Amazon is attempting to bring short stories, novellas, and novelettes to the Kindle and Kindle apps by launching a new campaign called Kindle Singles, short books typically ranging between 5,000 and 30,000 words. Amazon first announced this back in October, looking for authors to submit their work for publication.
3G Nook Being Phased Out; Nook 2 Coming Soon?
There’s an article at Engadget that has prompted a lot of “Nook 3G not selling well” and “Barnes and Noble dropping 3G Nook” articles. According to the report, Engadget has “hard evidence” from within B&N that the Nook 3G is being discontinued, with sales to seemingly continue until stock is exhausted, and that B&N is […]
OverDrive Updates Android and iPhone Apps
Yesterday OverDrive updated their Media Console apps for iPhone and Android to add some new features. They added one-click automatic downloads to reduce the number of steps required to download ebooks and audiobooks from libraries. Access to 15,000 DRM-free EPUB Project Gutenberg ebooks was added to each library’s “Virtual Branch” for downloading whenever you want […]
B&N’s ePeriodical Subscriptions Thriving Thanks to Nook Color
Barnes and Noble issued a press release today with some surprising statistics about their NOOKnewsstand, B&N’s online store for digital newspaper and magazine subscriptions. According to the press release, digital periodical sales have exceeded expectations with more than 650,000 total subscriptions and single copy sales driven by Nook Color customers. Another interesting stat, since Christmas […]
Sony Reader Pocket (PRS-350) On Sale – $50 Off
The 5″ Sony PRS-350 is on sale at Sony Style, Amazon, and other Sony retailers for $129, and is even down to $119 at Buy.com. If you have a trade-in voucher now would be a good time to use it. Normally it’s a hard decision between the PRS-350 and the larger memory card-equipped PRS-650, but […]
Aluratek Libre Color 7″ Multimedia eReader (AEBK07FS)
At CES 2011, Aluratek unveiled a new ebook reader called the Libre Air and an Android tablet called Cinepad, both due to arrive in February. There’s a third new device from Aluratek too, one that’s already on the market. It’s called the Libre Color. It has a color screen, as the name would lead you […]
Sony Reader for Android App Now Available
Sony finally did themselves and readers a favor by releasing an Android Reading app for downloading and reading ebooks from Sony’s ebookstore. The problem, however, is that Reader for Android requires Android 2.2 or higher, leaving a considerable number of devices out of the mix, including most Android ereaders.
Ebooks on Sale and Discount Codes
Below are some coupon codes for ebooks from Kobo and eHarlequin, along with a list of discounted ebooks at eBooks.com. There’s this earlier post for coupon codes at eBooks.com. Most of those codes are still active through January.