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eBook revenue declined 8.9% in October 2019

Ebook revenues continued to decline, dropping 8.9% and generated $80.0 million USD…

Here is the Kobo ebook report for 2019

Kobo is the largest audiobook and ebook company in Canada and they…

Thousands of new books are now in the public domain

Thousands of new books are now in the public domain from 1924,…

The ebook revolution that did not come to pass

The 2010s will go down in the annals of history as the…

EU Court of Justice claims selling used ebooks is illegal

Publishers all over Europe have been fighting Tom Kabinet since 2014 and…

Germany is lowering the VAT on ebooks to 7%

Germany plans on lowering the VAT on ebooks from 19% to 7%…

Here are the GoodReads Choice Award Winners

Over the course of the past 11 years social media giant GoodReads…

Scribd intends on expanding into other markets

Scribd has just raised $58 million in capital from various companies, including…

2 Polish publishers launch Inverso, an audiobook and ebook store

Two of the largest Polish publishers have just launched an online bookstore…

September was a great month for audiobooks, ebooks and print sales

This past September was a great month for books. Overall publisher revenue…

Big 5 Publishers Digital Lending and Purchase Models for Public Libraries

Public libraries in the United States, who have a audiobook and ebook…

Macmillan CEO defends Library ebook embargo as boycotts mount

A delegation of state librarians met with Macmillan CEO John Sargent last…

Essential e-Books for British Job Seekers

From Liverpool to Loughborough and every other corner of the British Isles,…

Scribd is now available in Mexico

Scribd has expanded their audiobook and ebook subscription service into Mexico. There…

ebook sales declined 7% in August

Digital book sales fell 7.3% in August 2019, this is the first…

Online bookstores can be sued if they are not accessible for blind people

The US supreme court has passed a ruling that online retailers can…

Will the Microsoft Surface Duo and Neo be good for reading ebooks?

Last week Microsoft announced the Surface Duo and the Surface Neo that…

HarperCollins is now including ebooks in Kindle Unlimited

HarperCollins has shunned Kindle Unlimited since it first launched in 2014. The…

The constant ebook decline is over

Over the course of the past three or four years, ebooks have…

Giller Prize 6 ebook shortlist has been announced

If you are looking to read a new ebook by an author…

StorySign turns books into sign language

Storysign is an an app available for Android and iOS. It translates…

BooknBrunch makes organizing book club events easy

If you have ever been a book club organizer, picking a venue…

This is the National Book Awards Longlist for Fiction

If you are looking for a new ebook to read, the The…