The struggles Amazon.com has faced on a state-by-state basis have been raging since last year and the online retailer seems determined to meet all of the battles head-on, even going so far as to spend as much as $5 million on a campaign to repeal the July legislation in California that requires the retailer to collect sales taxes on internet transactions. In states where Amazon … [Read more...] about Amazon Still At Work on Easing Sales Tax Debate
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Ebook of the Week: Doodling by Jonathan Gould
This week’s GoodEReader.com Ebook of the Week is Doodling, by Jonathan Gould. The Australian author refers to his preferred genre as “dag-lit,” a term possibly more familiar to fans Down Under, but one that easily translates into North American literary vernacular.“Dag is Australian slang for someone who isn’t cool and doesn’t follow fashions or go with the crowd,” … [Read more...] about Ebook of the Week: Doodling by Jonathan Gould
Ingram Launches Global Print-On-Demand
In the on-going debate over print versus digital, Ingram Content Group has found a way to give a leg-up to print books through its print-on-demand model. Like many other models of kiosk-based in store selection, printing, and binding, Ingram allows users to only print those titles that are necessary at the point of purchase. Stores do not need to maintain a costly stock of … [Read more...] about Ingram Launches Global Print-On-Demand
TechCrunch Has Seen the New Amazon Tablet, Due in October
How exactly would a single person go about breaking Twitter? By posting an article declaring that he has seen, held, and used the new Amazon tablet, due out this fall. That’s precisely what happened when TechCrunch’s MG Siegler posted his article only a few hours ago, an article that already has over 2,000 “likes” on Facebook and has been picked up by tech watchers all across … [Read more...] about TechCrunch Has Seen the New Amazon Tablet, Due in October
OverDrive Now Providing Digital Content to School Libraries
OverDrive has long been a source of material for public libraries to loan to their patrons, but yesterday at the Beijing International Book Fair held in China the leading ebook service unveiled its greater access program for school libraries. The educational branch of the lending service has grown over 500% since 2010, in just the first eight months of 2011. OverDrive was in … [Read more...] about OverDrive Now Providing Digital Content to School Libraries
Tablet Reading Heavily Aimed at Children
GoodEReader.com has profiled a number of companies that create children’s interactive book apps, and the reasons these companies have given for their start-ups are strikingly similar, meaning that app developers worldwide recognize a fundamental problem with children’s literacy: books have to compete.With so much coverage given in the past two years to the so-called “death … [Read more...] about Tablet Reading Heavily Aimed at Children
DC Comics and the Long-Awaited Relaunch
Comic fans will be lining up at Midtown Comics in New York City’s Times Square on August 31st—many of them in costume—for the midnight launch of the New 52, the fresh start of nearly the entire line of DC Universe super hero titles. The revamped favorites include new plot lines, fresh characterizations, and of course, updated wardrobes for the heroes and villains alike (spoiler … [Read more...] about DC Comics and the Long-Awaited Relaunch
The Goodereader Ebook of the Week Official Launch: Indie Book Collective
The staff members of GoodEReader.com have worked throughout the summer lining up authors who are willing to provide their digitally published works to the readers, often free of charge, for the Ebook of the Week feature. Announcements have been made over the course of the last two months detailing how readers can get ebooks for their favorite devices, as well as find out a … [Read more...] about The Goodereader Ebook of the Week Official Launch: Indie Book Collective
The Editor of Kindle Singles David Blum Talks to Goodereader
Leave it to the largest online bookseller-cum-publisher to come up with yet another way to reach out to a specific niche of the reading market. Launched in January 2011, Amazon.com’s Kindle Singles provides an opportunity for reading customers to find digital titles by established bestselling authors and up-and-coming writers alike that fit a very specific need. With … [Read more...] about The Editor of Kindle Singles David Blum Talks to Goodereader
Kindle Print Replica Offers Nearly Identical Reading
Amazon.com has brought yet another way to read to its readers' Kindle computer apps, this time seeking to bring exact copies of select titles to consumers. Certain titles are now being offered via the reading apps for PC and Mac under Kindle Print Replica; titles that are available will be indicated by the bracketed phrase, “Print Replica” at the end of the title in the Amazon … [Read more...] about Kindle Print Replica Offers Nearly Identical Reading
New Investment Means More Digital Textbook Content from Inkling
GoodEReader.com published an article on digital textbook designer Inkling in June of this year, and at that time there were reports that some major textbook publishers would be working with the San Francisco company. Several of those publishers, including textbook mainstay McGraw-Hill, have made a rather large investment in Inkling to produce digital versions of its … [Read more...] about New Investment Means More Digital Textbook Content from Inkling
Stephen King’s Digital Short Story Venture
Always the penultimate example of a successful author, Stephen King appears to have it all. Numerous blockbuster movies that evolved from his novels, the option to span several genres under a few different pseudonyms, and the ability to weave a bestseller out of a grocery list make him one of the most widely acclaimed writers of our time. Now he’s broadening his opus in a new … [Read more...] about Stephen King’s Digital Short Story Venture
Russian Educational System Going Digital
First with the adoption of a specific model of the Ectaco Jetbook e-reader in the Ukraine and now with a massive investment in U.K.-based Plastic Logic, it appears that Russia and some surrounding areas of Eastern Europe are poised to adopt digital textbooks in their lower-grade educational settings. The investment of nearly $150 million by Rusnano in Plastic Logic’s plastic … [Read more...] about Russian Educational System Going Digital
Japanese Readers Slow to Go Digital
GoodEReader.com has reported on some of the limitations of digital publishing in some Western countries like Canada and Germany, where current legislation and cultural norms are throwing up roadblocks to the success of ebooks. But who would assume that one of the hotbeds of technological innovation, Japan, is facing the same reluctance to turn to digital reading?With its … [Read more...] about Japanese Readers Slow to Go Digital