Category: eBook Software

Oct 07

Enhancements to Smashwords’ Coupon Manager Tool

Digital Book World says that Indie eBook distributor Smashwords has enhanced its coupon manager tool.

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Oct 06

Middle-aged women drive eBook sales

According to Huffington Post middle-aged women are driving eBook sales.

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Oct 05

Amazon undermining eBook competition in Europe

TechEye writes that Amazon is in hot water with European Union anti-trust regulators that say its eBook contracts with publishers undermine fair competition in the marketplace.

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Oct 04

Amazon bullies publishing partners in Japan

Bloomberg reports on Amazon bullying publishing partners in Japan by denying inclusion in Kindle Unlimited during contract negotiations. (No wonder Amazon has a hard time coaxing publishers and Indie authors to sign up to its far from “unlimited” Netflix for eBooks.)

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Oct 02

Publishers continue to manipulate the marketplace

Tech Crunch highlights the insanity that has taken hold of publishing. The legacy publishers’ plans to force people to buy “print” books by pricing their eBooks too high has been countered by Amazon slashing the price of their print titles. The lopsided results are lower revenues for everyone, and a print and eBook marketplace that is …

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Sep 30

Calibre 2.69 update supports Kobo driver 4.1 and OverDrive eBooks

Softpedia posted on a Calibre 2.69 update to the eBook management and reader software that offers support for Kobo driver 4.1 and OverDrive eBooks.

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Sep 29

Enhanced Game of Thrones eBooks coming to iBooks store

AppleInsider reports on enhanced Game of Thrones eBooks arriving “exclusive” to the iBooks store. Pity that they’re exclusive. Any attempt to control the digital product that way only guarantees that the eBook pirates will lift it.