Category: eBook Stores

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

Readers’ Choice Awards for eReaders and Tablets

Find out about PC Mag’s Readers’ Choice Awards for eReaders and Tablets at the link.

FREE 3-Month eBook Subscription at Scribd

Scribd offers a FREE 3-Month (All-you-can-read) eBook subscription to Paste Magazine readers.

Is Kobo developing its own GoodReads?

GoodeReader reports that Kobo may be developing a new social eBook club to rival Amazon’s GoodReads after its recent acquisition of Sony’s U.S., European and Australian eBook-buying clients.

Digital publishing update

Engadget reports that the transition is underway for Kobo to take over Sony’s eBook business. PCMag says U.S. Navy sailors will receive free Navy eReader Devices, the fruits of a partnership between Findaway World and the Navy General Library Program (NGLP). Digital Book World has a story that suggests Amazon is getting hostile with Hachette Book Group. …

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Oyster eBook subscription service catalog reaches half-million titles

Digital Book World reports on the Oyster eBook subscription service catalog reaching the half-million title mark.

Jet Magazine to go digital

The New York Times reports that the ground-breaking publication Jet Magazine launched in 1951 will move to a digital publishing format in June.

Analytics expert Lubart moves to Hachette

Digital Book World reports that Hachette Book Group has acquired HarperCollins’ sales analytics expert Dan Lubart.

eBooks viewed from the past

Gizmodo’s Paleofuture offers views on the eBook as seen from the past.

Enhanced eBooks evolving to suit market

The Guardian has posted on a new development for the enhanced eBook with musicians like Neil Young offering memoirs that feature audio samples of their work.

Digital publishing updates

Mashable posted on startup BookBub’s plans to help you pick your eBooks. Forbes offers tips on guiding the eBook Revolution into maturity. Gizmodo reports on UK McDonald Happy Meals now arriving with an eBook rather than a toy. Publishers Weekly has a story where US states are accusing iPad maker Apple of stalling in the ongoing eBook price-fixing case.