There's little doubt that Amazon has made a significant amount of money off the backs of writers. Whether they penned the highest-grossing traditionally published title of the decade or wrote yet another alien love triangle romance and sold four self-published copies, Amazon takes its cut of every title, just like all book retailers. With all the toilet paper, electronics, … [Read more...] about Amazon Announces Writing Grant
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Library For All Brings eBooks to Low-Bandwidth Regions
Good e-Reader has interviewed a number of non-profit and charitable organizations that are committed to increasing global literacy rates and building access to reading content in areas of the world that still seem pretty cutoff from this type of engagement. Some of those factors are geographical, in which publishers simply cannot get content in the hands of readers, but it's … [Read more...] about Library For All Brings eBooks to Low-Bandwidth Regions
Non-Profit Worldreader Brings on New Publishers
In some positive news for publishers Simon&Schuster and HarperCollins, who have been dealing with the shift in the ebook market and the litigation settlements in the Apple price fixing case brought on by the Department of Justice, the publishers announced a partnership with Worldreader to bring their titles to sub-Saharan Africa as part of the charity’s ebook distribution … [Read more...] about Non-Profit Worldreader Brings on New Publishers
Worldreader Announces One Million eBook Campaign
GoodEReader has been following the workings of a non-profit group, Worldreader, and their efforts to bring digital readers and ebooks to outlying areas that are currently limited in terms of access to books, especially for public school students. They were the initiators of an ongoing years-long study on how access to Kindles affected reading test scores and attitudes towards … [Read more...] about Worldreader Announces One Million eBook Campaign