Category Archives: ebooks
Kobo holding 50% off ebook sale today
Update – 3pm ET: Kobo’s description of the sale has changed since this morning when it first went live. Now the retailer explicitly states that you can use the coupon code for one title only, not for multiple titles. It’s … Continue reading
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Tagged adobe drm, books, coupon codes, coupons, discounts, ebooks, epub, kobo, on sale, sales
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"The Onion" releases 5 exclusive Kindle books for $2.99 each
If you enjoy the silly fake news and editorials of The Onion–my favorite thing to see is when really uptight strangers make the mistake of thinking a story is real and go bananas denouncing it–then you’ll be happy to know … Continue reading
Posted in deals, ebooks, funny, publishing
Tagged Amazon, current events, exclusives, fake news, humor, kindle, satire, the onion
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Amazon thinning out the public domain herds on Kindle store?
Morris Rosenthal, the man who posted a helpful list of free classics on the Kindle store last month to help readers bypass unnecessary fees, just announced that Amazon pulled his test version of a Dickens classic and told him that … Continue reading
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Tagged added fees, free ebooks, kindle, piggyback publishing, public domain
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Google Books launches in the U.S., works on Kindle's web browser
This morning, Google launched its heavily anticipated ebook store at books.google.com. Like its competitors, Google’s approach is to store your purchases online so that you can “buy once, read anywhere” (to steal a Kindle marketing phrase), but you can also … Continue reading
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Tagged drm, ebooks, epub, google books, google ebooks, kindle, kobo, noook
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The real value of the Kindle: affordable discovery
Yesterday, David Carnoy at CNET asked whether there’s any validity to the claim that you can end up saving money if you buy a Kindle. (Or another ebook reader, but he and I specifically mean the Kindle.) The idea is … Continue reading
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Tagged budgets, discovery, ebooks, kindle, new authors, prices, pricing, saving money
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Kindle for the Web lets you read sample chapters in your browser
Amazon has released a new web-based interface that lets you read sample chapters without needing a Kindle or Kindle software. Check out Kindle for the Web below: The interface isn’t completely friendly to page designs with narrow column widths (this … Continue reading
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Tagged browsers, ebooks, html, kindle, kindle for the web, previews, sample chapters, websites
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The public domain hobgoblin and how he steals your gold
Okay, so there’s a little bridge near the edge of the village. It’s not used very often, but it still serves a need for villagers who want to cross the river at that point. It’s nearly a century old now … Continue reading →