TechCrunch reports that UK eBook sales are on the rise as print book sales fall.
May 10
Kobo Glo HD reviewed at Mashable
Mashable reviews the Kobo Glo HD eReader. The future of E Ink eReaders continues…
May 08
Databox will focus on eBook marketplace
Digital Book World is retiring its eBook Bestsellers list in favor of a bi-weekly column from Databox that will focus on the eBook marketplace.
May 07
If printed books were treated like eBooks…
OUPblog (Oxford University Press’s Blog) wonders what it would be like if printed books were treated like “eBooks.”
May 06
Kindle App draining iPad and iPhone batteries
ZDNet reports the Amazon Kindle App is draining your iPad or iPhone battery.
May 05
Macmillan signs deal with Britlit bundling startup
According to BoingBoing Macmillan has inked a deal with Britlit to offer readers a DRM-free eBook version of previously purchased print titles by Tor/Forge.
May 04
Kobo Next puts focus on Indie Authors
GoodeReader reports on Kobo’s Kobo Next platform that focuses on Indie Authors.
May 03
eBook Revolution has only begun
Digital Book World offers an interesting look at the future of the eBook Revolution.
May 01
Publishers continue to manipulate eBook Sales
Digital Book World posted on the impact Agency Pricing is having on the eBook market and naively wonders if it is suppressing sales. It certainly is slowing sales for the digital titles of publishers who are greedily jacking their prices up. Who is going to buy an eBook if you can order the paperback or hard cover for close to the same price?
And it is certainly injecting new life into eBook Piracy. Google any book title and you won’t have to click through many pages before the pirated versions appear.
The group least affected by publishers forcing Agency Pricing on the market are Indie authors. (At least, those who have not signed away their options to Amazon Kindle Unlimited.)
Indie authors tend to set fair prices for their digital titles, and many have reported a leveling off of the drop in sales caused by Kindle Unlimited and the threat of Agency Pricing. Still others have marked a modest rise in sales.
We’ve said it since day one at eBook Rumors: No DRM + Fair Prices = eBook sales, Market growth, and Piracy Reduction.
Do they think that consumers cannot tell when they are being manipulated?
Apr 30
President Obama brokers books for kids deal
According to a U.S. News and World Report post President Barack Obama brokered a deal with major book publishers to provide $250 million in free eBooks for low-income students.
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