Category: Smashwords

Mar 14

Barnes and Noble making changes to UK Nook book sales

Ubergizmo reports on Barnes and Noble shutting its UK eBook store, while phasing out its Nook App and Video stores. The bricks and mortar book giant plans to focus on its U.S. Nook eBook stores.

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Mar 08

Where to get cheap eBooks.

PCMag offers tips for getting free or cheap eBooks. (Indie publishing platform Smashwords is missing from their list.

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Mar 07

Apple loses appeal. Must pay $450-million

Gizmodo reports that the U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Apple’s appeal of its guilty verdict in a years’ old price-fixing lawsuit. The iPad maker must now return $450-million to consumers.

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Mar 04

eBook Market growth continues despite publisher tampering

Teleread tries to hash out the figures reported by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) that show a static eBook market. Turns out it isn’t static at all. There is growth; unfortunately, the publishers represented by the AAP have shut themselves out of it with artificially high eBook prices. They are losing market-share by their own actions. …

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Mar 03

Barnes and Noble renews commitment to Nook

Liliputing reports that Barnes and Noble is citing a drop in Nook losses as one of the reasons for the bricks and mortar bookstore giant’s continued commitment to their popular Nook eReading devices. Barnes and Noble knows that eBooks are here to stay, and the B&N brand is synonymous with books.