What’s the Buzz: E-Reader Matrix, Digital Rights Seminar, Libri’s Unfortunate Error

By Hannah Johnson and Siobhan O’Leary

Looking for a good e-reader but don’t have time to research each device? Let me introduce you to the E-book Reader Matrix, a wiki created by the people behind MobileRead. For each device listed in the matrix, you can find out how much it costs, what file formats it supports, its size, weight, battery life, and other technical information.

On November 12, the Levin Institute will host a day-long seminar on “Buying and Selling International E-Publishing and Digital Rights.” According to the press release, nine presenters from the publishing industry will address operation strategies for digital rights, such as how to “generate profitable new sources of income and growth in different international markets.” Find out more about the program and registration here.

Online bookshop libri.de is catching a lot of heat after 500,000 customer invoices suddenly became publicly available online. A writer for the blog netzpolitik.org first discovered the breach and was able to download 20,000 invoices, including names, addresses, products purchased, payment method and more in just a half hour, reports Buchreport. Libri blamed the problem on a programming error and corrected it as soon as they were contacted by the writer.