Below is a list of free ebooks from Amazon, Sony, and Barnes and Noble. If you own a Nook or Nook Color the Sony ebooks will work on them too, as well as any other Adobe DRM-supporting device. B&N’s and Amazon’s ebooks will only work on their respective ereaders, partnered devices (like the Pandigital Novel […]
The Apple iPad 2: Videos, What’s New, Release Details
Despite being on medical leave, Steve Jobs introduced the iPad 2 today at Apple’s big iPad event. The iPad 2 will go on sale March 11th in the US from Apple Stores at 5pm and online with free shipping. It will go on sale internationally to 26 countries on March 25th, and then will continue […]
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 […]
OverDrive Adds New Help Section to Libraries: My Help
OverDrive and their partner libraries have seen an enormous growth in e-book downloads since the start of the New Year. In addition to the downloads, OverDrive and its affiliating college, school, and public libraries have had an extreme increase in questions from first-timers and upgraded “old-hands”. First-time users always have questions about how to get […]
Google One Pass: A New Way for Publishers to Offer Subscriptions
Google One Pass is a new program that offers publishers an opportunity to create complete systems for consumers to access their product. One Pass includes avenues for authentication, payment plans/processing (without the cumbersome third-party set up), and various administrational options (like: “subscriptions, day passes, metered access, pay-per-article, multi-issue packages”). Best feature: “It offers purchase-once, view-anywhere […]
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 […]
Get a Nook Color for $199 with this Coupon Code (Ended)
If you are looking to get a color ereader or Android tablet, a new Nook Color can be had for just $199 with free shipping from Barnes and Noble’s eBay store with coupon code CBARNESDD. The coupon deal expires on March 3rd at 8:00 am Pacific Time or until they sellout, according to the coupon […]