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Amazon is enticing publishers to opt into Kindle Unlimited

Amazon is one of the few companies left standing after the collapse…

Apple iBooks is shut down by Chinese Authorities

Apple has been enjoying robust success in the Chinese market when it…

Amazon will provide New York Schools with e-books

Amazon has just won a $30 million dollar contract to provide New…

Kobo and Nook Cloud Readers are Discontinued

The Kobo Cloud Reader has been officially discontinued and the link to…

Datalogics is now offering Sony DRM for e-books

DatalogicsĀ is the largest player in the Digital Rights Management sector and they…

Google Play Books for Publishers is Closed Forever

Google Play Books experienced a massive piracy problemĀ  last year and many…

Kobo Emerging Writer Prize Shortlist Announced

Kobo has just announced the shortlist for its second annual Emerging Writer…

Supreme Court Refuses to Grant Authors Guild an Appeal Against Google

The Supreme Court has announced that they refused to grant the Authors…

Women represent 75% of the most active digital readers

The most active digital readers are women who are aged 45 and…

Kobo is recommending these services to indie authors

Kobo knows that there is a large demographic of writers that are…

Downton Abbey Creator Releasing 10 Serialized e-Books

Downtown Abbey might be ending but the creator of the franchise is…

London Book Fair Does Not Respect Indie Authors

The London Book Fair is the largest publishing event in the United…

The Man Booker International Prize 2016 Shortlist Announced

The Man Booker International Prize has revealed the shortlist of six books…

Canadian Public Libraries for Fair Ebook Pricing Starts to Gain Momentum

Last year a coalition of Canadian libraries banded together to draw attention…

New Transformers Pop-Up Book features robots that Transform

The Transformers cartoon show is fondly remembered by anyone that grew up…

Barnes and Noble has just outsourced Nook Software development

Barnes and Noble has just outsourced all of the Nook software development…

GoodReads reports they now have 50 million reviews

GoodReads has reported that they have surpassed over 50 million book reviews…

Ian McKellen will not write a memoir and returns Ā£1 million advance

Hollywood actor Ian MckellenĀ has announced that he has scrapped plans to write…

80% of US schools use e-books or digital textbooks

Overdrive has just published a new survey that takes a look at…

700 Star Trek e-Books are now DRM-Free

Science Fiction has become more popular in recent years because a number…

Kobo e-Readers will be soon be available in Taiwan

Kobo will soon be selling e-Books and e-Readers in Taiwan. Over the…

Nook UK Bookstore has officially closed and Sainsbury’s is slacking

The Barnes and Noble Nook UK Bookstore has officially closed and the…

22% of all UK eBook Sales were Self-Published

Indie Authors are starting to see more revenue from the United Kingdom.…