Today, Good e-Reader News brings you a solid video that documents the entire PDF experience on the Apple iPad Air. Peter and Michael show off the type of features that are available using the stock iBooks app.The iPad Air does a very good job at handling PDF files. You can load them on yourself by plugging the Air into your PC and firing up iTunes. You can hit File/Import … [Read more...] about The PDF Experience on the Apple iPad Air
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eBook Review: Cinderella Spinderella by Mark Binder
Verdict: 4 StarsWhen you're up for a digital book innovation award at the Digital Book World Conference and Expo and you lose out to the powerhouse that is Scholastic, Inc., that's still pretty impressive. Fortunately for Light Publications and their ebook Cinderella Spinderella, what makes their book great isn't just the full-color illustrations, audio read-aloud, … [Read more...] about eBook Review: Cinderella Spinderella by Mark Binder
How Vampires Sparked the eBook Revolution
A quick Amazon search for vampire titles shows 21,103 Kindle ebook results; on Smashwords, that number was over three thousand. And while sociologists have looked at the cultural phenomenon surrounding the popularity and sexual appeal of vampire lore, one thing is for certain: fans of the genre have not tired of it yet.When Good e-Reader first launched its Indie Author … [Read more...] about How Vampires Sparked the eBook Revolution
Hardcore Readers Prefer to Buy Books from Kobo and Amazon
The eBook market has blossomed over the course of the last four years. In the United States nearly 8.5 million adults, 18% of the population, have bought at least one e-book. There are hundreds of bookstores that sell electronic books online, some are very niche specific and others sell everything under the sun. Good e-Reader Research is reporting today that Amazon and Kobo … [Read more...] about Hardcore Readers Prefer to Buy Books from Kobo and Amazon
Amazon Publishing, CreateSpace Launch 7th Annual ABNA Awards
Submissions open next month for authors to enter their titles in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards, a long-running program sponsored by Amazon Publishing and CreateSpace. The awards, open to both published and unpublished indie titles, will close at 10,000 entries, which will then be pared down to a winner in each genre category, from which one grand prize book will be … [Read more...] about Amazon Publishing, CreateSpace Launch 7th Annual ABNA Awards
Pew Internet Study: Print and Digital Aren’t Going Anywhere
Industry watchers keep sharing impossible headlines, everything from "print is dead," to "ebooks sales are in decline." But a new study conducted earlier this month from Princeton Survey Research Associates International and released by Pew Internet shows that book reading is on the rise, ebooks are doing just fine, and the majority of US readers read at least one print book … [Read more...] about Pew Internet Study: Print and Digital Aren’t Going Anywhere
Amazon in Final Negotiations to Start Selling eBooks in Sweden
eBook availability in Sweden has come a long way since 2007. The country now has most major bestsellers available in digital form the same day the trade edition is released. This has caught Amazon's attention as the company may start selling eBooks and Kindle e-Readers as early as the Spring.Amazon is in final negotiations with wholesaler Förlagssystem, and Bokrondellen … [Read more...] about Amazon in Final Negotiations to Start Selling eBooks in Sweden
Barnes and Noble Starts Selling eBooks in Australia
Barnes and Noble has announced today that they are starting to sell eBooks and digital magazines in Australia. Sadly, Nook e-Readers and tablets will not be sold there, instead only Windows 8 users who have the Nook app will be able to purchase and read content.The move into Australia will see a number of limited time promotions to get people using the ecosystem right … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble Starts Selling eBooks in Australia
Sylvia Day Defies the Numbers with Most Recent Multi-Digit Book Deal
A study unveiled yesterday at the Digital Book World Conference and Expo in New York demonstrated some very interesting numbers on how authors feel about the publishing industry. Included in the responses of more than 9,000 authors of different genres and publishing models was the hard truth about how much--or rather, how little--authors actually make.It's quite possible … [Read more...] about Sylvia Day Defies the Numbers with Most Recent Multi-Digit Book Deal
Norway’s Answer to eBook Lending: Free Books
As US libraries and subscription models struggle with publishers and rights holders on how to ensure that revenue reaches the right people under lending models, the National Library of Norway seems to have hit on a model that works for them: just give the books away online, and pay the publishers yourself.According to an article in the Telegraph, over 135,000 books will be … [Read more...] about Norway’s Answer to eBook Lending: Free Books
DBW Buzzwords, Interview with Tim O’Reilly
Another great DBW digital publishing conference is behind us, and once again the future looks good for books. Digital books, print books, subscribed books, enhanced books...the industry, the authors, and the consumers are on fire for them, regardless of the format they choose to work in.The buzzwords this year were direct-to-consumer book sales, ebook subscriptions, and … [Read more...] about DBW Buzzwords, Interview with Tim O’Reilly
Simon & Schuster Demands Libraries Start Selling eBooks
Simon & Schuster was the last major publisher that resisted the sirens call establishing relationships with libraries in the US. Penguin-Random House, Hachette and many others have most of their catalog available and library patrons can checkout audiobooks, eBooks and magazines. Today, Simon & Schuster has expanded upon a limited pilot project that started in New York … [Read more...] about Simon & Schuster Demands Libraries Start Selling eBooks
DBW, Writers Digest Survey on Author Satisfaction with the Industry
Digital Book World and Writer's Digest magazine announced some of the results of an in-depth author survey at this morning's Digital Book World Conference and Expo in New York. The survey asked more than 9,000 authors to respond to some highly specified questions on the industry; those authors were placed in different categories based on their respective roles in the book … [Read more...] about DBW, Writers Digest Survey on Author Satisfaction with the Industry
Dissecting Amazon’s Predatory “Everything” Strategy
At the Digital Book World Conference and Expo, publishing industry professionals come together to analyze the state of the industry and its near and far future projections. This morning, Brad Stone, author of The Everything Store, spoke about the horizontal and vertical shifts of Amazon, beginning with the initial bookselling in 1995 and moving into other offerings beginning in … [Read more...] about Dissecting Amazon’s Predatory “Everything” Strategy