Category: Free eBooks

Free Quality Ebooks available on the web.

Sony PRS-T3 compared to the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 2

GoodeReader compares the new Sony PRS-T3 and the well-received Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 2 E Ink eReaders. Specifics and video at the link.

Digital Publishing Headlines

Digital Journal says that three Calvin and Hobbes collections will soon be available as eBook editions. Digital Book World has a post on Scholastic streamlining book selection for kids by digitizing its Book Fairs in a free app. GoodeReader reports Kobo is taking its eBooks and popular eReaders to Spain. Forbes offers a story that seems to …

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Tablo aims to streamline eBook publishing

TechCrunch has a story on the Tablo BookMaker start-up that claims to take the complexity out of eBook publishing.

Kindle PaperWhite review.

Read the Kindle PaperWhite review at TechHive. Apparently Amazon’s doing something right with this upgrade.

Pricing, availability and publisher greed create divide.

Wired offers a slightly shrill (or is it just the headline?) piece by Art Brodsky on the problems of inflated prices, availability and publisher greed in the eBook Revolution with warnings that the current trends could fuel a “reads” and “reads not” scenario of disparity for the future.

Average eBook Bestseller price up slightly.

Digital Book World says the average eBook bestseller price is up a fraction to $5.81 from an all time low of $5.41.

Canadian children soon to read more eBooks.

Digital Book World reports on a BookNet Canada study that says Canadian children will soon start to read more eBooks. The devices are in place and the interest is there, so expect a surge.

Book-free library opens in San Antonio

Time has a story about a book-free library opening in San Antonio that offers patrons a selection of 10,000 eBook titles and the eReaders, iPad, laptops and computers to read them on.

Amazon Matchbook pairs free or discounted eBooks with their print versions.

TechCrunch reports on Amazon’s announcement that it will soon be offering the Kindle Matchbook platform that will provide discounted or free eBook versions of purchased printed books.

Organize your eBooks with Calibre

Macworld reports on the free eBook management software Calibre and shows how it can help organize your personal library of eBook titles.