Books-A-Million, one of the nation’s leading book retailers with 227 stores in 23 states, is giving away a shiny new Sony PRS-505 each day this month to promote their new ebook store. In order to win the Sony Reader, you have to purchase an ebook from the Books-A-Million website to be entered into the daily […]
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The New Toshiba eBook Store Powered by Blio
Last week we reported on Toshiba’s new Libretto W100 dual-screen laptop as a possible ebook reader, and now Toshiba is launching their own ebook store—the Toshiba Book Place—powered by Blio software. Blio is a new ebook software platform created by Ray Kurzweil—a well-known inventor, author, and futurist—that preserves a book’s original layout, including fonts, images, […]
Annual World eBook Fair: 3.5 Million Free eBooks
The 5th Annual World eBook Fair is coming July 4th through August 4th 2010, where about 3.5 million ebooks will be made available for free from over 100 contributing ebook libraries all over the world. Some top contributing sources include The Internet Archive, World Public Library, Wattpad, Project Gutenberg, and International Music Score Library Project, […]
Free eBook: Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson
Brandon Sanderson, author of the popular Mistborn trilogy and the writer chosen to complete Robert Jordan’s epic Wheel of Time series, released one of his novels, Warbreaker, as he wrote it so that student writers could learn about the evolution of a novel from beginning to end. Brandon also believed that by giving away one […]
Getting Started with Calibre eBook Management
Calibre Overview If you haven’t yet started using Calibre (pronounced Caliber) for managing your ebook collection, now is a good time to learn how to get started. Calibre is undisputedly the best ebook managing tool on the planet. And the best part is, it’s free. Calibre can do everything from displaying ebooks in its ebook […]
Coupon Codes for Kobo eBooks
Kobo Books is offering $1.50 Off some of their Top Selling Titles and $1 off all Harlequin eBooks through July 31st! See below for all links and coupon codes. Grab these fantastic deals today! Coupon Code #1: Get $1.50 Off The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest with Code GIRLKICKED The Girl Who Kicked The […]
eTextbooks: 10 Websites for Digital Textbooks, Academic Books
Digital textbooks are becoming more popular with students and universities as paper textbooks cost more and can be cumbersome to carry around everywhere. Below is a list of free textbook websites and digital textbook retailers. Also, make sure to check this earlier post about getting free ebooks from libraries, since there are a lot of […]
June Coupon Promotions for eBooks.com
Here’s the list of coupon codes for eBooks.com for the month of June: June Coupon Promotion at eBooks.com Save $5 on $60 worth of purchase. Use coupon – EBOOKS$JUNE$cp Summer Reading Promotion at eBooks.com Enjoy $15 off on $110 or more purchase. Use code – SUMMEREBOOKScp Father’s Day Promotion at eBooks.com. Use code FATHER$TREATcp. Save […]