The first Thursday of every March is celebrated as World Book Day in the UK and Ireland. The event is marked to promote the culture of reading among children. On this day, every child on full-time education in England and Ireland is provided a voucher meant for spending on books. Now, as the Mirror reported, Amazon too is celebrating the event by offering popular Kindle titles … [Read more...] about Amazon titles on offer for 99p for World Book Day in the UK and Ireland
E-Book News
Apple Books is bringing back page turn animation on iOS 16.4
Apple is planning on bringing back one of the features that millions of users have been asking for. In the latest iOS 16.4 beta for iPhone and iPad the Apple Books app is bringing back page turn animations. When the update launches, users will be able to have the traditional page turn CURL animation, which lets you swipe and gesture to peak what is on the next page, or just … [Read more...] about Apple Books is bringing back page turn animation on iOS 16.4
Amazon Exclusivity Clause causing issues for authors who are pirated
Countless first-time, indie, and previously published authors have the ability to easily publish their works through Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) program. The process is fairly straight-forward and offers a lot of advantages for writers. As opposed to the traditional publishing route, authors have a lot of say in the decisions for their book in terms of formatting, … [Read more...] about Amazon Exclusivity Clause causing issues for authors who are pirated
Amazon removing titles from Kindle Unlimited due to ebook piracy issues
If e-books getting pirated, sometimes within just hours of those getting listed online, isn't enough for the authors to deal with, many of them reported their titles have been removed from Kindle Unlimited citing a breach of exclusivity terms with the online retailer, TorrentFreak reported. All of it can be considered a fallout of a larger issue, that of piracy. In removing the … [Read more...] about Amazon removing titles from Kindle Unlimited due to ebook piracy issues
Call to Action for Digital Content
A coalition of library workers and advocates, including the Internet Archive, Public Knowledge, Fight for the Future, Library Futures, and EveryLibrary, are organizing a March of Action for libraries. In response to the growing concern about fair access to digital rights, including ebooks, audio books and other digital resources, the coalition is hosting a series of virtual … [Read more...] about Call to Action for Digital Content
Amazon is having a big sale on Kindle Books
Amazon is having a Gold Box deal for Kindle Books, where you can find hundreds of titles on sale for $4.99 or less. Normally, Amazon has their own imprints available, from authors you never heard of. Today, there are tons of bestsellers, such as Andy Weir's The Martian for $2.99, Stephen King the Stand for $1.99, George R.R Martin's Fire & Blood for $1.99 or one of my … [Read more...] about Amazon is having a big sale on Kindle Books
Librarians signal an SOS in support of students’ access to eBooks
Being a post secondary student can be unbelievably expensive. Depending on your field of study, your textbooks could be hundreds, if not thousands of dollars. To help with this cost, many post secondary schools have a "Used-Book" section in their campus books stores. As well, unless the program has drastically changed, many professors and instructors try to make concessions for … [Read more...] about Librarians signal an SOS in support of students’ access to eBooks
Z-Library is back from the dead and now offers unique URL downloads
Z-Library is back with a new website domain and registered users are now redirected to unique domain names to download books. The pirate ebook site is hoping that this new system will allow them to operate normally again, since there are now thousands of domains, which should be immune to shutdown by authorities.A Z-Library blog post from Saturday announced the “great news” … [Read more...] about Z-Library is back from the dead and now offers unique URL downloads
Ebook revenues were down 6.6% in 2022
Digital book sales in the United States slightly declined by 6.6% and generated $1 billion dollars. Digital audiobooks was up 7.0%, coming in at $839.5 million in revenue. Physical Audio was down 29.8% coming in at $15.8 million. Ebook sales represented 11% of the entire publishing industry, while digital audiobooks were 9%.Trade revenues were down 6.2%, at $9.1 billion for … [Read more...] about Ebook revenues were down 6.6% in 2022
E-Book sales decline in the UK
The sale of e-books from the Big Six publishers in the UK has come down by 8.3 percent in 2022, BooksandPublishing reported citing a report on Bookseller. In terms of volume, that turns out to be 43.6 million e-books that were sold last year. That made for the lowest sales registered since 2017 and the second lowest it has ever been since the Bookseller began collecting annual … [Read more...] about E-Book sales decline in the UK
Ebook sales plummeted 10.4% in November 2022
Digital book sales have not had a very good year. US ebook sales have virtually been in a state of decline all year long. This trend continued into November, 2022 where the format saw a 10.4% drop and generated $83 million. For the first eleven months of 2022 ebook revenue was down 6.3% as compared to the first eleven months of 2021 for a total of $928.0 million.Digital … [Read more...] about Ebook sales plummeted 10.4% in November 2022