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Good e-Reader is the leading news source on e-readers, ebooks, digital newspapers and magazines. The commentary section focuses on our views of upcoming trends in the industry.

Indie eBooks Need to be Segregated

Industry analysts are claiming that by 2020 50% of all digital books…

Hugh Howey Gives Toxic Advice for Self-Publishers

Hugh Howey is a self-published author who leveraged Kindle Direct Publishing to…

Self-Publishers Should Not Be Called Authors

Should we quantify a distinction between a writer and a professional author? I think a line needs to be drawn in the sand so that we know who the real deal is.

Snooki Sells More Books than Lynn Shepherd, and That Makes Me Happy

Critics and industry watchers can hypothesize all they want to about what’s…

Commentary – If I was in Charge of the Sony e-Reader or Reader Store

Sony has been selling e-readers since 2006 and only saw 300,000 units…

Death and Destruction: Overused Terms to Describe Publishing

Can we all agree that we will stop using terms like “killing”…

Us vs Them Rears Its Head in Publishing Once More

First, there was JA Konrath’s post with Hugh Howey on how to…

Commentary – If I was in Charge of Nook Media

The Barnes and Noble Nook division is one of the most longstanding…

There is a Big Problem with Free eBook Samples

Book discovery has been a hotbed issue for the last two years…

We Know Where Publishing Has Been, But Where Can It Go from Here?

A commentary piece by Kirsti Knolle came through the Reuters wire today,…

Why Kobo, Amazon and Barnes and Noble Need Dedicated Self-Publishing Sections

Many of the leading digital book stores all offer self-publishing programs. Kindle…

Indie Authors Are Spending Too Much Time On Social Self-Promotion

There are thousands of eBooks released every single week by indie authors…

Split Screen e-Ink Phone Cases Might Just Catch on

e-Readers are a technology that is relatively fringe in nature and has…

The Future of the Traditional Bookstore in a Digital World

We live in a divided world where some people buy digital and…

Opinion: Why It’s Trendy to Hate on Amazon

I have attended many different publishing and technology events this year, such…

Opinion: Amazon – The Empire We Love to Hate

You’d be hard pressed to attend a publishing event and hear someone…