Category: Publishers

Top 10 eBook best sellers.

MediaShift offers a list of top 10 eBook sellers for the week ending November 3, 2013.

Amazon Kindle coming to Indie Bookstores.

PCMag reports on Amazon offering bricks and mortar Indie bookstores the opportunity to sell Kindle eReaders and receive a cut of eBook purchases made on the devices afterward.

Wattpad Celebrates Seven Years

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

Growth ideas for a maturing eBook marketplace

Digital Book World offers some ideas for growth in an eBook marketplace that is maturing. (As in, not getting older, but getting better.)

New B&N Nook eReader for the holidays.

Online Gadget Store reports on Barnes and Noble’s new version of their Nook eReader that should be expected to launch in time for the holiday season.

Countdown deals at Amazon

Digital Book World posted on Amazon’s new “Countdown” discount deals on Kindle-exclusive books designed to push readers into making the purchase. Here’s an idea: Lower prices! Or how about removing the DRM?

HarperCollins to sell eBook titles directly to readers.

GoodeReader posted on HarperCollins’ move to sell their eBook titles directly to readers. They’re launching the dedicated app for Android and iOS. We saw this one coming a long time ago, the question now is whether publishers that make this move will also make it cost-effective and logical for the consumer to purchase directly. (I have …

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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.

One half of Bloomsbury Publishing’s best-sellers are eBooks

According to the Telegraph.co.uk Bloomsbury Publishing says half of its best-selling titles are sold as eBooks.

The future of paper books in the digital age

Digital Trends’ Andrew Couts wonders about the future of “paper” books in the digital age.