Authorities in Australia have ordered internet service providers to block over 50 different piracy websites. These companies have 15 days to comply and it will be a blow to people who are downloading digital comics, ebooks, magazines and newspapers for free. Graham Burke, Village Roadshow's … [Read more...]
Barnes and Noble Partners with E FUN for New Nook Initiative
Barnes and Noble has partnered with tablet maker E FUN to have their Nook Reading App bundled on all of their devices. Anyone who purchases a new E FUN tablet will be able to get free access to six digital magazines; WeightWatchers, Men's Health, Shape, Reader's Digest, Rachel Ray every day, and … [Read more...]
D&D Beyond is Utterly Amazing
D&D Beyond is a new online system that sells digital editions of all of the rule books and campaigns. It is a great place to store all of your character sheets so you can make edits and add new spells/skills on the fly. One of the most exciting elements is that it offers a marketplace where … [Read more...]
Barnes and Noble Unveils Podcasts and Nook First Look
Barnes and Noble has just launched a new e-book promotional system called Nook First Look that offers readers a chance to buy e-books at a discount before they are released to the public. Every month the bookseller will release two or three different titles and offer varying degrees of savings.This … [Read more...]
Scribd Launches Curated Lists by Gretchen Rubin, Tim Ferriss, and Walter Isaacson
Scribd has just launched an author advisory council with a bunch of popular authors.Gretchen Rubin Tim Ferriss, and Walter Isaacson will develop curated reading lists and will participate in select events. One of the most important aspects about the Advisory Council is that these authors will keep … [Read more...]
Barnes and Noble Nook for iPad and iPhone is Broken
Barnes and Noble has updated their iPad and iPhone app for the first time since November 2016. The new 4.80 version is supposed to bring a host of new features, if people could get it to work. Anyone who has downloaded it for the first time or updated the older version, it is broken. The only thing … [Read more...]
The Latest Amazon Kindle News – August 7th
Amazon is planning on announcing new devices within the next few months and the company is starting to discontinue a number of e-readers. Kindle Direct Publishing has also launched a new writing contest in India and plugged a loophole that scammers were taking advantage of. Kindle News Oasis … [Read more...]
Simon & Schuster Revenue Increases by 10% Q2 2017
S&S has reported that they have generated $206 million for the second quarter of 2017, which is an increase of 10% from $187 million for the same prior-year period. The increase was led by growth in print book sales and digital audio sales. Bestselling titles for the second quarter of 2017 included … [Read more...]
How to Borrow eBooks from the Library on your Kindle and Fire Tablet
Overdrive has an exclusive agreement with Amazon to deliver ebooks in the Kindle format. If your local library does business with another provider, such as 3M or Baker & Taylor you are out of luck. Many people wonder what the process is like to borrow an Kindle ebook or download it to your Fire … [Read more...]
Canadians are still enamoured with eBooks in 2017
In the first six month of 2017 it is apparent that Canadians are still enamoured with eBooks. Sales increased by 3% versus the same period in 2016 and digital books are now account for 20% of all trade sales. Canadian book buyers spent a respectable $398 million on print books in the … [Read more...]
Kobo will No Longer Support PDF Files
Kobo has announced that they will no longer be offering PDF files to download from their online store by November 1st 2017. This change will only affect self-publishers and legacy content that was only made available in the PDF. In these rare cases Kobo will be automatically converting PDF files to … [Read more...]
Draft2Digital is the Best Ebook Distribution Platform for Indie Authors
Draft2Digital is one of the rising superstars that indie authors should know about. They distribute ebooks to more sources than Smashwords and StreetLib. They can even get your titles into the public library via Overdrive and have a print on demand system. I spoke with Kevin Tumlinson Director of … [Read more...]