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Here are the Top 5 Google Play Books of 2016

Android is installed on over 87.6% of all smartphones that have been…

Indie Authors Are Ruining The e-Book Discovery Process on Amazon

There is a flood of self-published e-books on Amazon, that tell you…

People who read books live longer

Did you know that  if  you read books for more than three…

26% of US adults have not read a book in 2016

A quarter of US adults have not read a book or even…

Amazon Limits Non-Purchase Reviews

Piggybacking off of yesterday’s article about Amazon removing “incentivized” reviews–that is, reviews…

Pottermore Will Be Profitable in 2017

J.K. Rowling has a digital website called Pottermore where the entire Harry…

JK Rowling Sends Syrian Girl the Harry Potter eBook Collection

Bana Alabe is seven years old and lives in the a city…

Kobo e-Readers Available in Spain via FNAC

Kobo has ironed out an agreement with FNAC so the Canadian company…

German e-Book Sales Increase by 1.7% in 2016

The German e-book market is profitable and for the past few years…

Research – How much would you pay for a new eBook?

There is a fair amount of conjecture about e-book pricing. Major publishers…

New recommendation service wants you to NOT judge a book but its cover

People often judge a book by its cover and this can make…

Here is the shortlist for the Bad Sex in Fiction Award

The Bad Sex Award has been going strong since it launched in…

The New York Times Crossword Puzzle is Now Available on Android

The New York Times Crossword Puzzle is legendary and people all over…

E-Book Sales Decline 20.0% in the first half of 2016

Major publishers in the United States have been experiencing massive declines in…

Here are the Best Kindle Books of 2016

The Amazon editors have just announced their best books of 2016. These…

Amazon Launches A New Writing Contest in the UK

Amazon wants authors in the United Kingdom to rewrite a classic and…

Apple Releases iBooks StoryTime for the Apple TV

Apple has just unveiled a new app for the Apple TV called…

Amazon Prime Reading Now Available on iPhone and iPad

Amazon Prime Reading is a new program where you can read as…

New Service Launches with over 100 Free eBooks for Developers

If you are looking to get into programming a new service has…

AI will soon be able to design e-book covers

Brian Kenji Iwana and Seiichi Uchida at Kyushu University in Japan have…

Amazon Kindle Unlimited Launches in Australia

Amazon Kindle Unlimited has just launched in Australia and the program costs…

Dear Americans: A Guide to Moving to Canada

Dear, dear Americans, Don’t worry. Tomorrow, for better or for worse, it…

Penguin Random House Launches Flipper – A New Book Discovery Website

The vast majority of people use the internet to research new books…