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Can One Book Make a Difference?

When Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, was introduced to…

CourseSmart Offers New Flat-Fee Subscription Pack

CourseSmart, the largest provider of digital academic materials, announced today that it…

Baker & Taylor Releases New Mobile Version of Axis 360

Baker & Taylor is one of the world’s largest distributors of eBooks…

New Digital Imprint Features Award-Winning Authors for Charity

One of the benefits of digital publishing is the open access to…

Barnes and Noble Charging an Exorbitant Amount for UK eBooks – Updated

Barnes and Noble entered the United Kingdom on Monday, marking its first…

Kobo Partners with South African Based Pick n Pay

Kobo has just partnered with Pick n Pay, one of the largest…

Le French Book, OverDrive Partner on Library Content

GoodeReader covered the recent US launch of digital-first publisher Le French Book,…

eBook Review: iFrankenstein by Bekka Black

Verdict: 5 Stars One of the challenges that young adult readers often…

Kno Releases eTextbook App for Windows 8

Kno is well known in the digital textbook segment for developing software…

The Short History of e-Readers and eBooks in Japan

Japan is often a very fickle market when it comes to technology.…

Penguin 3rd Quarter eBook Sales Up 35%

Penguin released its 3rd quarter sales figures today and ebooks are continuing…

Penguin Random House Sends Letter to All Employees

Whenever there are talks of mergers or takeovers, it’s only natural for…

Moglue Allows Authors to Publish eBooks to Android and iOS

Moglue is a new venture that allows authors to self-publish to both…

Penguin, Random House Merger Is Official

Only days ago, parties from both Pearson and Bertelsmann, the parent companies…

Penguin and Random House Merger Creates a Powerhouse Publisher

News has come out that the parent companies of two of the…

Two Companies in the Lead to Purchase McGraw-Hill Education

McGraw-Hill Education is going to be sold in the very near future,…

Barnes and and Noble Nook for Windows 8 Mysteriously Absent

Microsoft Windows 8 came out yesterday and we went hands on with…

eBook Review: Fifty Shades of Mr. Darcy by William Codpiece Thwackery

Verdict: 3 Stars Most of us love a good parody as much…

British Columbia Mandates Open eTextbooks for Post-Secondary Students

The Province of British Columbia is poised to be the first one…

Zinio Launches New Windows 8 App

Zinio has announced today that its digital magazine app is now available…

The Sony Readers Book Club Launches

Sony is giving people another reason to pick up the PRS-T2 e-Reader…

Penguin and Random House Might Merge Companies

Parent companies Bertelsmann and Pearson have issued a statement yesterday that the…

Overdrive Media Console Now Available for Windows 8

Overdrive has just released a new app for Windows 8 that functions…