Amazon will be offering a portal for Spanish customers starting Sept 15, with a press conference being held to announce the project officially on the 14th. The online mega giant will be selling tangible books and has not announced if food, music, toys, clothes, or other goods that are basically from China will be accepted. The ever popular eBooks and Kindle e-Reader will NOT be … [Read more...] about Amazon to Open up Shop in Spain Sept 15
E-Book News
Kobo Touch to Be Sold at REDCOON.DE in Germany Oct 1st
Redcoon is one of the largest online retailers in Germany and is a perfect first move for Kobo to sell its brand new Kobo Touch e-Reader in the German market. Over the weekend at IFA in Berlin, Kobo showed off their brand new Touch Screen Reader that was 100% localized for the German market. All of the menus, settings, and functionality were in German and should help the … [Read more...] about Kobo Touch to Be Sold at REDCOON.DE in Germany Oct 1st
Scholastic and Ruckus Media Form Digital and Print Company
Scholastic book always resonated with a young Michael Kozlowski. Since the tender age of five, Scholastic would come to my school bringing more books than you could shake a stick at. My parents always encouraged reading over television and video games, so this was my favourite part of the school year. I would buy Hardy Boy books and man learning ones and then run home and read … [Read more...] about Scholastic and Ruckus Media Form Digital and Print Company
Bookstream Brings Digital Textbooks to More Students
As digital textbooks gain popularity around the country, there are still parts of the U.S. and other industrialized nations that do not currently benefit from the obvious advantages of e-reading in academic arenas, which is odd considering that even the textbook publishers are in support of electronic educational content as a cost saving measure. But with the introduction of … [Read more...] about Bookstream Brings Digital Textbooks to More Students
Australian Based Dymocks Launches D Publishing
The Australian digital market has undergone sweeping changes since the Borders collapse. Local companies that have been around a long time such as RedGroup and Angus & Robertson recently closed up shop. All of these closures have a silver lining and leaves room for new projects to get some limelight and consumer dollars.Dymocks has recently launched a new … [Read more...] about Australian Based Dymocks Launches D Publishing
UK Based Autharium Publishing Launches Direct to Author Website
Autharium Publishing the first direct eBook publisher in the UK has just launched their new Direct to Author website! Authors can take advantage of their new proprietary publishing platform. There you can upload or create a new book from scratch, submit it for publication approval and QC checks, and then have it published and distributed by Autharium in a matter of days.The … [Read more...] about UK Based Autharium Publishing Launches Direct to Author Website
Amazon Still At Work on Easing Sales Tax Debate
The struggles Amazon.com has faced on a state-by-state basis have been raging since last year and the online retailer seems determined to meet all of the battles head-on, even going so far as to spend as much as $5 million on a campaign to repeal the July legislation in California that requires the retailer to collect sales taxes on internet transactions. In states where Amazon … [Read more...] about Amazon Still At Work on Easing Sales Tax Debate
Kindle for PC Updated and Supports Kindle Print Replica Content
Amazon has updated their computer platform for Kindle Books with Kindle for PC and MAC. The company's main upgrade was to fix lingering crash issues and to issue support for Kindle Print Replica Content. Kindle Print Replica content looks like the corresponding print book and can be read on the latest Kindle for PC and Kindle for Mac reading applications. Each page in a … [Read more...] about Kindle for PC Updated and Supports Kindle Print Replica Content
Ebook of the Week: Doodling by Jonathan Gould
This week’s GoodEReader.com Ebook of the Week is Doodling, by Jonathan Gould. The Australian author refers to his preferred genre as “dag-lit,” a term possibly more familiar to fans Down Under, but one that easily translates into North American literary vernacular.“Dag is Australian slang for someone who isn’t cool and doesn’t follow fashions or go with the crowd,” … [Read more...] about Ebook of the Week: Doodling by Jonathan Gould
Ingram Launches Global Print-On-Demand
In the on-going debate over print versus digital, Ingram Content Group has found a way to give a leg-up to print books through its print-on-demand model. Like many other models of kiosk-based in store selection, printing, and binding, Ingram allows users to only print those titles that are necessary at the point of purchase. Stores do not need to maintain a costly stock of … [Read more...] about Ingram Launches Global Print-On-Demand
TechCrunch Has Seen the New Amazon Tablet, Due in October
How exactly would a single person go about breaking Twitter? By posting an article declaring that he has seen, held, and used the new Amazon tablet, due out this fall. That’s precisely what happened when TechCrunch’s MG Siegler posted his article only a few hours ago, an article that already has over 2,000 “likes” on Facebook and has been picked up by tech watchers all across … [Read more...] about TechCrunch Has Seen the New Amazon Tablet, Due in October
The Best New eBooks for September 2011
Welcome to another Good e-Reader eBook preview! Today at look at the slew of new books coming out from every major publisher! We know hundreds of books come out every month and we just focus on the ones we get the most feedback from. These are writers that span many notable genres, so there should be something for everyone!The Queen: A Patrick Bowers Thriller by Steven … [Read more...] about The Best New eBooks for September 2011
OverDrive Now Providing Digital Content to School Libraries
OverDrive has long been a source of material for public libraries to loan to their patrons, but yesterday at the Beijing International Book Fair held in China the leading ebook service unveiled its greater access program for school libraries. The educational branch of the lending service has grown over 500% since 2010, in just the first eight months of 2011. OverDrive was in … [Read more...] about OverDrive Now Providing Digital Content to School Libraries
Amazon Rolls out @author Beta Program to Connect Authors and Readers
Amazon is rolling out a new program called @authors that give users a chance to talk to the authors of the books they are reading directly from their Kindle. Not only can you ask questions or just shoot the breeze with your favourite writers, but you can also talk with them on their author page too. This program is only limited to people who have purchased the book on Amazon … [Read more...] about Amazon Rolls out @author Beta Program to Connect Authors and Readers