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.
Category: iPad
May 06
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.
May 02
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.
Apr 22
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.
Apr 20
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.
Apr 11
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.
Mar 31
FlipBuilder releases new version of interactive eBook making tool
WhaTech reports on interactive eBook making and publishing software FlipBuilder.
Mar 29
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.
Mar 18
Make your eBooks look great
Digital Book World offers some tips to Indie authors, publishers and designers for making eBooks look great.
Mar 17
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.







