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Are Readers Suffering From eBook Fatigue?

There is no denying that for the past two years e-book revenue…

Smashwords Pays Out Royalties and It’s NOT the End of the World

A number of authors opened their email inboxes yesterday to a pleasant…

Google Hopes Renting eBooks will gain them more customers

Google Play has been experimenting with renting e-books, hoping to turn the…

Canada Passes New Law to Lower eBook Prices

The Canadian Competition Bureau has commanded that Hachette, Macmillan and Simon &…

News Republic Releases A New Customized App for Samsung Smartphones

News Republic is one of the best apps for the smartphone and…

Pearson is lowering the cost of e-book rentals

Pearson, one of the largest educational publishers in the world is making…

49 Libraries Loan Out Over 1 Million eBooks in 2016

Overdrive has just reported that 49 library systems in the U.S. and…

Microsoft is developing a digital bookstore

Microsoft is in the process of developing a digital bookstore and will…

Pronoun Announces Changes to their Royalty Rates and New Author Pages

Pronoun is a free self-publishing platform and they have just announced that…

Kobo is taking over Exclusive Books eBook Business

Kobo has just announced that they have come to terms to take…

Does Publishing Have a Future without Amazon?

With the end of a pretty rough year behind us and the…

There are now 5 Million Amazon Kindle eBooks

Amazon is celebrating their ten year anniversary of the Kindle in November,…

Older versions of Adobe Digital Editions are no longer compatible with Overdrive

Adobe Digital Editions is a piece of software that allow you to…

How does Kobo handle e-book recommendations?

Kobo is the second largest digital bookstore in the world and they…

Haruki Murakami to release a new book in February

The Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami has a new novel coming out on…

Overdrive Reports e-Book Loans are up 21% and Audiobooks 34%

Overdrive is the leading company responsible for powering the audiobook and e-book…

Google Play Books is Providing $5 Credit on any Book Over $5

Google Play Books is running a rare promotion where if you spend…

Nickelodeon Releases Nick Jr. e-Reading App

Nickelodeon has just released a new e-reading app designed for kids and…

Amazon Kindle Editors Picks are $3.99 or less for Canadians

Amazon has just announced a new promotion for residents of Canada. You…

Scribd Removes Thousands of Digital Comics From Their Ecosystem

Scribd is no longer offering digital comics on their platform and has…

Take the Goodreads 2017 Reading Challenge

Are you looking to up your reading game in the coming year?…

Deutsche Telekom sells the Tolino ecosystem to Kobo

Kobo has officially purchased the Tolino ecosystem and all assets will be…

Findaway Launches New E-Book and Audiobook App called Duobook

Findaway is the largest audiobook distributer in the world and they power…