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Amazon Now Sells 6 Kindle Books for Every 10 Physical Books When Both Editions Are Available
Written by Frederic Lardinois / January 29, 2010 11:31 AM / 2 Comments
According to Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos, "millions of people now own Kindles." Sadly, Amazon has always kept the exact number of Kindle sales under wraps. According to some analysts, consumers Continue reading »


Why Amazon, B&N and Co. Should Embrace the iPad
Written by Frederic Lardinois / January 27, 2010 8:35 PM / 16 Comments
Judging from what we have seen so far, Apple's new iPad will be a great device for reading e-books. The iPad will obviously come with Apple's own e-reader software - Continue reading »


Amazon Allows Some Publishers and Authors to Opt Out of E-Book DRM
Written by Frederic Lardinois / January 21, 2010 9:50 AM / 2 Comments
Amazon quietly made a major change to its Digital Text Platform last week that went largely unnoticed: Small publishers and individual authors who use the Digital Text Platform can now Continue reading »


Amazon Prepares for the Arrival of the Apple Tablet: Gives Authors and Publishers a Bigger Royalty Cut for E-Books
Written by Frederic Lardinois / January 20, 2010 11:22 AM / 2 Comments
Amazon just announced that it is now offering publishers and authors a new 70% royalty option. Publishers and authors who choose this option will receive 70% of the list price Continue reading »


Copia Challenges Amazon, B&N and Sony: Unveils New E-Book Platform and 6 E-Readers
Written by Frederic Lardinois / January 6, 2010 11:33 AM / 4 Comments
Copia, a new e-book platform, plans to take on the big players in the market by launching its own e-book store and a set of touchscreen e-readers. Copia also wants Continue reading »


Amazon Announces Record Sales For Kindle While B&N Misses Deadline
Written by Frederic Lardinois / November 30, 2009 9:10 AM / 5 Comments
Amazon just announced that November was its best month ever for Kindle sales. This excludes sales from today's so-called Cyber Monday. According to Amazon, the $259 Kindle is the "most Continue reading »


FastPencil: Turn Your Blog Posts into a Published Book
Written by Frederic Lardinois / November 20, 2009 9:42 AM / 4 Comments
Writing a book will never be easy, but FastPencil's mission is to make things easier for authors by bringing this process online and to collaborate with others. FastPencil takes writers Continue reading »


Kindle Everywhere: Amazon Launches Windows Application
Written by Frederic Lardinois / November 10, 2009 9:53 AM / 5 Comments
Amazon just released a free e-book reader application for Windows PCs. The Kindle for PC application allows Amazon customers to read Kindle books on their Windows XP, Windows Vista and Continue reading »


Shovelware: Developers Now Launch More E-Book Apps Than Games in iTunes Store
Written by Frederic Lardinois / November 2, 2009 11:02 AM / 2 Comments
According to a new survey conducted by mobile analytics company Flurry, developers now launch more e-book apps than games in Apple's iTunes App Store. Games now represent 13% of the Continue reading »


Barnes & Noble Will Sell QUE eReader in Its Stores Next Year
Written by Frederic Lardinois / October 27, 2009 9:45 AM / 3 Comments
Exactly one week after the announcement of its nook e-book reader, Barnes & Noble today announced that it will also sell the Plastic Logic QUE proReader. The QUE will be Continue reading »


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