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Find out the latest news from the bookselling industry. You will learn all about the business of audiobooks, ebooks, manga, newspapers, and digital magazines.

Overdrive Clarifies New Hachette eBook Increase Is Only 104%

Overdrive reported last week in an email to libraries that ebooks provided…

Book Publisher Launches Educational Tablet at the Manila International Book Fair

One of the major events that occurred at the Manila Book Fair was…

What New Amazon Kindle or Kobo e-Reader Will You Buy?

We have seen many new e-readers announced over the course of the…

Study Shows the Majority of YA Fiction Is Purchased by Adults

Young Adult Fiction is enjoying a tremendous amount of popularity for the…

Bibliofile ePaper Powers Devices via Page Turns

Artist and Designer Nadeem Haidary has developed a new technology called Bibliofile…

Livraria Cultura and Kobo Partner to Bring eBooks to Brazil

Kobo and Livraria Cultura have just officially signed an agreement that will…

Hachette Increases the Cost of Library eBooks by 220%

When it comes to the big six publishers, most of them don’t…

Overdrive Adds 40,000 New eBook Titles in the Last Month

Overdrive is the definitive leader in technology to facilitate digital ebook lending…

Kindle Paperwhite Will Not See an International Release until 2013

Sources at Amazon have informed us today that the new Amazon Kindle…

Waterstones Sheds Some New Light on Their Deal with Amazon

Waterstones will begin selling the Kindle Fire HD line of tablets and…

Get the Kobo Mini, Kobo Glo, and Kobo ARC at Shop e-Readers

Canadian based Shop e-Readers is currently the word’s largest e-reader store with…

Kobo Developers Stress Not to Upgrade to Kobo Touch 2.1.1 Firmware

Official Kobo Developers have told us today that they are discouraging people…

Kno Partners with John Wiley for Expanded Offerings of Digital eTextbooks

KNO is very well regarded in the industry for developing cutting edge…

Bookboon Conducts Survey on Your Preference of eBooks or Print Textbooks.

A new survey has been conducted by BookBoon on people’s preferences between…

Des Moines Public Library Hooks Up with 3M for Digital eBooks

The Des Moines Public Library has just signed an agreement with the…

HarperCollins Officially Reaches New Agreements with Amazon on eBook Pricing

We reported yesterday that many ebooks by Hachette and HarperCollins were spotted selling…

Get Free eBooks via the Scholastic Storia App

In celebration of back to school season, Scholastic is giving away five…

New Study Shows Tablet Use Causes Melatonin Suppression

There is no denying that for long term reading sessions on an…

Amazon and Barnes and Noble Lowering eBook Prices

Many big name publishers had their settlement approved by the Justice Department…

New Amazon Kindle Fire HD Tablets Available in the UK Starting October 25th

Amazon has officially announced today that the Amazon Kindle Fire HD series…

Exclusive: Kobo Glo, Kobo Mini, and Kobo Arc Announced

Canadian based Kobo has announced three new e-readers and tablets that will…

Publishers Win Counterfeit Textbook Case

In the last six months an intensive investigation by some of the…

New eInk Technologies Shown Off at IFA

e-Ink was showing off some of its next generation screens at IFA…