I must admit that I'm embarrassed that I didn't know about this. I've always known that I can email documents to my Kindle, and I have found it a very easy way to get public domain books onto the platform - just download them and then email them to the device. But I didn't know about this series of applications until I saw an article in MacWorld today. According to the article, … [Read more...] about Send to Kindle for Mac, PC, Android, and More
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Stay Tuned for Digital Book World
On January 16th and 17th, the annual Digital Book World conference takes place in New York. It's always an excellent event and this year we should have coverage by Mercy Pilkington and Paul Biba. Stay with us and get all the info from this excellent event. Among the speakers will be the Digital Director of the Obama campaign, the President of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, CEO … [Read more...] about Stay Tuned for Digital Book World
Does Kickstarter Work as a Platform for Books?
That's the title of an article by Seth Godin on his The Domino Project Site. According to Godin, the hardest part of publishing a book is getting the first 10,000 copies read and after that, if the book resonates, it should take off. He feels that Kickstarter can solve this problem because an author "… with a tribe can reach out to her readers, activate them and make an offer: … [Read more...] about Does Kickstarter Work as a Platform for Books?
Macmillan Says New eBook Contracts Allow for Discounting
So says Macmillan Chief Executive John Sargent in an open letter posted on his company's website. Sargent said that new retailer ebook contracts will allow retailers to discount certain titles priced at $13.99 and above by 10%. As Global Finance points out, those retailers who have settled their antitrust case will allow discounting on all their titles. Sargent says that … [Read more...] about Macmillan Says New eBook Contracts Allow for Discounting
Aldiko Book Reader Hits 10 Million Downloads! Their First Email!
Isn't that fantastic? Here is what Aldiko says on its blog: "Earlier this year, we announced that the Aldiko Book Reader free version has reached 5 million downloads. Hooray! We’re excited to announce that we have just passed another pretty big milestone. As of this Wednesday, the Aldiko Book Reader free version passed 10 million downloads! It has been an impressive 2012 for … [Read more...] about Aldiko Book Reader Hits 10 Million Downloads! Their First Email!
Smashwords iBookstore Sales Skyrocket over Christmas
This is great news for the self-publishing company! According to the Smashwords blog, sales the day after Christmas were 76% higher from the same day a week earlier and sales for December 27 increased 65% over the same period a year ago. These figures were aggregated over the 125,000 Smashwords titles available in the iBookstore. Even more encouraging is the chart above, … [Read more...] about Smashwords iBookstore Sales Skyrocket over Christmas
NOOK Media Announces Strategic Investment by Pearson, but B&N Holiday Sales Below Expectations
The NOOK Media subsidiary of B&N has announced that the learning company Pearson will invest $89.5 million in cash in NOOK at a post-money valuation of approximately $1.789 billion in exchange for preferred membership interests representing a 5% equity stake. B&N will own, after the transaction, 78.2% of NOOK Media and Microsoft will own 16.8%. Pearson has the option to … [Read more...] about NOOK Media Announces Strategic Investment by Pearson, but B&N Holiday Sales Below Expectations
From NASA, Free Hubble Space Telescope Discoveries iBook
I've downloaded this and it is fantastic. The Space Telescope Science Institute is offering a free 85 page iBook that contains some of the absolutely fantastic images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. Normally, I wouldn't do an article about a free ebook, there are plenty of those, but this is really exceptional. Here's what the iBookstore has to say, "Soar through the … [Read more...] about From NASA, Free Hubble Space Telescope Discoveries iBook
Atlantic Media Goes into the eBook Business
Atlantic Media publishes, among other things, the 150-year-old magazine The Atlantic. It has just released its third ebook and is "…planning a lot more on this score, including original long-form content …" says the press release.  The new ebook, The Best Writing From the Atlantic's Technology Channel, is available on the Atlantic website for free until the end of the year, at … [Read more...] about Atlantic Media Goes into the eBook Business
Peanuts Comes to eBooks
I must admit that I didn't realize that Peanuts has not been available in ebook form. Soon, however, the holders of the Peanut franchise will be bringing the cartoon to all the leading ebook stores—Amazon, B&N, Kobo, Google Play and others. More than 60 titles will be offered, including the complete Peanuts newspaper strip archives, Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie … [Read more...] about Peanuts Comes to eBooks