.

The Digital Revolution Higher Education: Attitudes in E-Textbooks and More

Join Carl Kulo of Bowker, Tuesday, June 11 at 12:00 PM ET for a live webcast where you'll get a look at the latest data on the changing college textbook marketplace. This webcast will cover what both students and professors have to say about how they use and want course materials and how these preferences have been trending over time. Sign Up Now!

Understanding Hybrid Authors: What The Most Successful Authors Want From Publishers

In the last iteration of this series, a report based on a survey of nearly 5,000 authors of all kinds, What Authors Want: Understanding Authors in the Era of Self-Publishing, it was found that hybrid authors are the authors that publishers and self-publishing platforms covet. This much more focused report dives into the minds of hybrid authors and helps publishers discover what to do to lure back those who have gone over to self-publishing, how hybrid authors intend to publish their next book and much more!

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The Essential Guide to Metadata for Books

The ability to describe products completely and accurately and to efficiently share that data with trading partners and consumers is essential for e-commerce in every industry. This ebook provides an overview of information found in The Metadata Handbook. It provides you with a basic introduction to metadata concepts, standards, and best practices within the publishing industry.

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