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Why Don’t Print Books Come With e-Book Download Codes?

Major publishers are notoriously risk averse and rarely do they experiment with…

The Real Story – Why the Kindle Cloud Reader was Developed

The Amazon Kindle Cloud Reader is going to become the only e-reading…

Indie Authors Should Form a Co-Op

Worker Cooperatives have been around since the dawn of the industrial era…

E-Books are on the decline and people are switching back to print

Over the past six years when the Kindle, Kobo and Nook became…

Industry Experts Accuse Kobo of Being Predatory Vultures

Kobo has been selling e-reader and e-books since 2010 and has gradually…

Publishers Should Lower The e-Book Price When The Paperback Is Released

Major publishers always release the hardcover and e-book at the very same…

Hugh Howey and Jane Friedman Set Indie Authors Up For Failure

Self-publishing your first novel can be a daunting endeavor, but Jane Friedman…

Why Do Independent Bookstores Have Cats?

If you have a couple of independent bookstores in your city, chances…

What Book Should I Read?

There are hundreds of new books that are released every single month…

Today in 1859 Origin of Species was Published

The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin was one of the most…

Why do e-books cost so much?

Over the course of the last calendar year e-books have dramatically increased…

Our Love Affair with the Kindle

Amazon first released the Kindle e-reader in 2007 and it changed the…

Will the Blackberry Priv Android Phone Win Back Former Users?

Blackberry has lost hundreds of thousands of users and corporate customers to…

What Went Wrong with the Barnes and Noble Nook?

Barnes and Noble has been designing e-readers since 2009 and the bookseller…

Publishers Initiate Predatory Pricing on e-Books to Destroy the Market

Major publishers have gained the ability to dictate their own prices on…

People are Not Reading the e-Books they Buy Anymore

Are people reading the e-books they purchase from companies such as Amazon,…