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Chipotle Giving 50 Kindle e-Readers Out Every Day

Chipotle, the chain of Mexican grills has a new writing contest called…

Princess Cruises and Amazon Team Up for Free e-books

Princess Cruises has teamed up with Amazon to offer cruise ship passengers…

Hardly Anyone Knows their Library Loans out e-Books

The vast majority of libraries in the United States have an e-book…

Wattpad Pimps out their Successful Writers with Wattpad Stars

Wattpad has just unveiled a new program that will leverage their most…

Teenagers Resist the Sirens Call of Reading

When it comes to reading in the digital format, there are no…

How to get e-book discounts when you buy print

Many serious readers have gravitated towards e-books when the original Kindle was…

How do you determine how much an e-book should cost?

Authors who elect to self-publish through Kindle Direct Publishing or Nook Press…

Google Books is in Limbo

Google Books was one of the most ambitious book projects in history.…

Pottermore Abandons Gaming with New Website Relaunch

Pottermore originally launched in April 2012 and the website was initially developed to sell…

Kindle Scout Launches in Canada and the UK – But Who Cares

Amazon has announced that one of the worst publishing programs they have…

These are the Most Popular Books in US Libraries

Public libraries in the United States are the destination of choice to…

Yes Please Paperback is Cheaper than the e-book

Yes Please by Amy Poehler has been a perennial New York Times…

Amazon Kindle Unlimited Now Available in India

The Amazon Kindle Unlimited program has just launched in India today for…

Libraries Have Loaned out 100 million Audiobooks and eBooks

Overdrive has announced that library patrons using their system have now borrowed…

8% Tax will be applied to all Kindle ebooks in Japan

Starting October 1, 2015 an 8% consumption tax will be applied to…

Toshiba Bookplace e-Book Store is under U-NEXT

Toshiba has been operating their own online digital bookstore since 2011 called Bookplace.…

Kindle for PC Updated with Bookerly and KFX Support

Amazon has just updated their seminal Kindle for PC app and it…

e-Books and Audiobooks Subject to GST in Australia

Australia has just passed a controversial new bill that would tax all…

New York Times Publishes 17,000 Digital Recipes

The New York Times has digitized over 17,000 recipes by diet, cuisine…

The Best Book Review Sites – 2015

Sometimes you buy books on impulse or because you heard it was…

Romania City Gives Free Bus Rides if You Read a Book

A Romanian city has just unveiled a new program to get people…

New York Times Revamps Children’s Bestseller List

The New York Times has augmented their children’s bestseller list for the…

Short List for the 2015 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize

The First Novel Prize is awarded every year to the best debut…