Category: eBook Software

Nov 05

Wattpad Celebrates Seven Years

GoodeReader offers 7th birthday wishes to Wattpad the world’s largest (20 million users) FREE online author/reader community.

Oct 29

Kindle Matchbook now available

Gizmag says that Amazon Kindle Matchbook has gone live. This new program is designed to give you digital copies of previously purchased hard copy editions. The deal won’t apply to all books, so you’ll have to check out the fine print.

Oct 16

Oyster eBook subscription service launches on iPad

Engadget reports on Oyster’s eBook subscription service launching “invitation free” on iPad.

Oct 08

Tablo aims to streamline eBook publishing

TechCrunch has a story on the Tablo BookMaker start-up that claims to take the complexity out of eBook publishing.

Oct 03

Pricing, availability and publisher greed create divide.

Wired offers a slightly shrill (or is it just the headline?) piece by Art Brodsky on the problems of inflated prices, availability and publisher greed in the eBook Revolution with warnings that the current trends could fuel a “reads” and “reads not” scenario of disparity for the future.

Sep 17

New Indie author eBook store Libiro

Forbes reports on the new eBook store for Indie authors Libiro, an alternative to Amazon.

Sep 11

Booktrack synchronizes music and sound for eBooks

Just when you thought life was distracting enough, Mashable says the Booktrack digital publishing tool lets publishers customize a playlist of music or songs to be synchronized with your eReading.

Sep 10

eBook subscription services on the way.

Digital Book World has posted on eBook subscription services Oyster and eReatah.

Sep 08

Apple can keep its 30% share of in-app eBook sales.

ComputerWorld says a U.S. Federal Judge has upheld Apple’s restrictive 30% share of in-app e-book sales after the anti-trust guilty verdict has seen other controls move into place for the iPad maker.

Aug 26

eBook subscription platforms must reach the young to succeed.

Digital Book World says in a post that proponents of the eBook subscription platform will have to look to the youth market for success.