Category: Affordable eBooks

Online book sellers and authors offering affordable options for eBook readers.

Digital Publishing Headlines

Lifehacker tells you how to consolidate all of your eBooks on one eReader. Digital Book World  says Verso Books has launched an eCommerce site that will promote eBook bundling. Publishers Weekly reports on Apple and Publishers fighting a follow-up anti-trust suit. Marketplace is encouraging people to announce the amount of their Amazon Kindle settlements online.

Amazon starts delivering law-suit settlement.

This seems like it’s been a long time coming, but a ReadWrite story says Amazon customers have started receiving payback (in the form of credits) as part of the settlement reached in the Apple anti-trust eBook price-fixing lawsuit.

eBook Revolution Update

ZDNet reports on the top eBook apps for iPad. Digital Book World talks about eBook publishers with their eye on the China market. Talking New Media has some tips for Indie authors. CIO offers 10 Amazon Kindle Fire HDX tablet tricks and tips. TUAW has a Samsung ad that teases iPad, Microsoft Surface and Amazon …

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Whipping Boy by Katherine Tomlinson now Available!

Whipping Boy by Katherine Tomlinson is a California cop mystery novella, the debut of a female criminalist whose strange existence swings from the darkest crime scenes to life among Hollywood royalty–no wonder she has such a bad attitude. Murder hits close to home for criminalist Lark Riordan when a neighbor’s son is killed and another …

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Indie authors will have 50% of the market by 2020

A Huffington Post story by Smashwords founder Mark Coker offers 10 reasons why Indie authors will own 50% of the eBook market by 2020.

Digital Publishing Headlines

EContent offers the State of eBooks, the year in review. The Los Angeles Times says a private investment management firm has made an acquisition offer to beleaguered book-seller Barnes and Noble. Get a complete list of last week’s digital best-sellers at Digital Book World. And Digital Book World also offers a post on how Kobo’s …

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Free-eBooks.net getting upgrade

Digital Journal reports that Free-eBooks.net has undergone a redesign to meet the eBook Revolution’s mobile demand.

The eBook pricing and sales discussion continues

The discussion on eBook pricing and sales data continues at GoodeReader.

Oyster inks deal with Disney for kids titles

Gigaom reports that Oyster eBook subscription service has inked a deal with Disney to create a new kid’s section that will eventually contain 10,000 titles.

Digital Publishing Headlines

Gigaom tells us that Sony is leaving the North American eBook business. (Sony customer libraries will be switched to Kobo.) They never seemed to have their hearts in it. GoodeReader has more on what the Sony/Kobo deal means to readers. GlobalNews reports that a competition deal signed with publishers should see a 20% drop in …

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