Category: eBook Software

Amazon India hopes Kindle discount will attract readers

PC-Tablet reports Amazon is continuing its push into the Indian digital reading market with a special discount on its Kindle eReader.

Publishers and libraries beginning to find answers

American Libraries reports that publishers and libraries might finally be coming to an agreement (and price) regarding eBook ownership (and deciding how many times a digital title can be loaned before it wears out).

Social eReading app Glose gets update

Talking New Media reports on an update to Social eBook reading app Glose.

Kindle Books by Alexa can read to you

Mashable reports that Kindle Books by Alexa can now read eBooks to you. (And the service is free.)

WorldReader says Ethiopia has taken top place in eBook readership

ITWebAfrica reports that Ethiopia has taken top place with eBook readers in the developing world after 349,389 readers were recorded in 2015.

Blurb picks new CEO

Digital Book World says book and magazine self-publishing platform Blurb has announced a new CEO.

Kobo promotions to focus on publishers and sales

The Bookseller reports that Kobo has promoted two new executive vice presidents to focus on publisher relations and content sales worldwide.

Smashwords’ Bestseller List for November 2015

Publishers Weekly posted Indie publisher Smashwords’ bestseller list for November 2015.

New Nook App and updates for Kobo and Scribd

Talking New Media reports on the release of a new eBook reading app for Barnes and Noble Nook and updates for Kobo and Scribd.

LG shows off insanely flexible 18-inch display

The Verge reports on LG’s prototype 18-inch display that it’s touting at the Consumer Electronics Show. The “screen” can be rolled up like a newspaper so it’s easy to imagine many applications for such a flexible display in digital publishing, and hand-held devices.