eReader Lovers Remain Convinced

William Wren’s contribution to The Globe and Mail spells it out for people who keep predicting the end of eBooks in his article Why do so many people turn their noses up at eReaders?

Not everyone’s going to like them, but an awful lot of us just LOVE eReaders and are planning for LONG and HAPPY lives with them.

Just $99 for Kobo Aura Edition 2 eReader

GREAT savings for Canadians with the $99 Kobo Aura Edition 2 eReader (regular $129.99). Get it here.

US customers will miss out until the Kobo/Rakuten-Walmart Alliance lands this summer and puts the popular Kobo eReaders and eBooks in American Walmart bricks and mortar stores and online.

Audiobook Narrator Kristin Kalbli Interview

FangirlNation interviews audiobook narrator Kristin Kalbli.

Indie Publishers Push into Audiobook Market

Publishers Weekly posted on Indie Publishing’s push into the Audiobook market.

Rakuten Kobo Clara HD eReader Review

PCWorld reviews the affordable new Rakuten Kobo Clara HD eReader and considers it superior in almost every way to Kindle Paperwhite.

Incredible Kindle Cases

Know Your Mobile points us in the direction of incredible Kindle cases.

Apple Streamlining New “Books” App for eBook Resurgence

Mashable gives us some history on Apple iBooks and unpacks the much-touted and newly upgraded Apple Books app. Sounds like it will compete with Amazon after a few tweaks.

Publisher Manipulation Failed to Sell Paper Books and Slowed eBook Sales

A Phys Org post reports that research in INFORMS journal Management Science indicates that publishers who tried to manipulate readers into buying paper books over eBooks, only managed to drive their eBooks sales down.

The readers weren’t having it.

Audiobook Narrator Paul Woodson Interviewed

FangirlNation interviews audiobook narrator Paul Woodson.

Microsoft eBook Gift Card Offer

Windows Central posted that purchase of a $5.00 Microsoft eBook will get you a $5.00 Microsoft Gift Card.