There’s a new extension for Firefox and Chrome web browsers that allows you to highlight any paragraph in a Google eBook, add a note to it, and send it to Facebook to share with friends and family. The extension is called Readum. It is from the folks working on ReadSocial, which connects people socially with […]
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CourseSmart 5% off eTextbooks; Kobo Spin and Win Contest
A couple of quick savings updates, here’s a coupon code for 5% off eTextbooks at CourseSmart.com: JFXYSAA. The code is valid until June 1st, 2011. Secondly, Kobo is running a spin and win contest until the end of the day on March 20th. You can win a 10% – 50% off coupon, a $25 eGift […]
Two Amazon Exclusives: 7 Einstein Kindle Books, Angry Birds Rio
A couple of Amazon exclusives came to light yesterday. First, Amazon announced that they’ve added seven of Albert Einstein’s books to the Kindle Store, which happened to be on his 132nd birthday. Secondly, Amazon’s Appstore for Android is getting set to launch most likely this week or next. Amazon nabbed a new version of Angry […]
Read an E-Book Week – Free and Discounted eBooks Aplenty
Yesterday Read an E-Book Week kicked off with a number of publishers and authors offering thousands of free and discounted ebooks to help promote ebooks around the world. Read an E-Book Week was created in 2004 to help bring attention to ebooks and to educate and inform the public about the advantages of digital books. […]
This Week’s Kobo Books Promo for eBook Deals
Kobo’s marketing department is good at keeping things interesting. For the next week, from March 5th to March 12th, Kobo is running a promotion where you can get coupons based on how much you spend on your next purchase of ebooks. If you already seen this deal a couple of days ago, check the details […]
March Discount Codes for eBooks from eBooks.com
Here are the coupon codes for eBooks.com for the month of March. Each month eBooks.com offers discounts on ebooks in several categories and subjects. This month’s focus is on taxation ebooks with the income tax deadline rapidly approaching. The ebooks from eBooks.com come in the following formats: Adobe EPUB and PDF, Microsoft LIT, MobiPocket, and […]
Nook: Spotlight Pick and More In Store Offers for March
Barnes and Noble released the march line-up for the More In Store promotion where Nook owners can download exclusive content each week by visiting a B&N retail store. Barnes and Noble also announced the “Spotlight” pick for the month of March. This is a new promotion where the first book in a popular series is […]
The Growing Threat of eBook Piracy
David Cornoy of CNET is an aspiring novelist. Recently, his book Knife Music was added to a torrent of 2500 books. At first, he was not worried, because he only made about $0.50 an ebook anyway. But then he started thinking…2500 books is a lot of books, more than most would ever need, and at […]