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100 million ebooks downloaded from Kindle Owners’ Lending Library 29 Aug 2012 | 04:15 am
Amazon has done the unthinkable…again. The company announced today that over 100 million ebooks have been either borrowed or purchased from their Kindle Owners’ Lending Library. We remember way back ...
Amazon sticks Unglue.it with suspended payments 14 Aug 2012 | 10:41 pm
Amazon just let everyone know how they feel about the new ebook crowdfunding site Uglue.it. Amazon Payments has been the payment processor for Unglue.it since they launched in May, but last week they...
Amazon now sells more ebooks than print books in the UK 7 Aug 2012 | 04:25 am
It looks like Olympic athletes aren’t the only ones setting new records in London. The Telegraph reported today that Amazon now sells more ebooks than print books on their UK site. Amazon revealed in...
Charging sales tax on ebooks could be really good for libraries 28 Jul 2012 | 01:16 am
Get ready for prices to go up on everything you buy online. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that tax breaks for online shoppers might be nearing their end. Internet sales and digital goods...
Publishers could use movie release windows for ebooks at libraries 13 Jul 2012 | 11:28 pm
Ever seen a movie on a store shelf and decide you want to rent it from Netflix or Redbox only to find out that it’s not available to be rented yet? That annoying situation exists due to the release w...
Free ebooks are available at your local public library! 28 Jun 2012 | 06:04 am
Over 75 percent of U.S. libraries lend out ebooks for free and thousands of them have had ebooks available since 2007. A lot of libraries (39.1 percent) even loan out ereaders! You would think most ...
Ebooks now outsell hardcover print books 19 Jun 2012 | 07:11 am
Ebooks have passed another significant milestone on their way to becoming the most popular book format. For the first time ever ebooks outsold hardcover books. Last week, the Association of American...
Public libraries could be the ultimate way to promote ebooks 16 Jun 2012 | 11:31 am
Imagine that you’re a relatively unknown author that has written a few ebooks but you haven’t had any success in selling them. You would absolutely love it if libraries carried your ebooks because th...
Google Books is now facing a class-action suit from authors 2 Jun 2012 | 05:48 am
Authors that are upset that Google created digital copies of their print books now have something to be happy about. New York federal Judge Denny Chin yesterday granted class-action status to authors...
Hachette to offer new ebooks at libraries through pilot program 22 May 2012 | 11:23 am
Something very exciting happened last week in the world of libraries. American Libraries Association (ALA) President Molly Raphael met with Hachette Book Group and blogged that Hachette has decided t...
