If you have ever been a book club organizer, picking a venue that is open to hosting the event can be quite challenging. BooknBrunch is a new company that has a Book, event, and restaurant marketplace, BooknBrunch is the first company to bring together the publishing and hospitality industries. The platform allows you to organize and host book club events wherever you want and … [Read more...] about BooknBrunch makes organizing book club events easy
E-Book News
This is the National Book Awards Longlist for Fiction
If you are looking for a new ebook to read, the The National Book Foundation has announced the Longlist for the 2019 Book Award for Fiction and it’s full of great titles.The list includes a range of genres, but a resounding similarity between them are the raw and realistic depictions of the human experience.Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Fleishman Is in TroubleIn her debut … [Read more...] about This is the National Book Awards Longlist for Fiction
Print is doing just fine in a digital world
Hardcover and Paperback books were destined to be disrupted by ebooks and from 2007 to 2014, this was the case. Since then, physical books have been making a comeback. In 2018, hardcover book sales in the U.S. increased by 6.9%, paperback sales went up 1.1% and eBook sales dropped 3.6%.Meryl Halls, managing director of the Booksellers’ Association in the U.K. “I think the … [Read more...] about Print is doing just fine in a digital world
The best ebooks to checkout this Fall
This fall a number of new ebooks are coming out from authors such as Stephen King, John Grisham, Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Janet Evanovich, and James Patterson. In order to make sense of it all, Good e-Reader has rolled out our Fall Reading list, featuring some of the most anticipated books of the season.The Institute: by Stephen KingIn the middle of the night, in a … [Read more...] about The best ebooks to checkout this Fall
Looking for a new ebook to read? Man Booker Shortlist has you covered
The Man Booker Prize is one of the most prestigious book awards and has been ongoing since 1969. The winners often get translated into dozens of languages and enjoy critical acclaim. This year the 13 submissions have been shortlisted to just six titles and they deserve your attention. The Testaments by Margaret Atwood For those of you that cannot get enough of the television … [Read more...] about Looking for a new ebook to read? Man Booker Shortlist has you covered
US ebook sales are $493 million this year
In the first six months of the year, ebook revenue generated $493 million dollars for American publishers. This was a small decline of 3.8% as compared to the same period in 2018. It looks like the ebook industry has stabilized.Digital audiobook sales was up 33.8%, reaching $279 million while physical audio declined by 18.0%, coming in at $17 million. Downloaded audio was … [Read more...] about US ebook sales are $493 million this year
Microsoft disables EPUB support for the Edge browser
The Microsoft ebook store had a tumultuous existence when it launched a few years ago. The only way to read the books was with the Edge Browser and Microsoft devoted hundreds of hours to introduce new features and enhancements. When Microsoft shuttered their bookstore a couple of months ago, the writing was on the wall that Edge would lose support to read ebooks and this has … [Read more...] about Microsoft disables EPUB support for the Edge browser
Bookworm is a new ebook reader for Linux
Calibre was originally developed to convert ebooks from one format to another and assist in delivering ebooks to your e-reader. The company has introduced more features, such being able to read ebooks right in the app. They not only have a program for Windows and MAC, but also Linux. There have been few alternatives to Calibre on Linux, one of them is a new program called … [Read more...] about Bookworm is a new ebook reader for Linux
Researchers state people absorb audiobooks and ebooks the same
Neuroscientists at Berkeley have discovered that the same cognitive and emotional parts of the brain are stimulated the same when people listen to audiobooks or read ebooks. Lead author Dr Fatma Deniz said: “At a time when more people are absorbing information via audiobooks, podcasts and even audio texts, our study shows that, whether they're listening to or reading the same … [Read more...] about Researchers state people absorb audiobooks and ebooks the same
Book Piracy Hackers now use Catfishing to target unsuspecting readers
In looking through the most “persuasive words” lists in the English language, FREE comes up just about every time. It’s not surprising, as many people reacting to this word become very excited when they think that they are getting something they won’t have to pay for. That’s fine, as long as the giver is doing it legitimately, and the receiver knows what he or she is getting … [Read more...] about Book Piracy Hackers now use Catfishing to target unsuspecting readers
