Digital Book World reports on Amazon-owned Goodreads exploiting Indie Kindle-authors by charging them $119 to participate in a FREE eBook giveaway promotion.
Category: eBook Readers
The machines.
May 09
Are reader analytics valuable?
Digital Book World writes about the reliability/unreliability of reader analytics.
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 05
HarperCollins moves direct eBook sales to Bookshout
TechCrunch reports that after its dismal showing in direct sales, Harper Collins is outsourcing its retail operation to Bookshout.
May 03
Harvard Book Store to bundle eBooks through Shelfie
Digital Book World says that the Harvard Book Store will bundle eBooks through a select partnership with Shelfie.
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.
May 01
Calibre 2.56 offers fixes
Softpedia reports Calibre 2.56 eBook Management Tool upgrade offers new options, sources and fixes bugs.
Apr 29
PCMag reviews Kindle Oasis
PCMag posted a review on the expensive Amazon Kindle Oasis eBook reader.
Apr 27
Scammers scam Amazon while Amazon scams authors
Observer Business and Tech offers an update on the scammers scamming Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited. It turns out that Amazon was lying and scamming its legitimate authors and readers all along with false claims of actually knowing the number of pages read (and paying authors for those). It turns out that all Amazon actually knows is the last page …
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