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Make your eBooks look great

Digital Book World offers some tips to Indie authors, publishers and designers for making eBooks look great.

Winners and losers after Apple’s appeal is tossed

The Motley Fool talks about winners and losers after the Supreme Court threw out Apple’s appeal of a guilty verdict it received for participating in a years’ old price fixing conspiracy.

K-5 QuickStart program available to elementary schools

GalleyCat says OverDrive is launching the K-5 QuickStart program that can bring 200 eBooks to elementary schools.

Open eBooks works for low-income youth

Digital Book World reports on how the Open eBooks App is helping low-income youth to read.

Barnes and Noble making changes to UK Nook book sales

Ubergizmo reports on Barnes and Noble shutting its UK eBook store, while phasing out its Nook App and Video stores. The bricks and mortar book giant plans to focus on its U.S. Nook eBook stores.

New features and improvements in Calibre 2.53

Softpedia says to expect new features and many other improvements in today’s maintenance release of Calibre version 2.53 eBook Reader and conversion program.

Macmillan adds 6,000 new titles to Scribd

Digital Book World says Macmillan has added 6,000 new titles to the Scribd eBook subscription service.

eBook startups ready to make their mark in 2016

Digital Book World lists four up-and-coming eBook startups that are eager to make their mark in 2016.

Where to get cheap eBooks.

PCMag offers tips for getting free or cheap eBooks. (Indie publishing platform Smashwords is missing from their list.

Apple loses appeal. Must pay $450-million

Gizmodo reports that the U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Apple’s appeal of its guilty verdict in a years’ old price-fixing lawsuit. The iPad maker must now return $450-million to consumers.