Borders and BookBrewer have partnered to launch a new ebook publishing tool called Borders – Get Published that allows any writer or blogger to easily create, format, edit, and then sell their ebooks to all the major ebook stores, including Amazon.
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Sony PRS-950 Daily Edition up for Pre-Order
It’s official. The Sony PRS-950 Daily Edition is up for pre-order on the Sony Style website. It costs $299 and the estimated date of availability is November 14th. The bad news is that it doesn’t look like the PRS-950 comes with a cover like the previous model did, so that’s going to add even more […]
Kindle Singles Coming Soon to the Kindle Store
Amazon announced today a new section will soon be added to the Kindle Store for “Kindle Singles”. No, it’s not a dating website for single Kindle owners looking for romance. Kindle Singles are ebooks ranging in length from 10,000 to 30,000 words, or about 30 to 90 pages. Works of these lengths are generally considered […]
Sony PRS-950 Listed on Best Buy
I just happened to notice that the Sony PRS-950 is now available for purchase from Best Buy.com for $299, but is backordered. It is still listed as coming soon on Sony Style. The first thing I checked for on Best Buy’s site was to see if the new Daily Edition comes with a cover and […]
October’s More In Store Exclusive Content for Nook
If you own a Barnes and Noble Nook, you can take your Nook to any Barnes and Noble retail location for access to the free exclusive content listed below. Just tap the “shop” icon to bring up the in-store promotions. Each week the “More in Store” is updated and each new feature is available on […]
XinXii Goes International – Germany’s Leading Self-Publishing Platform
In line with the previous post about Barnes and Noble launching their new self-publishing platform, PubIt, below is a press release via an email I received about Germany’s leading self-publishing platform, XinXii.
B&N Launches PubIt – Get Your eBooks Published With B&N
Today Barnes and Noble finally launched their own digital publishing platform called PubIt to keep up with the other major e-retailers like Amazon and Apple. The bad news, however, is that their rates are lower than both of those. Amazon and Apple pay 70% of the list price to independent publishers and authors for using […]
Kindle for Web Launches – What Am I Missing?
Amazon announced a couple of days ago the beta version of Kindle for the Web. This allows customers to read the first chapter of Kindle books for free through web browsers, and share book samples with friends via email and social networks, with no download or software installation required. Kindle for the Web also allows […]