With the rise of digital learning, most people have stopped visiting physical libraries. This is because, with E-book, you do not have to carry around a book. The common use of online reading has made E-book popular. Massive best reading apps for Smartphone are now available, and these applications offer books for educational, research and leisure purposes. The e-book is … [Read more...] about The Most Popular Free E-Book Reading Apps For Your Smartphone
Archives for 2018
Apple iBooks is making it easy for publishers to earn commission
Amazon traditionally has been the only game in town for people who have book blogs or run newsletters on cheap Kindle books. Amazon has become more ruthless on the types of content they will pay commission on and this has driven many of the popular services out of business. Apple unveiled a new toolbox a few months ago for their iBooks program. It allows book bloggers, … [Read more...] about Apple iBooks is making it easy for publishers to earn commission
Amazon Digital Day will offer Kindle books for 75% off
Amazon Digital Day has been going on for the past three years and the premise of the program is to load up your new e-reader or Fire tablet with tons of cheap ebooks and graphic novels. Starting Friday, December 28 Amazon will save you up to 75% off Kindle best-selling books, including titles such as Manhattan Beach, In the Midst of Winter, My Squirrel Days, Summer I Turned … [Read more...] about Amazon Digital Day will offer Kindle books for 75% off
Canadian Libraries are seeing the cost of ebooks skyrocket
Canadian libraries are starting to see their audiobook and ebook budgets stretched thin, due to draconian policies from major publishers. Sharon Day, who chairs an e-content working group for the Canadian Urban Library Council, says major ebook publishers are charging unfair prices and Audible — the company that owns the rights to many digital audiobooks — is declining to share … [Read more...] about Canadian Libraries are seeing the cost of ebooks skyrocket
BookShout is powering the Harlequin ebook store
Harlequin announced in October that they were getting rid of Adobe Digital Editions and going with an alternative. They have selected Bookshout to power their online bookstore, and this means you need the Bookshout app for Android or iOS, which makes Harlequin ebooks incompatible with e-readers. Many people feel that Bookshout does an adequate job at reading ebooks, but … [Read more...] about BookShout is powering the Harlequin ebook store
Mental health and books on anxiety are popular in 2018
Wattpad has 72 million users and they consume self-published stories at a ravenous pace. In 2018 one of the biggest trends was mental health and ebooks on depression and anxiety. This genre saw an increase of 52% and over 152,000 new stories were uploaded. One of the most notable examples of this trend was a book called Saving Everest, with 16.9 million reads to date, … [Read more...] about Mental health and books on anxiety are popular in 2018
The Top e-Readers of 2018
More e-readers came out this year, than any other year. Digital Readers are making a comeback and many vendors have different value propositions to woo customers. There are note taking devices that come with a stylus and are a replacement for paper and are geared towards prosumers. A multitude of screen sizes is very appealing to a wide audience. Whether you want a base model … [Read more...] about The Top e-Readers of 2018
We might never see a used ebook marketplace
Ever since ebooks first started getting popular in the past decade, various companies all over the world have experimented with a used ebook marketplace. The most popular in North America was ReDigi which started in 2011 and a lawsuit from various publishing organizations shut it down in 2013. Ever since then, the case has been through various courts and last week the Second … [Read more...] about We might never see a used ebook marketplace
Microsoft launches AI News App called Hummingbird
There are no shortage of online news apps to curate your favorite websites or just discover new ones. Google News, Flipboard and Feedly are good examples. Microsoft is throwing their hat into the fray with the new AI news app called Hummingbird. When you first install the Android app it will ask you to register an account with your hotmail or Linkedin email address, of … [Read more...] about Microsoft launches AI News App called Hummingbird
Findaway Voices gives authors a 45% Audiobook royalty with Apple iBooks
Apple iBooks sells both audiobooks and ebooks through their app for iOS. This is pretty well the only way you can make in-app purchases on the iPad and iPhone, since most other companies do not want to give Apple a piece of every sale that they make. Findaway Voices is a relatively new platform that launched in July of 2017 and it provides an alternative to Amazon ACX, which is … [Read more...] about Findaway Voices gives authors a 45% Audiobook royalty with Apple iBooks