A few months ago Amazon unveiled their first Netflix for eBooks service, Kindle Unlimited. For a low monthly fee you get access to over 700,000 titles, mostly from indie authors. So far, not a single major publisher has committed themselves to the platform, which makes finding quality content fairly difficult. Today, Amazon has announced that their woeful subscription platform … [Read more...] about Kindle Unlimited Now Available in Italy and Spain
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Digital Watermarks Take the Publishing World by Storm
Major Publishers and Bookstores are staring to forgo Adobe DRM and instead embrace Digital Watermarking technology. They are doing this because it is easier for the customer to be able to load the eBooks they purchase onto their e-Reader, smartphone or tablet. Right now Watermarking is big in Europe and being the de’facto standard in the publishing arena, but now North … [Read more...] about Digital Watermarks Take the Publishing World by Storm
Parable Books Closes Their Christian eBook Store
Parable Books has just closed their online digital bookstore and will no longer be selling eBooks. The Christian company has declared that their users had three days to backup their past purchases, so they can continue to read them on other devices, if you missed the October 31st cutoff, you are out of luck.Parable is a brick and motor chain of Christian Book Stores and … [Read more...] about Parable Books Closes Their Christian eBook Store
Google Books Updated for Better Non-Fiction Support
Many of the top e-reader apps out there handle reading eBook really well. The vast majority of people tend to read fiction titles and the Amazon, Nook and Kobo apps are all optimized for this. What about non-fiction, such as cookbooks, textbooks or research papers? Google has just updated their Play Books app to handle them better than ever.“Skim” mode allows you to zoom … [Read more...] about Google Books Updated for Better Non-Fiction Support
How to Load eBooks on the Amazon Kindle Voyage
The Kindle Voyage is the latest generation flagship e-reader from Amazon. Many people find themselves exclusively relying on the online bookstore and are aware they can load in their own PDF files or eBooks from the internet. Today, you will learn how to load in your own books.First of all, Amazon Kindle e-readers read AZW and MOBI as a primary format that are easily found … [Read more...] about How to Load eBooks on the Amazon Kindle Voyage
Apple Decreases Review Times on New eBooks
Apple has dispatched an email to authors who publish through iBooks, informing them on a number of new policy changes. The first, is to decrease the amount of time that the editorial staff approves for new titles for inclusion into the Apple Bookstore, it went from ten days to one business change. The second should really help authors in giving out free copies of their digital … [Read more...] about Apple Decreases Review Times on New eBooks
The Cost of eBooks to Dramatically Increase in 2015
The cost of eBooks are poised to dramatically increase at the beginning of the new year, due to changes in VAT. Readers will end up having to pay anywhere from 17% to 25% more on each title, depending on the country they live in.The European Commission recently unveiled a new ruling where member states will be taxed in the European member state in which the consumer is … [Read more...] about The Cost of eBooks to Dramatically Increase in 2015
Amazon Kindle Scout Battles Horrendous Indie Authors
Amazon has just taken the beta sticker off their new author and reading community, Kindle Scout. The essence of this program is to give authors a chance to pitch their upcoming books to the public and readers cast their vote on what ones get published.Amazon is throwing their marketing and financial efforts behind authors to publish their next book exclusively through … [Read more...] about Amazon Kindle Scout Battles Horrendous Indie Authors
e-Reading on Mobile Phones is on the Rise
According to a new report from the United Kingdom, 50% of readers tend to use their mobile phones books. This research is quite telling because e-reader and tablet sales are quite robust and have a high rate of availability in the retail sector.Overall, 50% of UK mobile reading consumers used the Amazon Kindle app to read on their mobiles, followed by Apple iBooks with 31%. … [Read more...] about e-Reading on Mobile Phones is on the Rise
eBooks vs Print – The Reasons Why Digital is Better
Over the course of the last decade, eBooks have become second nature to savvy readers. Not only can you purchase them in your pajamas, but they are more economical viable than new releases that come out only in hardcover.One of the big questions that readers always ask, is what are the direct benefits of reading digitally? Is there a big difference between reading in print … [Read more...] about eBooks vs Print – The Reasons Why Digital is Better
Apple is Dominating The eBook Market on iOS
Apple is currently dominating eBook sales on iOS and has now bundled their iBookstore on all devices that run iOS 8. The Capturino company has relegated Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Kobo to being ineffective players on the global stage, and its by design.July 2011 was a dark day for readers, as Amazon, Nook and Kobo eBook sales were suspended on iOS. The companies all … [Read more...] about Apple is Dominating The eBook Market on iOS
J.K. Rowling Pens Original Short Fiction
In a special Halloween treat for Harry Potter fans, J.K. Rowling’s website pottermore.com will post new original writing on October 31 about the witch and former Hogwarts professor Dolores Umbridge. The character was first introduced to readers in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as the Senior Undersecretary to the Minister for Magic. Umbridge is not only one of the … [Read more...] about J.K. Rowling Pens Original Short Fiction
Adobe No Longer Sending User Data in Clear Text to Their Servers
Adobe came under fire a few weeks ago when news was brought to light that critical user data was being sent to their servers from anyone using Adobe Digital Editions 4. The most important aspect of this story was that it was being done in clear text, with no encryption. Adobe has just patched ADE 4, to solve this issue.Adobe Digital Editions is used by millions of users all … [Read more...] about Adobe No Longer Sending User Data in Clear Text to Their Servers