Category: iPad

Apple patents iPad cover display

9TO5Mac posted that Apple has been granted a patent for an iPad cover with built-in display and sketchpad. Sounds like there might be some eBook reading applications there.

Red Empress offers cost-effective printing and shipping

Digital Book World reports that Red Empress Publishing is trying to attract Indie authors with an offer of cost-effective printing and shipping services.

Over-charging for eBooks hurts market

Talking New Media reports on the impact of publishers demanding unjustifiably high-prices for eBooks and draws a parallel between the sales of magazines at newsstands and through subscriptions.

China government suspends iBooks and iTune movies

The Los Angeles Times reports Apple customers in China wanting refunds after their iBooks and iTune movies were suspended at the request of government authorities.

Romance titles account for 50% or Smashwords’ sales

Citing a recent survey, Galleycat says that while Fiction accounts for 89.5% of overall sales at the Smashwords Indie publishing platform, 50% of them are Romance titles.

New report predicts US eBook market to reach $13-Billion by 2020

Talking New Media reports that the US eBook Market will continue to grow to $13-Billion by 2020.

FlipBuilder releases new version of interactive eBook making tool

WhaTech reports on interactive eBook making and publishing software FlipBuilder.

Indie eBooks sales increase in UK over 2015

Bustle reports that Indie eBooks accounted for 22% of the UK eBook sales in 2015. That marks an increase over traditionally published eBook sales that declined during the same period.

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.