E-book informational articles

You don’t really own your e-books  Vox.com

Welcome to Vox's weekly book link roundup, a curated selection of the internet's best writing on books and related subjects. Here's the best the web has to offer ...

You Should Own Your Favorite Books in Hard Copy  Lifehacker

Microsoft is deleting books off of its customers's devices. It's a harsh reminder that most ebooks can be remotely wiped by the seller, so you're forever at their ...

The day the e-books stopped working  BBC News

Consumers who bought ebooks via Microsoft's online store are losing access to their libraries. The *service*, which launched in 2017, relied on the use of a web ...

Libraries Must Draw the Line on E-books  Publishers Weekly

Recent developments suggest a grim future for digital *content* in libraries, writes Sari Feldman, unless library supporters find a way to respond.

Biggest Textbook Publisher Pushing Students To Ebooks Undermining Resale Market  Newsweek

Pearson Education will start updating ebooks more than printed textbooks to push students away from the market in used textbooks.

Positive Parenting: e-books vs. print books  KCRG

New research looked into whether print books or e-books on tablets helped children learn to read better. Researchers said with print books, parents made more ...

Microsoft Erases E-Library And Digital Rights Management Server  NPR

The move comes as a result of Digital Rights Management, an approach that allows companies to prevent piracy. Every purchased book will disappear this ...

Microsoft's Ebook Apocalypse Shows the Dark Side of DRM  WIRED

Your iTunes movies, your Kindle books—they're not really yours. You don't own them. You've just bought a license that allows you to access them, one that can ...

Shelf control? Largest textbook publisher is ditching books and going 'digital first'  NBC News

Pearson, the biggest publisher of educational books in North America, will abandon its traditional textbook publishing model in favor of a digital-first strategy, ...

Kindle and Nook readers: You know you don’t own those books, right?  Chicago Tribune

While my book recommending skills are truly legendary, to the point of approaching the mystical — this is why I call myself the Biblioracle, after all — this is not ...

When our ebooks stop working  Goodereader

One of the great pitfalls of buying ebooks is that there is no true sense of ownership. This is quite evident when Microsoft decided to close their digital.

Libraries Are Unsatisfied With E-Book Pricing Models  Forbes

Libraries currently pay more than general consumers (i.e. end users) for e-books.

Get these great Kindle ebooks for $4 or less  CNET

No need to wait for Prime Day for great deals on ebooks: Amazon makes sure that there are always a bevy of Kindle titles available at $3 or $4, either with its ...

Positive Parenting: E-Books  9&10 News

About 25 percent of all American families own e-readers, and 75 percent have electronic tablets that can download books and magazines. Now, some are ...

Why e-books, e-audiobooks could be harder to snag at your local library  CBC News

Libraries need to give customers digital *content* 'the way they want to use it,' advocates say. Jessica Wong · CBC News · Posted: Jul 01, 2019 4:00 AM ET | Last ...

Libraries, publishers work to adapt as e-book lending models change  Record-Courier

Last month, Columbus Library Board Trustees received a memo warning about "a disturbing shift away from full buying access for libraries." Laura Simmonds ...

E-Book Revenues Were Down In March  Forbes

E-books revenues were down in March, according to the Association of American Publishers. The group, which releases data collected from 1,372 publishers ...

Microsoft is Closing its Ebook Store and Deleting Your Ebooks  Techlicious

When Microsoft shuts down the DRM servers for its ebook store, your access to your books will disappear with it.

Should Apple make a Books e-ink reader to take on Amazon’s Kindle?  9to5Mac

As someone who loves his Kindle Paperwhite, I'd love to see Apple released an Apple Book reader with e-ink technology to take on Amazon and their ...

Digital Bookmobile makes stop in South Euclid to promote ebooks, audiobooks  cleveland.com

The OverDrive Digital Bookmobile, in the midst of a nine-month tour across the United States, made a stop July 16 at the South Euclid-Lyndhurst Library.

‘Buzz Books’ e-book offers free excerpts of romance fiction  Washington Post

NEW YORK — Romance fiction from Sabrina Jeffries and Julia London will be among more than a dozen excerpts from a free e-book compilation. “Buzz Books ...

E-books in Europe 2019 Market Expected to Grow at CAGR 4.58% and Forecast to 2022  Pioneer Reporter

WiseGuyReports.Com Publish a New Market Research Report On –“ E-books in Europe 2019 Market Expected to Grow at CAGR 4.58% and Forecast to 2022”.

McGraw-Hill Launches New E-Book Solution  Campus Technology

McGraw-Hill is adding an e-book solution to its portfolio of print and digital course material options. Available this fall, McGraw-Hill eBooks can be read on a ...

S&S Changes Library E-book, Digital Audio Terms  Publishers Weekly

Simon & Schuster this week became the latest Big Five publisher to change its terms for licensing digital *content* to public libraries. In a statement sent to libraries ...

Your Community: Major improvements to Axis 360's eBooks and eAudiobooks  Shawnee Mission Post

Thousands of patrons access Johnson County Library's vast digital collection of free eBooks and eAudiobooks through the Axis 360 app. Good news for these ...

Latest study on E-books Market Size and 2025 Predication Report  Industry Stats News

E-books Market research now available at Brand Essence Research encompasses an exhaustive Study of this business space with regards to pivotal industry ...

Amazon’s Prime Reading perk expands to Canada with free ebooks and comics  The Verge

Amazon Prime subscribers in Canada now have access to Prime Reading, a membership perk that offers access to "a rotating selection of books, comics, and ...

Self-destructing ebooks reveal a dark digital truth  Financial Times

Digital goods may prove to be more ephemeral than customers expect.

New 'Harry Potter' eBooks Delve Into The History of Magic And J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World  Forbes

Two new eBooks covering the history of magic, both in the real world and J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World, released June 27 from Pottermore and The British ...

The death of paper has been exaggerated  San Antonio Express-News

That stuff between books is paper, and books have always been prized items among power elites. Not since the development of “papyrus,” by the ancient ...

Beyond the books – Auckland Libraries form the future  OurAuckland

We chat with Auckland Libraries General Manager, Mirla Edmundson about the future she and her team are building.

Kindle 2019 review: Amazon's cheapest e-reader gets adjustable frontlight  The Guardian

Amazon's basic Kindle lights up with a better screen to close the gap with the Paperwhite.

Acquiring e-books for college and university libraries (University Business)  Audio Visual News Network

"When the library at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland purchased e-books in the past, the vast majority of titles would end up sitting on e-shelves ...

Physical books are more personal than e-books, say Malaysian bookworms - Nation  The Star Online

THERE'S nothing like curling up with a good book for company.

A Word, Please: Style books shed use of hyphens, commas we've gotten used to  Los Angeles Times

You may not have noticed, but your world just got less hyphenated. There are fewer commas, too.

ALA 2019: ALA Council Votes to Take E-Book Issues to the Public, Congress  Publishers Weekly

A resolution on e-book pricing and access issues comes after a year in which libraries lost ground in the digital *content* realm, including new restrictions on ...

Opinion | More than books: The case for passing Seattle's library levy  Crosscut

When you get your ballot in the mail, it's sometimes hard to visualize the real-world consequences of your vote. But if you want to understand what Proposition 1 ...

Save up to 80% off on top Kindle eBooks adapted for the screen starting at $1  9to5Toys

Be sure to follow us on Twitter for the latest deals and more. Sign-up for our newsletters and have our best offers delivered to your inbox daily. Today only, as ...

Major publishers are sabotaging the public library  Goodereader

Penguin Random House comprises the vast majority of ebooks published on a yearly basis and Macmillan and Hachette almost comprise of the rest.

HK Public Libraries introduces new e-resources  OpenGov Asia

According to a recent press release, the Hong Kong Public Libraries (HKPL) is taking part again in the Hong Kong Book Fair this year. Through game zones and ...

Do Black or White bezels make a difference when reading ebooks?  Goodereader

The vast majority of e-readers on the market have a black bezel, but there are an increasing number of them that have a white bezel. Amazon offers both a black.

Why The Appearance Of A One Terabyte microSD Card Means The War On Unauthorized Music Downloads Is (Almost) Over  Techdirt

Moore's Law is well known. But many people think it's about how chip processing power keeps increasing. It's actually about the number and/or density of ...

Early Amazon Prime Day deal: Kindle Unlimited's ebooks are free for 3 months  TechRadar

Things are heating up extra early for this year's big sale. That's right, we're edging ever closer to the best Amazon Prime Day deals that officially kick off on July ...

Enjoy best-selling Kindle eBooks at up to 80% off for Prime Day starting at $1  9to5Toys

As part of its Prime Day 2019 festivities, Amazon is taking up to 80% off a selection of best-selling Kindle eBooks starting at $0.99 each. Today's sale is exclusive ...

Bookshelves to digital screens: World's largest education publisher triggers tech transition  Study International News

“Now, turn to page 33 in your textbooks and start reading the first passage…” Since the notable education publisher Pearson announced its hard-hitting news of ...

Microsoft is Closing Its Library of Ebooks  Novinite.com

This month, Microsoft will close its library of eBooks, remove all *content* purchased by consumers, and pay compensations. The company will fully refund ...

APSU pilots eBooks program to reduce cost of college textbooks  Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

Here's a fun question to ask your college professor friends: “How would you feel if all your students showed up on the first day of class with their books?”

Get some summer reading done with these $2 Kindle eBooks  9to5Toys

Amazon has a selection of Kindle eBooks on sale for $1.99. Headlining the pack is Worm: The First Digital World War. Regularly $11, this is the best price we've ...

Edwardsville Public Library offers modern mix with audio & e-books, traditional material  Alton Telegraph

EDWARDSVILLE — The city's public library isn't your parents' library — accessibility to online resources and non-reading material are par for the course.

How to get free access to ebooks in other countries  Goodereader

The Internet is a great place where people spend a significant part of their time, where they can learn, broaden their horizons, make new friends from all over.

Amazon China Closes Paper Book Section In Favor of Ebooks  Pandaily

Since July 1, Amazon China no longer sells its own paper books, and third party paper books will also be taken down from shelves starting July 18. SEE ALSO: ...

Northwest Regional Library programs set for August - cape-coral-daily-breeze.com | News, sports, community info.  Cape Coral Daily Breeze

Next month's roster of activities at Northwest Regional Library offers topics for all ages.

E-books published for Party education campaign - Xinhua | English.news.cn  Xinhua

BEIJING, July 1 (Xinhua) -- A total of 30 e-books on Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era were launched on 14 leading ...

USA TODAY Bestsellers  Coast Reporter

1. "Under Currents" by Nora Roberts St. Martin's)2. "Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens (G.P. Putnam's Sons)3. "Justice on Trial" by Mollie Hemingway ...

Hong Kong Book Fair 2019: Everything You Need To Know  Hong Kong Tatler

Learn more about the Hong Kong Book Fair 2019 and what to expect this July.

Scribd launches new preview system for audiobooks and ebooks  Goodereader

Today, Scribd announced Snapshots, a new original *content* offering that provide readers key insights of nonfiction books in about fifteen minutes to spark their.

New chapter? UK print book sales fall while audiobooks surge 43%  The Guardian

Publishers hit by surprise 5.4% fall in 2018 – but warn against proclaiming terminal decline.

Buy $20 worth of Kindle ebooks and get a free $5 credit  Goodereader

Amazon is running a promotion when you buy $20 worth of Kindle books, you get a free $5.00 credit. This offer is only valid between July 5 and July 14, 2019.

The best ebook readers of 2019  Goodereader

The first wave of e-readers are on the market for the first half of 2019 and many people are wondering what ereader is the best. There are plenty of brands on.

Antitrust Expert to General Counsel: You Should Challenge Monopolies | Corporate Counsel  Law.com

Christopher Sagers recently spoke with Corporate Counsel about his new book on the 2014 e-books price-fixing case involving Apple antitrust law in America ...

What Happens After Amazon’s Domination Is Complete? Its Bookstore Offers Clues  The New York Times

Popular novels, technical tomes and self-published books are pirated and sold on Amazon. That may actually be helping the company extend its grip on the ...

All change for university presses  Research Information

From bypassing aggregators to the influx of new university presses, the world of library-based publishing is changing fast, reports Rebecca Pool.

Regional content start-up Matrubharti enters video streaming space  Exchange4Media

Launches Matrubharti Vishesh, a premium *content* section in the Matrubharti app and website for streaming of regional theatrical plays, short films, OpenMics ...

Bookstores face rising rents, but some find ways to keep going  CNA

SINGAPORE: Ask bookstores what is their key challenge, and one answer keeps popping up: Rising rents. And it has indeed felled one player in the ...

The dark digital truth of self-destructing ebooks  New Zealand Herald

Financial Times: Tech giants are deleting digital books.

All of these services let you own your content, so you’ll never lose it  Digital Trends

Microsoft recently shut down the ebook section of its online store and made all purchased *content* unavailable. While the company issued full refunds to ...

J.K. Rowling to publish four new 'Harry Potter' books  WPEC

Four new "Harry Potter" books are debuting in 2019, and two of them are already out. Pottermore Publishing, the website that houses all "Harry Potter" news, ...

The Barnes & Noble Buyout: A Godsend For Book Readers And Investors  Forbes

The book chain seemed headed for the shredding machine, but a hedge fund takeover gives it a *fresh* start, and is a tonic for the publishing industry. What to ...

New McGraw-Hill eBooks Offer College Students Affordable Access to Digital Textbooks Anytime, Anywhere  PRNewswire

NEW YORK, June 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Taking another step forward in the company's accelerating pace of digital and product innovation, McGraw-Hill ...

Save up to 80% on best-selling Kindle eBooks from $2, today only at Amazon  9to5Toys

Be sure to follow us on Twitter for the latest deals and more. Sign-up for our newsletters and have our best offers delivered to your inbox daily. Today only, as ...

WALL STREET JOURNAL-BEST SELLERS  Raleigh News & Observer

Best-Selling Books Week Ended July 6. FICTION. 1. "Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens (Putnam). 2. "Summer of '69" by Elin Hilderbrand (Little, Brown) ...

Get these Arduino eBooks for the price of your choosing  Engadget

The DIY home electronics revolution is finally here, which means that anyone with an intrepid mind and a modest budget can craft a virtually limitless number of.

DeepZen will allow authors to turn ebooks into audiobooks  Goodereader

DeepZen is a voice synthesizer project that utilizes artificial intelligence algorithms from IBM's Power A.I. and Watson technologies. DeepZen has developed.

What’s the best cheap tablet or e-reader for PDF files?  The Guardian

I am looking for an e-reader for technical papers. These are usually only available in fixed, non-reflowable, PDF format and sized for printing on A4 paper.

Salon Today's Free Guides, Resources, and eBooks  SalonToday

Salon Today's Free Guides, Resources, and eBooks Salon Today is all about creating *content* to help salon owners improve their business. We've put together ...

Surrey Library lobbying for better reader access to eBooks  Cloverdale Reporter

Surrey council endorsed request calling on feds to improve readers' access to digital publications.

4 great online business ideas for 2020  What Mobile

by Bogdan Butoi | Jul 18, 2019 | Latest, Opinion | 0 comments. 4 great online business ideas for 2020. The subject people are complaining the most is their 9 to 5 ...

Listen up: why we can't get enough of audiobooks  The Guardian

In this time-poor, podcast-friendly world, audiobooks are booming. So what is the science behind them – and do they change our relationship with the written ...

LGBTQ+ books made available in East Riding Libraries  Bridlington Free Press

To mark Hull Pride on Saturday, East Riding Libraries and Customer Services are proud to share their curated collection of LGBTQ+ books.

Where To Find The Best Online E-Book Deals  Forbes

A regular perk for fans of e-readers is the reliably low prices of e-books. For better or worse, Amazon set a precedent when it marked many major e-books as ...

Kobo Clara HD and Kobo Aura on sale at Walmart  Goodereader

Amazon Prime Day might be getting all of the attention, but Walmart hopes you will stop by and pick up a new Kobo e-reader. The Kobo Clara HD is on sale for ...

'Harry Potter' will soon add 4 new e-books to the wizarding world  CNN

Harry Potter fans can soon go four books deeper into the world of wizarding.

Microsoft closes its e-book store (updated)  Engadget

Did you build your e-book library through the Microsoft Store? You'll need to make a change in plans. Microsoft has not only removed books from its online porta.

Story time with e-books 'not as helpful' as print books  BBC News

A study finds parents focus more on technology with electronic books and interact less with children.

This is the big reason why we don't own ebooks  Goodereader

Digital books have been available to mainstream consumers for the past ten years. Prior to Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo and other platforms, authors sold ...

How to get free e-books from your public library  CNET

Hoopla Digital offers a wide assortment of ebooks you can borrow free of charge -- provided your library is connected to the *service*. Screenshot by Rick Broida/ ...

Ebooks are experiencing a crisis of confidence  Goodereader

A few weeks ago Microsoft closed their digital bookstore and customers have lost access to all of the ebooks they paid for. This is not a small startup, where.

What e-books at the library mean for your privacy  CNET

Back in 1995, printing company Quad/Graphics didn't let its employees in Saratoga, New York, access the internet. But that didn't stop the workers from figuring ...

Our love affair with ebooks is over  Goodereader

Digital books were once heralded as being a replacement for print and everyone in the bookselling and publishing industry were scared. It looks like our love.

Harry Potter E-Books Offer Hogwarts Lessons for All  The New York Times

Harry Potter: A Journey Through Charms and Defence Against the Dark Arts” and “A Journey Through Potions and Herbology” are arriving in late June.

10 ways to download and read books online for free  CNET

If you're like me, books are a refuge. I don't discriminate when it comes to a good story, whether on my Nook, my Pixel 3 ( $625 at Walmart) or on the paper page.

The Pros And Cons of Ebooks For Kids  Fatherly

In theory, ebooks for kids should be a boon. In practice, scientists suspect we may be losing something in translation when we turn on our Kindles.

More Harry Potter E-Books Are Coming  Forbes

Pottermore Publishing is releasing four history-focused wizard-world e-books this year.

Pirating ebooks is an offence against moral justice  Goodereader

There are millions of people who do not buy ebooks or other digital *content* and pirate it instead. This is offending the sensibilities of Sir Philip Pullman who.

Story Time, Not Screen Time: Why E-Books Aren't Better for Toddlers  Healthline

A new study found that toddlers engage with stories at a higher level when they're read from print books rather than e-books.

J.K. Rowling Releasing New ‘Harry Potter’ E-Books  The Onion

J.K. Rowling will release four short Harry Potter e-books next month exploring the history of magic through themes such as “Defence Against the Dark Arts” as ...

Own an e-reader or tablet? Borrow e-books, audiobooks from your library  USA TODAY

You can spend nothing by simply borrowing books (and audiobooks) for free from your local library to read on your e-reader or tablet.

How to take advantage of e-books, movies and music at Nashville Public Library  The Tennessean

For someone like me who has never read an e-book, it is big news that the Nashville Public Library reached a record-breaking 1 million digital checkouts in ...

Last chance: Grab these 6 great Kindle e-books for under $3  CNET

Today is your last chance to cash in on these deals.

How to sync non-Amazon ebooks across multiple Kindles and apps  The Next Web

Did you know you can add non-Amazon ebooks to Kindle apps and devices? AND you can read that same ebook in sync across multiple bits of hardware?