Tech Radar reviews the Scribd eBook-audiobook subscription service and finds it fit to take on Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited.
Feb 24
FREE eBOOKS for your Digital Library
Here are some web sites with Free eBooks to stock your eLibrary. You’ll find a wide selection of classics, contemporary, and non-fiction titles. Bookmark these pages.
Manybooks.net This has become my favorite with thousands of free titles in a wide variety of trouble-free formats.
GetFreeeBooks.com Just what it says. A huge selection.
Project Gutenberg Their mission statement: to encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks. Too many titles to count…
G. Wells Taylor has several FREE and/or affordable titles/sequels that are receiving great reviews at GWellsTaylor.com. Multiple formats available.
Smashwords offers a long list of FREE eBook titles in formats to suit your new eBook reader.
Feb 22
The Bigme B1 Pro 10.3-inch Color E Ink Tablet
Liliputing writes about the Bigme B1 Pro 10.3-inch Color E Ink tablet.
Feb 20
Quo Digital Highlighter Coming for Constant eReaders
Yanko Design writes about the next must-have for eBook aficionados in the new Quo digital highlighter by Possibility Design.
Feb 18
Federal Judge Joins Legacy Publisher Attack on Libraries
A Reuters story confirms that federal judge Deborah Boardman has joined with the Association of American Publishers in their ongoing attack on public libraries.
Feb 16
Penguin Random House Continues to Cash In on Book Banning
Publishers Weekly suggests Penguin Random House is still up to no good cashing in on a banned book’s sudden popularity by squashing its availability at the Internet Archive’s Open Libraries Initiative.
Feb 12
Penguin Random House Tries to Cash In On Book Banning
Above the Law writes about the impact of book banning on a publisher, and the greedy publisher’s resulting impact on public libraries when said “banned” book rises to the top of the bestseller lists.
Feb 10
Surrey Library eBooks Eliminating Overdue Fines
The North Delta Reporter says Surrey libraries in British Columbia, Canada, are eliminating overdue fines as eBook borrowing eliminates the need for them.
Feb 08
Draft2Digital Acquiring Smashwords to Form Biggest US Indie Publishing Platform
Draft2Digital is acquiring Smashwords with a deal that is set to close on the first of March. They’re talking growth, not replacement, with the two indie-publishing platforms combining their catalogs, technology, and distribution channels to form a super-sized presence for the global eBook marketplace.
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