Apr 12 Watch The E-Book War: the Stakes in the Fight for Readers’ Dollars Citing consumer losses of millions of dollars, the Justice Department accused Apple and five publishers this week of colluding to raise e-book prices and break Amazon's dominant hold in the market. Jeffrey Brown discusses the state of the market with… Continue watching
Apr 12 Watch The E-Book War: the Stakes in the Fight for Readers’ Dollars The Latest Chapter in the E-Books Battle… Continue watching
Dec 21 Watch The Year in Fiction Jeffrey Brown talks to Ron Charles of the Washington Post about the year in fiction. Continue watching
Nov 07 Watch Gold Lures Illegal Miners to Peru’s Rainforests In southeastern Peru, where the Andes Mountains meet the Amazon, lies one of the world's richest ecosystems and the destructive lure of gold. In a collaboration with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, special correspondent Steve Sapienza reports on illegal… Continue watching
Jan 20 Watch New York Times Looks to Charge Online Readers, Again The New York Times has decided to charge online readers a fee for accessing the newspaper's Web site, starting in 2011. Jeffrey Brown considers whether readers will actually pay for the service. Continue watching
Dec 16 Watch Nations Pledge $3.5B to Cut Carbon Emissions, Deforestation Six nations pledged $3.5 billion to cut carbon emissions and deforestation through a new program called REDD. Jonathon Miller of Independent Television News examines how the United Nations-sponsored plan will work. Continue watching
Nov 02 Watch Kindle, Price War Changing the Way We Read Jeffrey Brown explores the shifting world of book publishing, and examines how technology and readers are changing the industry. Continue watching
Jul 16 Watch Publishing Industry Confronts Changing Reader Habits As the recession pushes more readers into cash-strapped libraries, some are turning to electronic books to satisfy their literary appetites. Ray Suarez looks at this nascent industry with two publishers. Continue watching
Feb 10 Amazon Unveils the Kindle 2 On Monday, Amazon introduced the latest version of its electronic book reader, the Kindle 2, which is thinner and lighter than the original, has an added joystick, more battery life and a function that reads books aloud. Continue reading
Feb 10 Rekindling the Electronic Book’s Future: Amazon Unveils Updated Reading Device By PBS News Hour Despite Amazon's unveiling of the latest version of its electronic reading device, the Kindle, to the delight of many bookworms Monday, it appears that bookshelves, libraries and backpacks have not been rendered obsolete -- at least not yet. Continue reading