Macworld reports that Apple will now offer eBook “gifting” in the iBookstore.
Category: Tablet
Dec 17
Follet adds Macmillan to school eBook distribution list
Digital Book World reports that Follet has now added Macmillan to its list of publishers (Simon & Schuster, Random House and Hachette so far…) with whom it has inked deals to distribute their eBooks in schools.
Dec 16
Entitle eBook subscription service launches.
Mashable has a story on the new Entitle eBook subscription service that plans to be the Netflix for eBooks with a twist.
Dec 15
Oscar-hopeful screenplays available as free eBook downloads.
GoodeReader reports that the screenplays for this year’s movies in contention for Academy Awards are available as free PDFs for online or tablet viewing, or for the eBook savvy as files for conversion to a compatible reflowable text format. For all those Oscar fans in the crowd.
Dec 12
eBook best-seller price war heats up
Digital Book World continues to track the eBook best-seller price war that is brewing as the holiday season approaches with the average title reaching an all-time low.
Dec 10
Indie booksellers lose case against Amazon
Gigaom says a New York Federal judge has thrown out an almost year-old case brought by independent booksellers against Amazon, where they say the Kindle-maker conspired with publishers to create a monopoly whereby the Kindle eReader’s proprietary digital rights management (DRM) software forced consumers to purchase from Amazon exclusively.
Dec 09
Simon and Schuster UK launching The Hot Bed
GoodeReader has a post on Simon & Schuster UK’s launch of The Hot Bed, a genre-centered blog and social media site for fans of Romance and New Adult fiction.
Dec 08
Kindle Fire HDX reviewed at GeekWire
GeekWire reviews Amazon’s Kindle Fire HDX tablet in time for the 2013 gift giving season.
Dec 07
eBook Revolution Update
BBC has a story about Yota’s new phone that boasts two screens. On one side the Android device offers the traditional full color screen, while on the other you’ll find an E Ink screen. The designers have incorporated the low-energy E Ink for static displays, but one wonders if you can read eBooks on it. There …
Dec 04
Low eBook best-seller prices are on the way!
Digital Book World says that Amazon’s “12 Days of Deals in Books” will usher in similar low best-seller prices and sales across the eBook marketplace as the industry gears up for the 2013 Holiday Season.
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