Every year Amazon discloses the best books of the year, as selected by their editors. These are not only books that have topped the bestseller list, but also include titles you might not have heard of before. The top book is Tara Westover’s Educated: A Memoir, it chronicles how Tara survived a survivalist upbringing … [Read more...]
Harlequin ebooks will no longer work on e-readers
Harlequin is changing their approach to digital rights management with ebooks purchased on their main website. They are getting rid of Adobe Digital Editions and going with the Overdrive DRM, this means that you will no longer be able to sideload any of these ebooks into your e-reader and you must download the … [Read more...]
Google Home and Disney adds sound effects and music to books
Google and Disney have just unveiled a new partnership that will add sound effects and music to Little Golden Books played on the Home Speaker system. Available books include new favorites like Moana, Toy Story 3, Coco and Jack Jack Attack, as well as timeless classics like Peter Pan, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, … [Read more...]
The best websites to find daily deals and free ebooks
The average reader simply visits the Amazon bestseller list or checks out digital bookstores from Barnes and Noble or Kobo to find their next read. Sometimes users do not want to pay for audiobooks or ebooks at all and visit Overdrive or Libby on their smartphone or tablet. There are plenty of resources and websites … [Read more...]
Thalia has just purchased a 50% stake in Skoobe
Skoobe was founded in 2010 by the publishing group Georg von Holtzbrinck , the publishing group Random House and the Bertelsmann service provider Arvato. They launched their unlimited subscription service in 2012 in Germany and by 2016 they had a catalog of 175,000 books by 1,600 German publishers, as well as … [Read more...]
Amazon Kindle Unlimited is now 50% off for new subscribers
Amazon Kindle Unlimited is running a promotion where you can get a six month subscription for $4.99 per month, or $29.97 for the entire term. It normally costs $9.99 per month, so you are getting 50% off. This deal is only eligible for new subscribers who live in the United States. You can read any ebook you download … [Read more...]
New Humble Bundle features banned ebooks for $15
Humble Bundle is running a new campaign for banned and challenged books. There are 22 titles that are available and if you buy the whole thing for $15, the combined savings is over $250. There are some famous and important works here, including Alice Walker's The Color Purple, William Styron's Sophie's Choice and … [Read more...]
iOS 12 with revised iBooks app will be released on September 17th
Apple announced that iOS 12 will be released on September 17th 2018 and one of the most exciting aspects is the revised iBooks app. It has undergone a total redesign and will make shopping for audiobooks and ebooks a walk in the park. There is also a new recommendation engine that showcases content based on what you … [Read more...]
Amazon Charts helps Canadians discover new books
Amazon Charts launched last year in the United States and it is a new bestseller list that gives users a top 20 list of of the most read and most sold books on Amazon. You can get a sense on what is a true bestseller for not only books, but audiobooks and ebooks too. Basically it accurately reflects how readers are … [Read more...]
Scribd fixes a bug that lets you read and listen to everything
Scribd made their algorithm more aggressive last month and started to throttle users more stringently. There was a bug in the system that allowed you to bypass the throatting system when a book or audiobook was added to your saved titles list. You could access dozens of titles in your list and have full access to them … [Read more...]
Will anyone read ebooks on Instagram?
Instagram is primarily a photo sharing app and it is owned by Facebook. It is a place where people augment the the pics they take on their smartphone with a myriad of customization options. The New York Public Library is taking a calculated gamble that people might want to read ebooks on Instagram too.The first … [Read more...]
Walmart has a great price match policy for audiobooks and ebooks
Walmart has recently introduced Kobo e-readers in 1,000 of their retail locations in the United States and they are selling audiobook and ebook gift cards inside 3,500 different stores. One thing that is being underreported is that Walmart has a great price match policy when it comes to digital content.If you see … [Read more...]