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Blinkbox customers will migrate to Kobo

TechCrunch says Tesco will transfer its Blinkbox customers to Kobo. That’s a bit of déjà vu for the Rakuten-owned eBook company Kobo that did the same when Sony got out of the North American eBook business.

eBook Revolution continues to grow despite reports

The Guardian reports that contrary to the claims in recent news stories the eBook Revolution is BOOMING not bombing.

Adobe Digital Editions App for iPad released

iClarified reports that the Adobe Digital Editions eBook Reader App has been released for iPad.

American Sniper claims top spot on eBook bestseller list

Digital Book World reports on American Sniper claiming top spot on its eBook Bestsellers list to week ending January 24/15.

eBook Subscription Service Oyster to offer Harry Potter

The Huffington Post reports that eBook subscription service Oyster will now be adding J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books to its list of titles.

InkCase Plus turns your smartphone into an eReader

Liliputing has a review of the InkCase Plus E Ink case for smartphones. Very interesting little gadget.

Old biases remain in eBook publishing

The Huffington Post has a piece that defines some of the biases toward Indie authors and online retail sales that were prevalent in the pre-eBook world, and continue to this day.

Race to purge illegal titles from used eBook seller’s catalog

Gigaom updates us on used eBook seller Tom Kabinet purging illegal eBooks from its catalog as it races to comply with a judge’s order that shut the online retailer down.

Barnes and Noble Nook Reading Challenge

Authorlink  posted on Barnes and Noble’s upcoming Nook Reading Challenge for 2015.

eBook bestseller list to January 17 shows agency pricing return

The Digital Book World bestseller list to week ending January 17 show new deals with Amazon have allowed publishers to start “agency” overpricing their titles.