Scribd is a subscription service that offers customers access to ebooks, audiobooks, comics, and sheet music for a monthly fee of $8.99. Scribd has become somewhat notorious for changing their membership terms, and today they announced that more changes are coming starting in mid-March. It’s going to make some customers unhappy, but at least Scribd […]
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Kindle Unlimited on Sale for 25% Off – Valentine’s Deal
Amazon has a bunch of ongoing Kindle-related deals this week for Valentine’s Day. In addition to the sales on Kindle ereaders and Fire tablets mentioned earlier in the week, Amazon also has a Valentine’s Deal for Kindle Unlimited that takes 25% off. Kindle Unlimited is Amazon’s ebook subscription service where customers pay a monthly subscription […]
Are You Happy with New Kindle Typesetting and Layout Engine?
Amazon started rolling out a new typesetting and layout engine for Kindle books last May to improve text layout and to add new features like hyphens, kerning, and drop caps. Amazon also introduced a new font called Bookerly that was designed specifically for reading ebooks on digital screens (there’s an E Ink version and an […]
Kobo Adds Book Stats to Website, With Estimated Reading Time
Kobo has started rolling out a new book stats and keywords section to the product pages of ebooks on the Kobo website. The stats don’t appear for all books but a good share of them now display stats. Book statistics include the number of pages, the total number of words, and there’s a reading time […]
Texture Offers Unlimited Digital Magazines for $9.99 per Month
Have you heard of Texture, the magazine subscription app? Until last week I’d never heard of it before, at least that’s what I thought at first. Texture isn’t new exactly. A few months ago Next Issue, which started out on the iPad, changed its name to Texture, and added some new social and sharing features […]
Kindle Cards, New Book-Specific Kindle Gift Cards
I came across an interesting help page at Amazon the other day that describes a product that I never heard of before: Kindle Cards. Apparently Kindle Cards are as rare as unicorns because I can’t find a shred of information about them anywhere outside of the help article. Using Google search pulls up one single […]
Amazon Closing Shelfari, Merging it with Goodreads
Last week Amazon revealed plans to close Shelfari, a social network for book lovers with various recommendation and sharing features. Ever since Amazon purchased Goodreads back in 2013, a similar but more popular service, the writing was on the wall (pardon the pun). Amazon has been neglecting Shelfari for years, and now it’s officially getting […]
Kobo Offers Price Match Guarantee for eBooks, Plus an Extra 10% Credit
Kobo recently introduced a price-matching program for ebook purchases that includes a 10% bonus credit. It works a bit differently than Amazon’s price-matching system where ebook prices get discounted directly to reflect prices and sales by other merchants. The way it works with Kobo is you have to buy the ebook then submit a request […]