Here’s a short Mediabistro interview with Wattpad CEO Alan Lau and an update on Wattpad.com’s recent launch of a version of their mobile phone application for the Indian provider, Bharti Airtel. Lau makes an excellent point that BHarti Airtel with 110 million subscribers indicates a vast and relatively untapped marketplace (at least from a western perspective). There are …
Category: eBooks
eBook formats listed and discussed.
Nov 25
Free Sony eBook Reader Touch Edition
I’ve been reminded to remind you about a contest to win a free Sony eBook Reader Touch Edition at BentSteeple.com. It’s to celebrate the release of BENT STEEPLE a new Horror novel by Indie author G. Wells Taylor. There are other prizes too. The draw is Christmas day, so that gives you a full month to …
Nov 24
Smashwords Charges Ahead
Well this is a smart move by Amazon.com. What was starting to look like a coalition of Davids formed to compete directly with the eBook retail Goliath has suddenly turned into a love-in. (I’m just being a smartass here. I really couldn’t be happier for the eBook Revolution…) Read the press release here. We reported …
Nov 23
Slide format A into eBook Reader B?
Our friend Jorgen dropped off another link to a story at The Register that attempts to sort out the compatibility issues of eBook Selection, Distributors, eBook formats and eBook Readers. Good luck, yah? It’s a good read, but it’s also suggesting that the reliance on proprietary format is going to do anything more that create eBook pirates …
Nov 20
Smashwords Acquires BookHabit
Read the Smashwords Press Release here. Smashwords is the fast-growing eBook publishing service with over 4,700 eBook titles from 2,100 independent authors and publishers from all points of the compass. The eBook savvy net player has opened new distribution channels for Indie talent recently announcing new relationships with major online entities Barnes and Noble, Sony eBook …
Nov 18
Kindle Now Available in Canada
Kindle, the actual eBook Reading device, is finally available for sale in Canada. Read the story about the $259 (US) eBook reader in the National Post. I think they missed an opportunity, coming this late, considering the large number of snooty literary types that inhabit the forests up here salivating for the chance to make …
Nov 17
BIG NEWS for INDIE AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS!
Media Bistro’s Galleycat reports digital book service Shortcovers has formed a partnership with Indie Author and Publisher platform Smashwords. On Nov. 18 Smashwords will start sharing titles from its growing 5,000+ stable of eBooks from Independent talent. This is a significant move as Smashwords accesses Shortcovers’ global infrastructure for reading and downloading eBooks across multiple devices (e.g. iPhone, …
Nov 16
Doom and Gloom from Ireaderreview
Jorgen dropped off another link, this time to a somewhat gloomy article at Ireaderreview about the ‘value perception’ of eBooks dropping to ZERO. Give the article a read. I think the author jumps to several conclusions that could be vigorously debated. For instance, there is no real discussion in the piece about how we determine the ‘actual value’ …
Nov 15
The Future of books: Adapt or Die
I’ve said it many times and it’s finally being pounded home by a long continuous explosion in the eBook Revolution. The future of books is eBooks, and anyone in the business: writers, publishers, agents, book sellers and printers will simply be left behind if they don’t accept it. Adaptation will assure that all of the …
Nov 10
Harlequin Introduces Carina Press to Digital Publishing
Publishing giant Harlequin Enterprises Ltd. has launched an ePublishing-only division called Carina Press. Unlike the parent company that offers traditional hardcover, paperback and eBooks, Carina’s opening up to new and established authors as an option for publication that will distribute and sell eBooks only. We’re going to see more and more of this, yah? As the …
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