Category: Affordable eBooks

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

Mar 01

Amazon Kindle Deals Start for National Reading Month

PCMag reports that Amazon is marking National Reading Month (March) with offers of special Kindle Deals beginning on March 3.

Feb 28

Audiobook Narrator Vanessa Johansson Interview

FanGirlNation interviews audiobook narrator Vanessa Johansson.

Feb 27

eBook Sales Growth Continues in Germany

GoodeReader says German eBook sales increased by 4% in 2017 to bolster the country’s rising position in the European eBook market.

Feb 26

Madrid Names Street After Inventor of Mechanized eBook

The Guardian writes that Madrid is naming a street after educator and writer Angela Ruiz Robles, the woman who invented the first “mechanical” eBook in 1949.

Feb 23

Kobo Mini 2 Heralds Coming eBook Market reBoot

GoodeReader writes about the possible return of the very popular Kobo Mini 2 eReader. More signs of an eBook Revolution reBoot? Certainly, Kobo’s going to be ratcheting up its game as new-partner Walmart positions the international eBook retailer for a thrust into the US marketplace.

Feb 21

Icarus XL HD eReader Now Available in the US and Canada

GoodeReader reported that the Icarus XL HD eReader is now available in Canada and the US. The Icarus features a 7.8-inch screen with E Ink Carta display and Google Android OS.

Feb 20

McGraw-Hill Education Launches Textbook and eBook Rentals

According to a Campus Technology post McGraw-Hill Education is launching a Textbook and eBook rental program.

Feb 19

Hachette CEO is TOTALLY UNPREPARED for Next Wave in eBook Revolution

GoodeReader reports on Hachette CEO, Arnaud Nourry’s inability to rise to the occasion. The publisher is basically saying that he’s out of ideas as the next big wave in the eBook Revolution approaches. He must have heard that Rakuten/Kobo and Walmart will sell eBooks into the massive US marketplace, and that Apple is revamping its iBooks (now …

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Feb 15

Reading EPUB format eBooks on your Kindle

Liliputing offers a quick “how-to” on reading EPUB format eBooks on your Amazon Kindle.

Feb 13

Will Dual-display eReaders find a place in the eBook Revolution?

GoodeReader ponders the fate of the long-anticipated dual-display eBook Readers.