Today Amazon made an announcement, but it wasn’t the one we’ve been waiting for. On Tuesday Kobo announced the upcoming release of three new tablets, the Kobo Aura ebook reader, a new Kids’ ebook store, and a partnership with Pocket to bring web reading to Kobo’s ereaders. So what does Amazon do to counter? They […]
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What Do You Think of Kobo’s New Redesigned Website?
Kobo recently started rolling out a completely new design for their ebookstore. It’s not live everywhere yet; it seems to depend on where you live and which web browser you are using. For instance, I can see Kobo’s new website with the iPad, Android tablets, and and on my PC with Internet Explorer, but Chrome […]
Google eBooks Expanded into 13 European Countries This Past Month
Google has been making strides to expand the reach of their ebookstore internationally of late. Last month Google Play Books launched in Portugal, Austria, Ireland, and Belgium, and now this past week Google added nine more European countries to the list: Czech Republic Denmark Finland Greece Hungary Netherlands Poland Romania Sweden That makes 26 total […]
Sony Getting More Serious About eBook Business, Now Paying 6% Commission on Sales, Offering More Discounts
A couple of days ago an interesting email turned up in my inbox. A representative from Sony’s affiliate program with Commission Junction notified me of Sony’s new affiliate program for ebooks. For the first time ever Sony is now offering a 6% commission on the sale of ebooks from the Sony Reader Store. Up until […]
Digital Magazines From Zinio Now Available for Free Through Public Libraries
I’ve got some good news for anyone who enjoys reading digital magazines. Borrowing ebooks for free from public libraries using OverDrive has always been a great way to legally read ebooks for free, and now thanks to a new partnership between Zinio and Recorded Books you can get digital copies of dozens of magazines for […]
Kobo Sales: $20 off Kobo Glo, $70 off Arc, 30% off Select eBooks
Kobo is running a regional sale this weekend on select ebooks where you can get up to 30 percent off. They are also cutting $20 off the Kobo Glo and Kobo Arc for the rest of the month. Enjoy! $20 off Kobo Glo and Kobo Arc Through June 30th, residents of Canada and the United […]
Google Play Books Now Supports Uploading Your ePub and PDF eBooks
For the past two years I’ve been saying that Google needs to add the option to upload ebooks to Google Play Books, and this past week Google finally did just that. Those with a Google account can now upload ePub and PDF documents and ebooks and read them through the Google Play Books app for […]
The Great Gatsby eBook is Free – Don’t Waste Money Buying It!
It irritates me to no end when I see big companies trying to capitalize off of a book being turned into a movie so they can rake in every little cent that they can squeeze out of consumers. Unfortunately that is the case with The Great Gatsby by Francis Scott Fitzgerald. Ever since it has […]