NEWS, TIPS & ADVICE FOR EBOOK LOVERS
Retail giant Amazon has claimed UK Kindle titles outsell hardbacks "at a rate of more than 2 to 1" as it issued an update on the growth of its ebook platform. "This is truly astonishing when you consider that we've been selling hardcover books from Amazon.co.uk for over 13 years and Kindle books for only nine months," … [Read more...]
Romantically minded Kindle users in North America will soon be able to buy even more tales of true love and romance after the online retailer announced a new publishing imprint, Montlake Romance. The imprint will debut later this year with The Other Guy's Bride - a novel by Connie Brockway, a two-time winner of the … [Read more...]
Kindle users in the US will soon be able to borrow books from their local libraries after Amazon announced a deal with Overdrive, the company which powers ebook lending services for many libraries in the US and Europe. Ebook lending is already available to users of rival ebook which support ePub files protected by … [Read more...]
Wandering around the London Book Fair this week there were times I almost became convinced it was actually an Apple fan convention, or more specifically an iPad one. It seemed like every stall, kiosk and stand had an iPad on it - if they weren't being used to showcase content, demonstrate a technology or sign a deal … [Read more...]
After weeks of rumours about cut-price or even free Kindles, Amazon has confirmed that US customers will be able to save $25 on the price of Kindle in return for being subjected to adverts. By most people standards, $25 is a pretty small sum - if you're having to offer such a measly discount to sell units are the … [Read more...]
