eBook Rumors

Digital Trends reviews Kobo’s new Forma eReader. (Big, waterproof, beautiful, etc.)

The Verge looks at Google’s new Pixel Slate tablet.

Quartz reports that the European Union is lowering the value-added-tax (VAT) on eBooks to match “books” in a move that equates and harmonizes digital titles with their paperback and hard cover versions.

A little validation that is bound to help eBook sales in the EU.

CMSWire compares the different impacts of eBooks and Whitepaper on content marketing in business.

TidBITS reviews changes to the Apple Books (formerly iBooks) App that now resides in the new iOS 12.

Is it ready for the eBook Revolution’s second wave?

POCNetwork reviews the new Kobo Clara HD eReader and lays a generous nine out of ten stars on the $129.99(US) Rakuten/Kobo device.

Onmsft.com posted that the Microsoft Edge browser app offers an eBook search and inked notes on Apple iOS devices.

MacStories offers its extensive review of the Apple iOS 12 and its focus on eBooks, Audiobooks, Shortcuts, and More…

New to the eBook Revolution? Here are some web sites with Free eBooks. You’ll find a wide selection of classics, contemporary and non-fiction titles. An excellent weekend browse. 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.

Publishers Weekly says in a post that Penguin Random House is changing its eBook lending terms to better suit library concerns and budgets.