Category Archives: ebooks

B&N goes international

From ShelfAwareness: B&N’s International Plan: Nook Stores, Distribution Partnerships Barnes & Noble plans to launch Nook digital bookstores in 10 countries within 12 months, the Bookseller reported, noting that a 10-K form filed by the company with the Securities and Exchange Commission “said the international expansion plans were part of its partnership with Microsoft, announced earlier this year.” According to the document, B&N is… (more…)


Paper books. E-books. The core is…

Dear reader, I think that for myself I have decided that the brawl over paper books and e-books and what is better is a non-issue. It is the same kind of argument as why people like a specific colour better, or a brand of car, or a particular kind of cereal. The core part in the debate is book. It is… (more…)


Indie promotion

My my, dear reader, how time keeps fleeting. One Monday goes by, and the next is on the threshold again. I guess this means it is time once more for today’s Indie Promotion: The Dark Lake by Anthea Carson Ebook Short Description: Something is wrong with Jane. Something that dates back at least twenty years and that involves her little blue… (more…)


Content Drives Tablet Use, Survey Says

from The Digital Reader by Nate Hoffelder The Online Publisher’s Association has just released the results of a new survey into how people are using their tablets, and it’s a good one. A total of 2,540 Americans were polled in March of this year.  About 760 reported that they were tablet owners, and here are the highlights of how they’re using their tablets:… (more…)


Indie promotion

Dear reader, Doesn’t time fly? Behold, it is Monday again, so time for today’s Indie Promotion. CATACLYSM: Return of the Gods by Stephen H. King Ebook Short Description: Crystal isn’t sure what to think when she learns that she’s married to and has children by Mars, the God of War. She knows that she’s not giving him up to his ex-wife, the… (more…)


Read, don’t show

Found on DialyMail.co.uk: One-third of e-book readers admit to using gadgets to hide that they’re reading erotic novels One-third of users have read erotic novels 58% use their device to hide what they are reading Other ‘shameful’ books include children’s titles such as Harry Potter E-book readers ‘free’ fans from having to show off what they’re reading – and it… (more…)


A self-publishing success

Amanda Hocking, the writer who made millions by self-publishing online A couple of years ago, Amanda Hocking needed to raise a few hundred dollars so, in desperation, made her unpublished novel available on the Kindle. She has since sold over 1.5m books and, in the process, changed publishing forever. Amanda Hocking: ‘I didn’t have a lot of hope invested in… (more…)


Hilda – Aiaia is now available on Amazon.com

Dear reader and perhaps Hilda fan, The new book, Hilda – Aiaia, is now available on all the Amazon stores. Follow this link to Amazon.com if you want to see the book, and perhaps acquire it. Links to the other stores are: United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, Italy.


Hilda – Aiaia

Dear reader, Behold: At this moment book 9 of the Hilda the Wicked Witch series, “Hilda – Aiaia”, is available from Smashwords.com, via this link. The book is still being processed on Amazon.com, it will probably be done tomorrow. I’ll keep an eye on that and inform the world once it is available there. Owners of the Nook – you… (more…)


Tor/Forge to go DRM-free

Dear reader, You may know Tor and Forge. They make books. SF and Fantasy.  Via a posting to their blog on Tor.com they have announced that “in the summer of 2012″ they will present a DRM FREE online bookstore which is directly accessible to the general public. So no middle-men will be involved there. From the announcement: “This isn’t in lieu of the existing… (more…)


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