Category: eBook Stores

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

eBook Pirates crowd Google Play

International Business Times updates us on the state of Google’s lax contribution to the eBook Revolution with the search giant’s Google Play App store rumored to be overrun by eBook pirates.

Canadian publishers sell eBooks direct

Digital Book World reports that many Canadian Publishers are selling eBooks directly to the consumer. Great for the choir, but can keeping sales “in house” reach new readers?

UK eBook sales rise as print sales fall

TechCrunch reports that UK eBook sales are on the rise as print book sales fall.

Databox will focus on eBook marketplace

Digital Book World is retiring its eBook Bestsellers list in favor of a bi-weekly column from Databox that will focus on the eBook marketplace.

If printed books were treated like eBooks…

OUPblog (Oxford University Press’s Blog) wonders what it would be like if printed books were treated like “eBooks.”

Kindle App draining iPad and iPhone batteries

ZDNet reports the Amazon Kindle App is draining your iPad or iPhone battery.

Macmillan signs deal with Britlit bundling startup

According to BoingBoing Macmillan has inked a deal with Britlit to offer readers a DRM-free eBook version of previously purchased print titles by Tor/Forge.

Kobo Next puts focus on Indie Authors

GoodeReader reports on Kobo’s Kobo Next platform that focuses on Indie Authors.

eBook Revolution has only begun

Digital Book World offers an interesting look at the future of the eBook Revolution.

Publishers continue to manipulate eBook Sales

Digital Book World posted on the impact Agency Pricing is having on the eBook market and naively wonders if it is suppressing sales. It certainly is slowing sales for the digital titles of publishers who are greedily jacking their prices up. Who is going to buy an eBook if you can order the paperback or hard cover for close to the …

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