Category: eBook Software

Jul 08

Top five eReaders for summer 2015

GoodeReader recommends the top five eBook readers for summer 2015. Looks like there are some new machines available, too!

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Jul 07

Fussing over fonts

Digital Book World responds to Amazon Kindle’s new Bookerly typeface and Google Play’s Literata font and wonders what all the fuss about. …And then makes a major fuss about the general look of eBook displays. (These ain’t your granny’s paperbacks, sister!)

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Jul 05

Inkitt Beyond Time Free Sci-Fi Writing Contest

Check out Inkitt’s Beyond Time Free Sci-Fi Writing Contest. First to third place prizes for the competition that closes July 27.

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Jun 25

Scribd acquires Librify

According to a Digital Book World post subscription-based eBook provider Scribd has acquired social eReading platform Librify.

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Jun 24

Kindle Unlimited will “cheapen” books

PCMag’s Chandra Steele writes that Amazon’s upcoming changes to its Kindle Unlimited eBook subscription service will make “books cheaper” but also “cheapen” them. In the new deal (decree?) participating Indie authors will only be paid for pages read.

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Jun 17

Lumin to light the way at Oyster

The Verge posted on Oyster eBook subscription service’s light-adjusting Lumin feature for its eReading Apps.

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Jun 16

Amazon will rankle short story writers with changes to Kindle Unlimited

Publishers Weekly reports on changes Amazon is making to its Kindle Unlimited “all you can eat” eBook subscription service. Now Amazon is going to pay authors based on each page read. (This is bound to rankle the short story writers who were cleaning up under the old “10% read for a full share” system.) What exactly constitutes …