Barnes and Noble is running an incentive when you purchase a new Nook HD+ tablet from its retail stores. You can get a free $50 credit voucher that you can use to buy digital content, such as ebooks, videos, television shows, apps, and magazines. This new program is valid from February 26th to March 11th 2013.The Banes and Noble Nook Tablet HD+ features a 9.5 inch … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble Offers $50 Digital Coupon with Purchase of Nook HD+
E-Book News
Ingram Breaking New Ground with eBook Lending
While ebook lending issues still cast a long shadow over digital publishing, more and more companies are developing their own tools to help academic and public libraries meet customer demand for ebooks. Along with well-known lending giants like OverDrive and 3M Library Systems, Ingram is now working to provide much-needed lendable content to a growing number of outlets.The … [Read more...] about Ingram Breaking New Ground with eBook Lending
David Gaughran on Why Search is More Accessible via Amazon
While Amazon has its rabid critics, no one can argue that the online retailer didn't sweep through the publishing industry and turn a few things on their respective heads. Access to a nearly limitless catalog of books available overnight, a platform to enable undiscovered authors to publish their work, even a traditional imprint that lures some of the most exciting names in … [Read more...] about David Gaughran on Why Search is More Accessible via Amazon
Good e-Reader Interactive: Live Spreecast Event with Brian Donovan, Kindle Single Author of Not A Match
GoodEReader's upcoming interactive event with author Brian Donovan, whose #1 bestselling Amazon Kindle Single title Not A Match: My True Tales of Online Dating Disasters is available now, will take place Saturday, March 2nd, at 8:30pm ET via the Spreecast platform.Donovan's title grew out of his hilarious blog ItsNotAMatch.com, which chronicled his misadventures with … [Read more...] about Good e-Reader Interactive: Live Spreecast Event with Brian Donovan, Kindle Single Author of Not A Match
Penguin Announces eBooks Account for 17% of Global Revenue
Pearson issued an unaudited report that sums up its entire 2012 fiscal year. One of the most interesting aspects is that Penguin has stated that ebooks now account for 17% of global revenue. The largest growth was in the US, where ebooks account for over 30%, up from 20% in 2011. The company had worldwide revenues of £6.1 billion (USD $9.2 billion).John Fallon, chief … [Read more...] about Penguin Announces eBooks Account for 17% of Global Revenue
Feature: Are eBook Apps, HTML5, or ePub3 the Future of Digital Publishing?
Digital Publishing is one of the fastest growing segments and most major publishers are now seeing 21% of their total revenues stem from it. Publishers cannot decide on what the future of publishing will entail. There are three main aspects that the vast majority of companies employing for their strategy. We are seeing strong growth with dedicated e-reading apps, HTML5, and … [Read more...] about Feature: Are eBook Apps, HTML5, or ePub3 the Future of Digital Publishing?
Slice Bookshelf Provides a New Perspective on Book Discovery
At the O'Reilly Media Tools of Change conference in New York earlier this month, one sparsely attended breakout session led by a very soft-spoken person who may have revolutionized the online world of books presented some startling data about consumer behavior. Otis Chandler, founder of the widely popular interaction site Goodreads, discussed the results of Goodreads massive … [Read more...] about Slice Bookshelf Provides a New Perspective on Book Discovery
Book Review: Gia & Lincoln’s Aggravating Allergies by Rowena Cala
Verdict: 4 StarsIt might seem easy to review a children's a book. After all, it's only twenty pages and it's mostly pictures, right? Wrong. In some ways, a children's author has a more difficult task in the writing due to that limited space. Unless the author is also the illustrator, there is another creative professional with a hand in the story whose effort is equally … [Read more...] about Book Review: Gia & Lincoln’s Aggravating Allergies by Rowena Cala
Macmillan eBooks Available via Overdrive on March 1st, 2013
Macmillan and Overdrive announced a new ebook pilot program last month that will see a number of titles from their Minotaur imprint become available to libraries. We now have a definitive date of March 1st, 2013 that will bring over 1,200 ebooks that will be added to the Content Reserve system for libraries to to purchase.The new Macmillan pilot program will abide by the … [Read more...] about Macmillan eBooks Available via Overdrive on March 1st, 2013
Buying Your Way Up the Bestseller List
First, it was the book reviews. News broke last year that authors could buy five-star reviews for next to nothing, helping to boost their sales while duping potential readers into thinking this was a not-to-be-missed read. Shortly after, unscrupulously business-minded authors discovered they could also pay those same reviewers to spit out one-star reviews on the title that … [Read more...] about Buying Your Way Up the Bestseller List
The Digital Book Club – Long Neglected by Major eBook Companies
If you want to start or join a book club, you don't have to look much further then your local Meetup.com or Craigslist. Digital Book clubs, are a little bit harder to find because of some major technical aspects and mainstream companies like Amazon, Kobo, and Barnes & Noble have never offered their own programs.The Tangible book is a social experience, you can loan them out … [Read more...] about The Digital Book Club – Long Neglected by Major eBook Companies
Sony Reader for Android Updated to Support ePub 3
Sony has updated its Reader app for Google Android today, which brings new functionality for ePub 3 and the ability to display multimedia content. You can download the new app from Google Play or the Good e-Reader App Store.There is a few things you need to know about the new Sony Reader app, if you intend on reading ePub 3 ebooks, you will also need to download the Reader … [Read more...] about Sony Reader for Android Updated to Support ePub 3
Amazon Squashing Affiliates Who Promote Free Kindle Books
Amazon is revising its affiliate system on March 1st, 2013, and this new change will have reverberating effects on people who promote free Kindle ebooks. It will start to prevent blog and website owners from raking in thousands of dollars a month in commission fees.Amazon is clamping down on websites that draw a large segment of the population looking for free Kindle … [Read more...] about Amazon Squashing Affiliates Who Promote Free Kindle Books