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Amazon Sales Tax Takes Effect in California

So much has happened since last year’s furor over the various state…

LearnSmart Works Through Interactive Instruction

There is still a lot of gray area surrounding the digitization of…

Tantor Ventures into Print and Digital

Amidst all of the speculation about where the industry is going in…

Study Shows the Majority of YA Fiction Is Purchased by Adults

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

Ebook Seller Zola to Launch with Exclusive Content

In a climate in which internet start ups come and go every…

Hachette Increases the Cost of Library eBooks by 220%

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

In-Store Book Printing Comes to Retail Locations

OnDemand Books unveiled exciting kiosk-based technology in the last couple of years…

First Successful Unglue of a Crowdfunded eBook

Unglue.it, a project conceived by Gluejar founder Eric Hellman, has faced some…

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…

Startup BiblioStar Aims to Promote Authors Via Video

It’s an understood truth in the publishing industry that every author—indie or…

Kno Partners with John Wiley for Expanded Offerings of Digital eTextbooks

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

Newspapers See Disappointing Print, Digital Ad Revenue

One of the greatest media for the print versus digital divide is…

HarperCollins Officially Reaches New Agreements with Amazon on eBook Pricing

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

eBook Pricing Report Released by Library

Libraries have been enduring the frustration of being relegated to the back…

Get Free eBooks via the Scholastic Storia App

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

Amazon and Barnes and Noble Lowering eBook Prices

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

Non-Profit Worldreader Brings on New Publishers

In some positive news for publishers Simon&Schuster and HarperCollins, who have been…

Judge Approves eBook Settlement, Price Power Back to the Retailers

In a long-awaited decision from Judge Denise Cote, the court approved the…

Digital Can Work, If Schools Would Take The Plunge

At this year’s BookExpo America publishing event, GoodeReader got the chance to…

Some Interesting Statistics on Kindle Direct Publishing

Just as the picture says: Kindle Direct Publishing is a service that…

New Trial Run in College eTextbooks

Started at the Indiana University and now growing to twenty-five higher ed…

UK’s Tesco Takes on Amazon

For some time, UK-based Tesco has been the commonwealth’s answer to Walmart.…

Playboy to Release Top 50 Interviews via Kindle Exclusives

Playboy has released a new series of ebooks called 50 Years of…