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 […]
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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 […]
OverDrive Adds Disney Digital eBooks to Libraries, Updates iPad App
A couple of announcements this week from the OverDrive blog, they’ve released an ebook and audiobook app for the Apple iPad and are adding a collection of nearly 700 classic and new Digital Books from Disney to library’s digital catalogs. The OverDrive Media Console iOS app has been optimized for the large screen of the […]
Borders Files for Bankruptcy, Will Continue to Sell eBooks
Yesterday Borders filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a final attempt to save the company. As part of the restructuring process, 30 percent of Borders retail stores will be closed, which equates to about 200 stores nationwide.
Discount Codes for Kobo eBooks, Kobo eReader Bundles, Free eBooks
As usual, Kobo has several ways for you to save money on your next ebook purchase with discount codes and special offers on non-agency books. They’ve also put together some limited time Kobo ereader bundles and a $20 off discount code for the Kobo WiFi. First off, here’s a couple of free romance ebooks for […]
Where to Get DRM-free eBooks for Kindle, Sony, Nook, and other eReaders
One big misconception about the Kindle is that you can only buy ebooks from Amazon. While that is true for ebooks laced with DRM, you can still buy ebooks to read on a Kindle from websites that sell DRM-free ebooks. The same goes for the Sony Readers, Nook, and other ereaders. DRM-free ebooks will work […]
How to Read EPUB on Kindle, Even eBooks With Adobe DRM
Ask just about any Kindle owner if the Kindle supports EPUB or Adobe DRM and most will emphatically state, “No, the Kindle does not support EPUB. Never has, probably never will”. But the truth of the matter is that’s not completely true. Technically the Kindle can display EPUB ebooks in their native format, even Adobe […]
Tor.com’s Original Stories Now Available as 99-cent eBooks
If you are in the mood for some science fiction and fantasy short stories, Tor has made available almost every original story published on Tor.com over the past 2 and a half years to all the major ebook platforms. These are some great stories written by some of the biggest names in the field. I’ve […]