eBook Rumors

A BusinessWire press release reads E INK and DATA MODUL partnering to broaden development of Color ePaper applications.

Slashgear reports on Amazon’s breakthrough update to Kindle eReaders. You can now set the device to show the cover of the book you’re currently reading.

Honestly? This is news primarily because Kobo and other eReaders have been doing this since the early days of the eBook Revolution.

The truth is, Amazon resisted that logical step because it was reluctant to give up the self-promotion and advertising space on your property.

They considered every Kindle display surface to be theirs to exploit.

GoodeReader talks about the most popular eBook formats currently in use.

ItsFoss writes about EPUB-editing software Sigil for Linux, Windows and MacOS.

T3 compares the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite and the Kindle Oasis.

GoodeReader reviews the Barnes & Noble Nook 10 HD Tablet.

TechGuide writes about the BorrowBox app that will let you borrow eBooks and Audiobooks from your local library.

ArsTechnica untangles the anti-trust and price-fixing litigation surrounding Amazon and the big five legacy publishers—HarperCollins, Hachette, Macmillan, Simon & Schuster, and Penguin Random House.

The same publishers pulled this scam colluding with Apple (that paid $450-mil settlement on denial of appeal) in 2007, but the five settled out of court. (Publishers paid out tens of millions …)

GoodeReader says the Scribd eBook subscription platform is going to produce original audiobooks for the Spanish marketplace.

GoodeReader offers up a Bigme S3 Color eReader and eNote Review.