Category: Smashwords

The best in eBook formats

Digital Book World offers up some eBook format options.

Indies continue to grab market share with reasonable prices and innovation

A Guardian article confirms that the decrease in UK eBook sales can be blamed directly on the Five Biggest UK Publishers’ insistence on using Agency Pricing that allows them to set their eBook prices disagreeably high. (A practice they’ve adopted to undermine the eBook market and to force consumers back to print.) The article goes on …

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eBook publishing tips from Macworld

Macworld offers eBook publishing tips for Indie authors.

Calibre 2.49 eBook Manager Software now available

Softpedia reports on the release of Calibre 2.49 eBook Manager Software (with new Kobo driver) available for Linux, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows.

Smashwords’ Bestseller List for November 2015

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

Merry Christmas!

Safe and Happy Holiday Wishes from eBook Rumors!

Leading “open” eBook formats

Opensource highlights the leading “open” eBooks formats. They list some excellent reasons why open source is vital to the eBook Revolution.

For New eBook Readers!

New to the eBook Revolution? Here are some web sites with Free eBooks. You’ll find a wide selection of classics, contemporary and non-fiction titles. An excellent weekend browse. Bookmark these pages. Manybooks.net. This has become my favorite with thousands of free titles in a wide variety of trouble-free formats. GetFreeeBooks.com. Just what it says.  A …

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