Digital Book World reports on how the Open eBooks App is helping low-income youth to read.
Category: eBook Readers
The machines.
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.
Mar 11
New features and improvements in Calibre 2.53
Softpedia says to expect new features and many other improvements in today’s maintenance release of Calibre version 2.53 eBook Reader and conversion program.
Mar 10
Macmillan adds 6,000 new titles to Scribd
Digital Book World says Macmillan has added 6,000 new titles to the Scribd eBook subscription service.
Mar 09
eBook startups ready to make their mark in 2016
Digital Book World lists four up-and-coming eBook startups that are eager to make their mark in 2016.
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.
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.
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. …
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.
Mar 02
Amazon’s Giveaways now available to more Indie authors and publishers
Digital Book World posted on Amazon’s Giveaways for Kindle and explained the upside of giving your books away.
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