Category: eBook Stores

A growing list of web sites that sell eBooks. Pros and Cons...

Oyster and Scribd double available Macmillan titles

Digital Book World reports that Macmillan has doubled its offering of titles on eBook subscription services Oyster and Scribd.

Top five eReaders for summer 2015

GoodeReader recommends the top five eBook readers for summer 2015. Looks like there are some new machines available, too!

Fussing over fonts

Digital Book World responds to Amazon Kindle’s new Bookerly typeface and Google Play’s Literata font and wonders what all the fuss about. …And then makes a major fuss about the general look of eBook displays. (These ain’t your granny’s paperbacks, sister!)

Inkitt Beyond Time Free Sci-Fi Writing Contest

Check out Inkitt’s Beyond Time Free Sci-Fi Writing Contest. First to third place prizes for the competition that closes July 27.

Participating authors to take financial beating in updated Kindle Unlimited Platform

The Consumerist reports that those authors voluntarily enrolled in the “Amazon Select” Kindle Unlimited eBook subscription platform will be paid .006 cents per page read under the new scheme. Can you say masochists?

On Apple losing its appeal and digital windowing

Disruptive Competition Project’s Matt Schruers offers some excellent thoughts on Apple losing its appeal and digital content “windowing.”

eBook subscriptions hit snags

Digital Book World says eBook Subscription service Scribd will remove romance novels from its catalog in order to streamline growth. With Amazon’s July 1st retooling of its Kindle Unlimited eBook subscription service to pay participating authors less, could it be we’re seeing the failure of the “all you can eat” eBook platform? Here’s an idea: how about they sell eBooks …

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Apple still guilty of eBook price fixing

The Hollywood Reporter says Apple is still guilty of eBook price fixing after its failure to overturn the U.S. Justice Department’s guilty verdict against it.

DC Comics for hoopla digital

Digital Book World reports hoopla digital will offer digital comics via its library distribution platform after inking a deal with DC Entertainment.

eBooks take too long to consume for “all you can eat” subscription services to work

Entrepreneur’s Jason Illian explains why eBook subscriptions services cannot be equated with Netflix or Spotify.