Google Play is running a huge one day promotion for a ton of Star Wars discounts on audiobooks, ebooks and comic books. The discounts range from $10 off to 50% off the list price, which is fairly impressive. The vast majority of all of the digital content that is available is considered canon.Close your eyes and listen to the Force with Star Wars audiobooks. Google Play has … [Read more...] about Google Play Star Wars Deals on Audiobooks, ebooks and comics
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Microsoft improving eBooks with new Windows Update April 30th
On April 30th Microsoft is going to be pushing out a massive new update that will bring new timelines functionality and improvements to the ebook experience on Edge. This was initially billed as the Spring Creators Update, but it was renamed to the Windows 10 April 2018 Update. The naming convention was augmented because as the years go by, it will be a complete mess to always … [Read more...] about Microsoft improving eBooks with new Windows Update April 30th
Kobo is releasing an ebook series on the royal wedding
Kobo is developing a new six part fiction series that was inspired by the upcoming royal wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Every serialized piece will be written by a different author and the project is called Royally Yours. Each standalone title will be available as an ebook and audiobook and every week from May 2nd through May 18th and will cost $1.99 per … [Read more...] about Kobo is releasing an ebook series on the royal wedding
eBook sales plummeted by 10% in 2017
Over the course of the past five years ebook sales continue to fall. In 2016 they experienced a decline of 14% in 2017 they plummeted another 10%. According to PubTrack Digital, part of the NPD book group the ebook format sold 162 million units last year, down from 180 million in 2016.PubTrack gleans their data from 450 publishers in the United States, including the big 5. … [Read more...] about eBook sales plummeted by 10% in 2017
Amazon China issues new reading report
Amazon China issued a new report and surveyed 14,000 people to look into their reading habits. It found that almost half read at least ten books a year and a whopping 80% read more than thirty minutes per day.Chinese readers are fairly agnostic when it comes to reading digital and print. The report found that 55% read Kindle books or buy print books online. A paltry 19% … [Read more...] about Amazon China issues new reading report
38% of US Children and Teens Read on their Tablet
Tablet usage is increasing in the United States and 65% of 8 to 17 year olds are using one on a daily basis. The vast majority of this age group is not using their parents device, but have complete ownership with few restrictions. One of the most popular thing to do is reading, and ebook usage is on the rise.YouGov recently conducted research into the younger generation – … [Read more...] about 38% of US Children and Teens Read on their Tablet
Kobo Wishlist for Audiobooks and eBooks Now Available for Desktop
All of the Kobo mobile apps and e-readers have a wishlist system, where users can add ebooks to a dedicated list. Sometimes they do it to organize future purchases and others express a desire to read them, but without immediate intent to purchase. The main Kobo retail website for MAC and PC have been without a wishlist system since the store first launched in 2009, but that has … [Read more...] about Kobo Wishlist for Audiobooks and eBooks Now Available for Desktop
Amazon is Giving Away a Bunch of Free eBooks for World Book Day
Amazon is giving away a dozen free ebooks for World Book Day. These titles are from AmazonCrosssing, which is an imprint devoted towards that are translated into English from other languages. The first translated books were the French-language novel The King of Kahel and the German-language novel The Hangman's Daughter which were released in November and December 2010, … [Read more...] about Amazon is Giving Away a Bunch of Free eBooks for World Book Day
Google Launches Talk to Books
Google has just launched a new service called Talk to Books and it leverages machine learning. If you type in a full sentence it searches all the sentences in over 100,000 books to find the ones that respond to your input based on semantic meaning.Ray Kurzweil, Director of Engineering and Rachel Bernstein, Product Manager, Google Research said in a blog post "Talk to Books … [Read more...] about Google Launches Talk to Books
New Book by J.R.R. Tolkien is called the The Fall of Gondolin
The Fall of Gondolin is a new book by J.R.R. Tolkien and was edited and revised by his son Christopher. It was illustrated by The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings artist Alan Lee and will be published by HarperCollins this August.Here is the books byline "During the years that the dark lord Morgoth (Sauron’s predecessor and mentor) reigned supreme in Middle-Earth, his … [Read more...] about New Book by J.R.R. Tolkien is called the The Fall of Gondolin
Good e-Reader Launches Audiobook Reader for Android
Good e-Reader would like to introduce our first major Android app for smartphones and tablets. It is called Audio Reader and it turns any ebook into an audiobook. It reads aloud all of your sideloaded content using Amazon Polly, which is what Alexa is built on. We support 28 different languages and 12 different voices for English users.We are the first Android app to employ … [Read more...] about Good e-Reader Launches Audiobook Reader for Android
Scribd has 750,000 paying subscribers
Scribd is one of the largest unlimited audiobook and ebook websites in the world and they currently have 750,000 paying subscribers. Scribd has seen a double-digit increase in engagement since its shift to an unlimited model in February 2018, and the company’s growth rate has averaged 50% year-over-year. Key indicators point to continued strong growth.I talked some people … [Read more...] about Scribd has 750,000 paying subscribers
eBook Piracy is on the rise in 2018
Pirate websites received 300 billion visitors last year and ebooks represent a small, but growing segment. Digimarc and Nielsen conducted a recent study that reveals 41% of all adult e-book pirates are aged between 18 and 29 but perhaps surprisingly, 47% fall into the 30 to 44-year-old bracket. The remaining 13% are aged 45 or up. There are also some surprises when it comes to … [Read more...] about eBook Piracy is on the rise in 2018
Microsoft Needs to Develop an e-Reader App
Microsoft has been operating a digital bookstore since late 2017 and they sell ebooks only in the United States and have refused to sell them in other countries. Their store is so feeble that it accounts for less than 1% of all ebook sales. This is primarily attributed to the Edge browser as being the only way you can read books. Edge only has a paltry 4% adoption rate and … [Read more...] about Microsoft Needs to Develop an e-Reader App