Fw: Book Trade ebook News Digest for Wed, March 25, 2009

S&S Follows Random In Reduction Of E-book Royalties ---------------------------------------------------------------------- All Simon & Schuster contracts worldwide will offer a royalty of 25% of net receipts http://www.booktrade.info/i.php/20389     Apple Sued For Marketing iPhone As Book Reader ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Earlier this month Apple got hit with a lawsuit over an "exploding" iPod Touch. Now it appears to be getting hit with a suit over the exploding e-book market. http://www.booktrade.info/i.php/20386 Fictionwise Launches Free Ereader E-book App For Blackberry ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fictionwise, the e-book etailor recently acquired by Barnes & Noble, has launched a beta version of its popular eReader app for the Blackberry smartphone http://www.booktrade.info/i.php/20378