Category: eBook Stores

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Waterproof Kobo on the way

Geeky Gadgets reports on leaked information that says we should expect the Kobo Aura H2O next month. The rumored waterproof E Ink eReader could be yours for $179.

eBook life after death

Slate ponders the fate of your eBook library after your death. You can’t take them with you, so can someone inherit them?

Scribd to distribute Capstone Young Readers

According to a GalleyCat post eBook subscription service Scribd has signed on to distribute Capstone Young Readers titles.

Blurb and Ingram to open shelf space

Digital Book World reports that Indie publisher Blurb has inked a deal with Ingram to open bricks and mortar shelf-space to its authors.

German authors join protest against Amazon

GMA News says that German authors have now joined the protest against Amazon’s eBook price war.

FlightDeck has launched

Digital Book World reports on the launch of eBook checking web app FlightDeck from Firebrand Technologies.

Kobo picks up where Sony left off

GoodeReader posted Kobo CEO Michael Tamblyn’s take on his company’s picking up where Sony left off.

More victims of price-fixing conspiracy

Publishers Weekly posted on Judge Denise Cote’s order for mediation in a new dispute in which eBook retailers claim they were forced out of business by the 2010 eBook price fixing conspiracy led by Apple and five major publishers (Hachette, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan and Penguin).

Top ranking eBook publishers for 2014

Digital Book World ranks the top eBook publishers for 2014 (to date).

Co-branded tablet Galaxy Tab 4 Nook on the way

Cnet posted on an August 20 gathering by partners Barnes and Noble and Samsung where the book-seller and tech giant plan to boast their co-branded tablet the Galaxy Tab 4 Nook.