This week’s Ebook of the Week from GoodEReader.com highlights one of the opportunities that has opened up to traditionally published authors. With the ever-increasing ability to self-publish and digitally publish ones own works, authors are working to regain ownership of the rights to their works, especially out of print titles, in order to publish them electronically. While … [Read more...] about Ebook of the Week: Diane Sherlock
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eBook of the Week: Cara Michaels
GoodEReader.com is proud to bring its readers two titles again this week in our eBook of the Week feature. The second title this week is Gaea’s Chosen: The Mayday Directive by indie author Cara Michaels. Commander Gemma Bryant left Earth knowing full well the man chosen to be her mate couldn't stand the sight of her, but she opted to make the best of a bad situation. Now Gemma … [Read more...] about eBook of the Week: Cara Michaels
John Wiley Takes Piracy Matters Seriously
The publisher of the ever-popular For Dummies series of titles has once again taken steps to combat illegal file sharing of its works, again successfully filing a lawsuit—for now, at least—against defendants named only as John Doe.Why the secret identity? Because the plaintiffs have nothing more than the IP addresses of the offenders at this time. Once the lawsuit goes … [Read more...] about John Wiley Takes Piracy Matters Seriously
Australian based Dymocks partners with Google Books
Dymocks has officially partnered up with Google Books to provide customers in Australia with a valid source of both free and paid books. The company is providing their own portal for people to buy books with Dymocks.au. Just like print editions you will earn Book Lovers rewards with each digital purchase. They are even introducing gift cards for ebooks as part of the holiday … [Read more...] about Australian based Dymocks partners with Google Books
Popular Digital Newstand Zinio Lands a 20 Million Investment
San Francisco based Zinio is one of the leading digital newsstands before Yahoo, Apple, and other companies found it fashionable to launch their own services. Yesterday the company raised 20 million dollars from unknown investors. The company is thought to primarily use the money for marketing to attract more magazine publishers and develop new HTML 5/CSS3 technology to allow … [Read more...] about Popular Digital Newstand Zinio Lands a 20 Million Investment
How to Copy eBooks with DRM to the Kobo Vox
Many people are running into a common issue where they cannot copy books they have purchased from other ebook stores to their Kobo Vox e-Reader. This is mainly attributed to the fact that the company's latest device is incompatible with Adobe Digital Editions, which is a commonly used program to transfer your DRM books. This tutorial outlines the necessary steps you need to … [Read more...] about How to Copy eBooks with DRM to the Kobo Vox
XinXii and Casa del Libro Forge Partnership
Europe’s leading ebook distribution platform, XinXii, has formed a partnership with the largest bookselling chain in Spain to incorporate its self-published ebook titles into Casa del Libro’s online store. While Casa del Libro has thirty-seven physical locations throughout the country, its online store has over seven million registered users who will now be able to access all … [Read more...] about XinXii and Casa del Libro Forge Partnership
Indie Authors Invited to Amazon’s Lending Library
On December 1, Amazon is going to go public with the announcement that self-published ebook authors are going to be invited to join its Kindle Owners’ Lending Library. It has established a fund of $500,000 for the first five months to compensate indie authors whose works are borrowed from this digital library. How that payout will work has not been released, whether there is a … [Read more...] about Indie Authors Invited to Amazon’s Lending Library
Random House Is Last Big Six Publisher On Board With Ebook Lending
This week, GoodEReader has been covering the ongoing tribulations of OverDrive, the ebook lending service to public libraries. OverDrive, which provides a full catalog of ebooks for public and school libraries to lend their patrons to over 15,000 libraries, was stunned this week when Penguin Group demanded that all of their titles be pulled from OverDrive’s catalog, claiming … [Read more...] about Random House Is Last Big Six Publisher On Board With Ebook Lending
CreateSpace Makes Self-Publishing Visually Easier
Amazon’s self-publishing print-on-demand platform, CreateSpace, offers a variety of features for indie authors to see their books come to life. While Kindle Direct Publishing provides authors with the ability to publish and sell their ebooks, CreateSpace makes print editions of authors’ works possible.Now, CreateSpace has developed an entirely new tool for indie authors … [Read more...] about CreateSpace Makes Self-Publishing Visually Easier
Black Friday NOOK Deals
For those consumers in the U.S. who are brave enough to attempt their holiday shopping on the infamous Black Friday—what is traditionally considered the first day of the Christmas shopping season as many people are given the additional day off following Thanksgiving on Thursday—Barnes and Noble has sweetened the shopping deal by offering a lower price on a limited edition NOOK … [Read more...] about Black Friday NOOK Deals
Amazon to Launch Digital Comics Store
A lot of headway has been made in the past year in the realm of digital comics and digital graphic novels, for both the authors and the readers. With the advent of a wide variety of full-color capable tablet PCs, comics fans have asked for—and received—the ability to their favorite works electronically.One of the first moves this year came out of DC Comics, whose New 52 … [Read more...] about Amazon to Launch Digital Comics Store
Overdrive announces e-Reader Lending Program named Test Drive
Overdrive has announced a new program today named "Test Drive." It allows patrons to borrow e-readers and tablets from the library. Libraries taking part in this new program will have staff members trained in the devices to assist people in adopting the new technology.The first e-reader certified by Overdrive for the new program will be the Sony PRS-T1 e-reader. Test Drive … [Read more...] about Overdrive announces e-Reader Lending Program named Test Drive
Book Country Not Meeting Authors’ Expectations
GoodEReader recently covered the addition of a suite of self-publishing tools to Penguin Group’s online writing community website, Book Country, but after a few indie authors got a hold of the information from Book Country, the response has been less than appreciative.In the business of publishing ebooks, authors tend to find that there are two models, both of which have … [Read more...] about Book Country Not Meeting Authors’ Expectations