Category: Publishers

What you should look for in an eReader

GoodeReader suggests what you should look for in an eBook Reader. (Video at the link.)

Digital Comic Books outsell Print Comics in Japan

NHK World posted on Digital Comic Books outselling Print Comics for the first time in Japan.

Project Gutenberg Web Site Forced to Block German Visitors

A Bleeping Computer reports says Free eBook Site Project Gutenberg has blocked access to German visitors because of a recent court ruling.

B&N Launches Nationwide Book Club

Publishers Weekly reports that Barnes and Noble is launching a nationwide book club this May.

Kobo App Update Improves Digital Comic Reading for iPhone

GoodeReader writes that a Kobo App update for iPhone has improvements that let you read your digital comics from any angle. (And there’s a “peek at the next page” engine!)

Amazon Kindle Deals Start for National Reading Month

PCMag reports that Amazon is marking National Reading Month (March) with offers of special Kindle Deals beginning on March 3.

Audiobook Narrator Vanessa Johansson Interview

FanGirlNation interviews audiobook narrator Vanessa Johansson.

Madrid Names Street After Inventor of Mechanized eBook

The Guardian writes that Madrid is naming a street after educator and writer Angela Ruiz Robles, the woman who invented the first “mechanical” eBook in 1949.

Kobo Mini 2 Heralds Coming eBook Market reBoot

GoodeReader writes about the possible return of the very popular Kobo Mini 2 eReader. More signs of an eBook Revolution reBoot? Certainly, Kobo’s going to be ratcheting up its game as new-partner Walmart positions the international eBook retailer for a thrust into the US marketplace.

The eBook Revolution Gathers Steam in Hachette Rebuttal

Author Erin Kelly writes in the Guardian that eBooks are a “revolution” and “godsend” to counter Hachette Livre CEO (and Luddite) Arnaud Nourry’s angry and uninformed claim that eBooks are “stupid.” While Nourry’s vacuous observations may say more about the observer and should be beneath consideration by all (except those in charge of hiring at …

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