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100,000 Kobo e-Readers Sold in Japan

The Kobo Touch e-Reader went on sale on July 19th in Japan…

Hachette Draws Author’s Ire on DRM Mentality

Hachette UK drew a few double-takes and even more responses this week…

Who Will Release the Next e-Reader? Poll Results

For the last few months we have been running a poll on…

Google Granted an Appeal for Authors Guild Class Action Lawsuit

Google has been granted an appeal to contest the original class action…

Kobo Launches ‘New Voices’ and puts the Spotlight on New Authors

Everyday this week Kobo is putting on the spotlight on new and…

Many Companies Expressing Interest in Sponsoring UK Fiction Book Prize

Orange Mobile has been sponsoring the ‘Orange Prize for Fiction’ which is…

Google to Fight eBook Piracy with Major Search Engine Shakeup

Google is rolling out updates that will drastically reduce the amount of…

Good eReader Week in Review – August 5th to 10th

During the last week, no new e-readers have dropped but rumors continue…

How Uninformed Digital Authors Destroyed LendInk

When authors submit digital ebooks to Barnes and Noble or Amazon, they…

Internet Browser Version of Pulse Reader Released

Pulse Reader is one of the best reading apps for Android and…

CourseSmart and Blackwell’s Form Distribution Partnership

CourseSmart is one of the industry’s largest companies that focuses on etextbooks.…

The Current State of Affairs – Solar Powered e-Readers

e-Readers, such as the Amazon Kindle and Barnes and Noble Nook, are…

A New Patent for Contextual Ads Created by Microsoft

Microsoft and Barnes and Noble recently came to terms on a new…

Overdrive Reaches a New Milestone – One Million eBooks and Audiobooks

Overdrive, the leading company that facilitates digital lending to libraries and K12…

e-Ink Holdings Poised for Large Growth in the Second-Half of 2012

e-Ink Holdings is poised to engage in rapid growth in Q3 and…

Book Industry Study Group Falls in Love with ePUB 3

The Book Industry Study Group has just published a new article that…