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Amazon trying eBook Subscription Service

Gizmodo reports on Amazon’s new attempt to dominate the eBook marketplace with Kindle Unlimited. They’re offering “unlimited” eBook reads for a single $10 per month membership. This is a shot across the bow for eBook subscription services Oyster and Scribd, and extends Amazon’s exclusionary reading environment because this service will only list titles by authors and publishers that have agreed …

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Aixa & the Scorpion: A Bruja Roja Story – eBook $2.99

NEW from Delia Fontana When the residents of Sangre de Cristo, a sleepy town on the border between Mexico and Texas, say no mas to the violence of the narcotrafficantes, they turn to town curandera Aixa Riley, a woman who is a citizen of two nations but also walks in two worlds. For Sangre de Cristo is a place where …

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Top tablets compared

Street Wise Tech compares Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 7 with Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 and the Lg G Pad 8.3.

Will Amazon-Hachette Feud end soon?

Digital Book World reports on signs that the Amazon-Hachette feud will end soon.

More on Amazon’s Hachette author eBook offer

The New York Times has more on Amazon’s attempt to woo Hachette authors with an incredible eBook offer.

Authors Guild responds to Amazon offer

MediaBistro reports on the Author’s Guild response to Amazon’s offer of 100% of eBook sales revenue for Hachette scribes.

Unlimited eBook subscription services compared

NDTV Gadgets reviews “unlimited” eBook subscription services Oyster and Scribd.

Smashwords’ Indie eBook sales survey released

Publishers Weekly reports on Indie publisher Smashwords’ 2014 eBook sales survey.

Amazon offers Hachette authors 100% cut

The Verge reports on an interesting tactic by Amazon in its ongoing battle with Hachette publishing. It has offered Hachette authors an incredible 100% cut of their eBook sales.

K8e eBook platform for educational publishers

Talking New Media reports on the launch of John Marshall Media’s K8e eBook platform for educational publishers.