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Amazon Releases Windows 8 Kindle App

Windows 8 is due to be released at midnight and Amazon is…

UK’s Waterstones Talks About Forging A Deal with Amazon

The BBC website published an interview this week with James Daunt, the…

OverDrive CEO Addresses UK Parliament on eBook Lending

The Libraries All Party Parliamentary Group held an ebook summit in London…

New Bowker Study on eBooks Shows Self-Publishing Growth

Bowker, the ProQuest group that supplies book information to publishers, libraries, and…

Margaret Atwood Debuts Serial Zombie Fiction via WattPad

Margaret Atwood is joining forces with fellow novelist Naomi Alderman to debut…

Digital Publishing Software FlippingBook Offers Options

GoodeReader was recently introduced to an international company, FlippingBook, and its software…

Amazon Launching New eBook Store in Japan October 25th

Amazon will launch its new ebook Store in Japan starting October 25th!…

New Study Explores Teens’ Reading, Library Use

Initial indicators from the Book Industry Study Group more than a year…

Cloud-Based Publishing Startup Booktype Allows Author Collaboration

Booktype Pro, the book publishing arm of non-profit, open source media parent…

Apple iBooks Launches in Brazil, New Zealand, and 16 Other Countries

Apple is poised to make a mega announcement later today that has…

eBook Review: Pierced by Thomas Enger

Verdict: 4 Stars It’s difficult to jump into a sequel or series…

Amazon Contracts Call for Discount to Cover VAT

As most of the “Amazon Tax” battles have been resolved in the…

Why eBook Cover Art Needs to Incorporate Strong Media Elements

eBooks in the last two years have started to adopt strong multimedia…

Amazon Securing British Publishers for Lending Library Launch

Amazon is introducing the Kindle Lending Library in the United Kingdom at…

Apple iBooks 3.0 to Launch Soon – What New Features Can We Expect?

When you visit Apple’s main website, the first thing that is featured…

RNIB Read Day Was an Unbridled Success in the UK

The Royal National Institute for Blind People has just wrapped up the…

Random House Has Positive News for Libraries and Their eBooks

An article in Library Journal affirms what librarians have known but what…

Periodical Reading on Tablets on the Rise, Kindle Fire in the Lead

comScore, a global leader in measuring statistics on digital content consumption, released…

Barbara Freethy Sells 1 Million eBooks via PUBIT!

You might hear a ton of news about the Kindle Millions Club,…

Newsweek Will Transition Publication into a Purely Digital Format

Newsweek is going to print its last issue on December 31st and…

Amazon Looking to Acquire Brazilian Publisher?

According to an article by Cristiane Lucchesi and Francisco Marcelino for Bloomberg,…

How Fifty Shades Continues to Boost eBook Sales

Despite the assurances that the success of E.L. James’ once-self-published erotica trilogy…

Over 60 Companies Approved for Overdrive’s New Developer Tools

Overdrive is currently the largest company dedicated to supporting libraries who want…