A note sent to all publishers on the Sony platform: “Today Sony announced its intent to close its Reader Store service in the U.S. and Canada and transfer customers to Toronto-based eReading company Kobo. We strongly believe that the decision to transfer customers to Kobo will enable customers to continue […]
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Some good news from the Assocation of American Publishers: “April 14, 2011; New York, NY– Powerful continuing growth of books on digital platforms–both e-Books and Downloaded Audiobooks–are highlights of the February 2011 sales report of the Association of American Publishers, which is being released today. The report, produced by the […]
From a Barnes and Noble press release: “NOOK Color will get even better this Spring when a major update to the device’s firmware will offer customers access to explore exciting new applications, e-mail and many other requested features.” They continued, “Barnes & Noble also announced its April More In Store™ […]
Austin, MN, Author Amanda Hocking found success publishing her books on Amazon to the tune of almost $2 million in her first year online. Hocking, 26, recently signed a deal with St. Martin Press to handle all the publishing work while she focuses on her writing. From TwinCities.com: “Her success has […]
According the to the New York Times, eBook sales made up 25% of all young adult sales in January, 2011. Said one interviewee: “Some weeks I completely forgot about TV…I went two weeks with only watching one show, or no shows at all. I was just reading every day.” Read more
We’ve been fielding many phone calls lately about converting printed books to eBooks. Romeii eBooks can convert them, and we do. The procedure, of course, is different: you need to send us a copy of your printed book, and we’ll convert it to eBook format. Then, we carry on as […]
With the much heralded announcement that Amazon has granted Kindle users the ability to loan eBooks to one another has been overshadowed by the fact that it just doesn’t work very well. Take a look at TheGeek.com and get more of the story from this bit: “Starting yesterday, a select number of […]
Of course if you’re involved, you know you’re already half-way through your writing marathon. Right? Or you ‘ve wasted almost fifteen days and now have to catch up? Thanks to National Novel Writing Month, also known as NaNoWriMo, novice writers set a common goal: to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by […]
Apple has opened a new iBookstore in Australia, exposing a new market to would-be authors and self-publishers. The Australian iBookstore had only out of copyright books to offer until today, when thousands of new titles became available to iPad, iPhone and IPod users down under. More details at TheAge.com.
Nextbook is set to introduce a line of sleek, lightweight Android tablets to the US market. The take anywhere/read anywhere Nextbook brand is just that: the next generation of books. Nextbook’s Next2 model Andriod tablet computer with built-in e-reader and WiFi will be launching with HSN this fall. You can […]