Oct 03
The Jordan Times reports on the first eBooks to hit the Arab world through a new mobile app by Abjjad.
Sep 29
Publishers Weekly reported on a 2.4% increase in eBook sales in May of 2017 for the first time in two years. The eBook format has a loyal following that is only encouraged as the legacy publishers remember the highly profitable early days of the eBook Revolution and begin dropping their digital prices accordingly. Those publishers …
Sep 28
GoodeReader outlines how eBook Readers can be a sanctuary for banned books.
Sep 27
Co.Design posted on a book that was designed for browser reading. Click the title to check out Poetic Computation: Reader by Taeyoon Choi.
Sep 26
Digital Book World posted seven FREE tools for Indie writers and publishers.
Sep 25
GoodeReader reports on eOneBook dual-screen digital manga reader from E Ink and Progress Technologies Inc.
Sep 22
Popular Mechanics reports on Wizards of the Coast’s creation of the D&D Reader app and digital marketplace for Dungeons & Dragons accessories. D&D Reader will be available for iOS and Android this fall
Sep 21
PhysOrg compares reading paper books to reading eBooks on screens and offers some interesting initial results. (Though drawing more meaningful conclusions will require time and a lot more research into the new eBook technology.)
Sep 20
Quartz writes about how some criminals, “authors” and “publishers” have scammed Amazon’s Indie publishing system by providing fake reviews, fake reads and fake statistics. All so that Amazon does not have to just sell you an eBook outright and pay the author a fair royalty. A proprietary system like Amazon Kindle’s that attempts to control the reader and …
Sep 19
The Verge reports that Google will now show you if the eBook you’re looking for is at your local library.
