eBook Rumors

A PR Underground Release reports FlipHTML5 is creating an eBook publishing site to replace legacy publishers.

9to5Mac reports that Kindle will not read Apple Books despite Amazon’s shift to supporting the EPUB file format.

Another story from Liliputing suggests Amazon Kindles are now able to read the EPUB eBook format, while the company retires support for the MOBI and AZW formats.

LifeHacker posted a trick for formatting your eBooks to read on your Kindle. (For Free!)

PCMag reviews the ReMarkable 2 eReading and eNote-Taking Tablet.

Ars Technica reports that Google Play is cracking down on enforcement of the change to its billing system that is meeting resistance from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other eBook retailers that sell through their Android Apps.

Euronews reports on the damage Amazon’s eBook return policy can do to authors’ livelihoods.

Here are some web sites with Free eBooks to stock your eLibrary. You’ll find a wide selection of classics, contemporary, and non-fiction titles. Bookmark these pages.

Manybooks.net This has become my favorite with thousands of free titles in a wide variety of trouble-free formats.
GetFreeeBooks.com Just what it says.  A huge selection.
Project Gutenberg  Their mission statement: to encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks. Too many titles to count…
G. Wells Taylor has several FREE and/or affordable titles/sequels that are receiving great reviews at GWellsTaylor.com. Multiple formats available.
Smashwords offers a long list of FREE eBook titles in formats to suit your new eBook reader.

Liliputing reports that the 7.8-inch Color E Ink Onyx BOOX Nova Air C tablet is now available for $420. Specifications and video at the link.

A Reuters story confirms that  federal judge Deborah Boardman has joined with the Association of American Publishers in their ongoing attack on public libraries.