Category: iPad

Penguin Random House hungry for eBook money

Digital Book World reports on a subway eBook promotion sponsored by Penguin Random House and New York City. Could it be that Penguin is pining for the juicy eBook profits it lost because of its failed price-fixing conspiracy with Apple, and the overpriced eBook catalog that’s offered now?

Harry Potter tops iBooks bestseller list

Publishers Weekly shows the iBooks Bestseller list dominated by Harry Potter.

Updated Calibre 2.64 eBook management platform available

Softpedia posted on the updated Calibre 2.64 eBook library management platform.

Top selling Apple iBooks to week ending August 7/16

Seattlepi.com offers the top ten Apple iBooks to week ending August 7/16.

9 Best eReaders 2016

PCAdvisor offers a comprehensive list of the 9 Best eReaders that money can buy in the UK.

Apple iBooks shows signs of life with Instagram Account

GoodeReader reports iBooks starting an Instagram Account to draw more attention to the Apple iBookstore. Could it be that Apple has finally realized the lull in the eBook marketplace represents an opportunity for anyone interested in taking a piece of Amazon’s action? (The former publishing democratizer is suffering from a bad case of Kindle Unlimited Bloat.)

The best fonts to eRead by

Likehacker posted on the best fonts for eBook reading.

Indie authors continue to win the long game

Fortune reports that the major U.S. publishers are winning the war against their own eBooks, driving the sales of their titles down with inflated prices for two consecutive years now. Their mad push for the poorhouse has a silver lining that features continued growth in eBook sales by Indie authors and publishers whose affordable titles continue to expand …

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Calibre 2.62 update available

Softpedia announces another update to Calibre 2.62 eBook Management software that features support for the new Kindle Oasis and EPUB 3 Metadata.

Apple starts repaying ill-gotten gains to readers

The Verge reports that Apple is finally returning money to consumers in accordance with a years-old guilty verdict it received for its part in a price-fixing conspiracy.