E-book informational articles

'Axe the reading tax': book industry demands end to VAT on ebooks  The Guardian

Following EU directive that allows governments to waive duty on digital publications, calls grow for the UK to end 'illogical and unfair' levy.

Holiday Gift Guide: the best books and e-books about Apple  AppleInsider

There are many books for people interested in Apple's design, in its past products and most certainly in Steve Jobs. AppleInsider recommends all the titles that ...

E-Book Revenues Grew In October  Forbes

E-book revenues are picking up after a long period of continuous decreases. In October, compared to October of 2017, net e-book revenues for trade publishers ...

Free ebooks available from Microsoft  St. George Daily Spectrum

George Cox of P.C. Periodicals explains how you can download your choice of free technical ebooks from Microsoft Virtual Academy.

Digital Library Cards Are Offering Thousands Of Ebooks To Everyone  Forbes

While the 160 million non-library card holders in the U.S. may have access to a physical library, many are too time-poor to visit. Enter the digital *content* ...

The Global E-Book Market to 2023: Analysis on Opportunities & Challenges - ResearchAndMarkets.com  Business Wire

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "E-Book Market - Segmented by Geography(North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, South America, Middle East and Africa ...

Huge Cyber Monday 2018 Amazon e-book sale happening now: Hundreds of Kindle titles starting at $2  CNET

Amazon has been offering big e-book discounts since at least Black Friday, but today's Cyber Monday deals are better and bigger than ever. Amazon now has ...

35 of the best independent bookshops in Ireland  The Irish Times

In the age of ebooks, these booksellers are proving print is still preferred.

Slideshow: Check out this week's hottest books | Entertainment  Herald & Review

Best-selling books for the week ended Dec. 9. FICTION. 1. "The Meltdown (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 13)" by Jeff Kinney (Amulet Books). 2. "Queen of Air and ...

My Book Is Reading Me Back!  Publishers Weekly

Amazon, AI, and why tomorrow's librarians are facing a potentially very different future.

How to get free e-books  Komando

Here are some amazing sites where you can get discounted or free e-books.

Amazon Kindle for Android allows you to store ebooks on the SD card  Goodereader

The Amazon Kindle app for Android now allows users to store *content* on the SD card. This is useful if you have an extensive collection of large files, such as.

Do you prefer audiobooks or ebooks?  Goodereader

Audiobooks are the fastest growing segment in digital publishing. The format saw a 22.7% increase in sales and generated over $2.5 billion dollars in the ...

Radiant assemblies covered in latest e-book  The Construction Specifier

The magazine's series of sponsored e-books continues with a look at the role HVAC systems play in creating healthy indoor environments and reducing energy ...

Pilot program pushes eBooks  Woodstock Sentinel Review

The Oxford County Library is making it much easier for residents to access electronic books - even without a library card.

The Top 10 Library Stories of 2018  Publishers Weekly

PW takes a look back at some of the library stories that captivated the publishing world in 2018, and what they portend for 2019.

These are the top audiobooks and ebooks of the year from Google Play  Goodereader

Google Play is a recent entrant in the audiobook space, they only got involved in it earlier this year. They have been selling ebooks a lot longer than that and are ...

Only open tenders accepted for eBooks project - Nation  The Star Online

Education Minister Dr Maszlee Malik denies using a direct negotiation method to acquire some two million tablets for the ministry's eBooks programme next year.

WALL STREET JOURNAL-BEST SELLERS | Entertainment | herald-review.com  Herald & Review

Best-Selling Books Week Ended December 9th. FICTION. 1. "The Meltdown (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 13)" by Jeff Kinney (Amulet Books) ...

Top 5 Apps for reading eBooks on Android devices  Dignited

Reading printed books is very rare in the digital era. Reading books on digital medium instead of conventional print material used to be a millennials' thing.

E-book and audiobook loans more than triple at NI libraries  BBC News

E-book and audiobook loans have more than tripled in the past three years, according to figures from Libraries NI. Almost 310,000 e-books and audiobooks ...

Amazon Claims to Resolve "Disappearing" eBooks Issue  Goodereader

A couple of weeks ago, prolific author, advocate, and self-pub expert David Gaughran published a blog piece on a disturbing phenomenon: international ...

Outlook 2019 - Editorial E-Book  DefenseNews.com

Defense News presents viewpoints from the global thought leaders of the defense industry who share their analysis on the events and trends that will emerge in ...

FREE E-BOOK AND AUDIO BOOK SUBSCRIPTION TO END  kqennewsradio.com

December 7, 2018. There are just a few weeks left to register for the Douglas Community Library Association's offer of one free year of DCLALibrary2Go.

The It List: Kindle Paperwhite E-reader  Vancouver Sun

Why we love it: A new electronic e-reader from Amazon. Dubbed the Paperwhite, the compact device's screen boasts twice as many pixels as previous models, ...

Dr Maszlee denies approving direct negotiations for eBooks project - Nation  The Star Online

KUALA LUMPUR: Education Minister Dr Maszlee Malik has denied approving direct negotiations to acquire some two million tablets for the ministry's eBooks ...

Best apps for reading eBooks on your iPhone and iPad  iMore

Looking for a great app to get your eBook reading on-the-go? Check out these awesome picks!

Highlighting Advances in Bioengineering and Analytical Technologies with eBooks  News-Medical.net

Image Credit: Makc/Shutterstock.com. The fundamentals of digital *content* marketing and complex scientific industries can be considered at odds with one ...

Melinda Gates, Isha Sesay to Keynote 2019 ALA Midwinter Meeting  Publishers Weekly

For librarians, 2018 was an eventful year. And as the library community prepares to gather in Seattle for the 2019 American Library Association Midwinter ...

Amazon has discounted hundreds of ebooks this weekend  Goodereader

The Amazon Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals are still ongoing and there are dozens of e-readers and tablets on sale. In order to populate your device full ...

The battle between ebooks and real books  uscannenbergmedia.com

The sale of ebooks is going down while the small independent bookstores are seeing a year to year rise in print sales. Despite that trend, librarians say ebooks ...

Tuscaloosa library, school system work toward e-book partnership  Tuscaloosa News

The Tuscaloosa Public Library and Tuscaloosa City Schools are working toward a partnership to make digital books more affordable and accessible to students.

Gift This, Not That: Kobo Forma Vs. Amazon Kindle Oasis 2  Forbes

If there's a true reader on your shopping list and you're buying a premium-reader, the new Kobo Forma has killer features the Amazon Kindle Oasis can't match.

Apple Books: The Ultimate Guide  iMore

How do you sample, download, highlight, and customize your ebooks, PDFs, and audiobooks with the Apple Books app? We'll show you!

We need to build better e-books  The Bookseller

At the FutureBook Live conference on November 30th, Nick Barreto, Canelo's technology director, will be running a one-hour workshop exploring his unique ...

Walmart partners with Rakuten to open its first e-commerce store in Japan  TechCrunch

Walmart is continuing its strategy of revamping its businesses in Asia after the U.S. retail giant opened its first e-commerce store in Japan, where it is working ...

Best E-Book Reader Deals For Black Friday  ValueWalk

For those who prefer digital books over paper, we hae dug up some of the best e-book reader deals for Black Friday. We considered many brands, including the ...

Michelle Obama’s Memoir Continues to Steamroll Every Other Book Released This Year  Vulture

Michelle Obama's debut memoir continues to steamroll all other contenders for the title of 2018's top-selling book. This week, publisher Penguin Random House ...

Amazon’s Cyber Monday Sale on E-Books Saves You Up To 80%  The Slanted

If you grabbed a new Kindle Paperwhite during Amazon's big sale this week, or if already have one, you can fill up your device with an amazing sale on e-books ...

Bridgton Books — Still 'crazy' after 25 years  The Bridgton News

By Perri Black. Twenty-five years ago, Pam and Justin Ward had a crazy idea — they wanted to open an independent bookstore. Many people called them ...

Learn how to download e-books with a library card Dec. 12 - Knox VillageSoup  Courier-Gazette & Camden Herald

Rockland — Come to the Rockland Public Library, 80 Union St., Wednesday, Dec. 12, at 10 a.m. to learn how to download and use the CloudLibrary app to ...

10 Best Torrent Sites To Download E-Books For Free  Techworm

If you have been looking for book torrents then you are reading the right article. So these are some of the best torrent sites for ebooks.

US Must Condemn Anti-Semitism at Doha International Book Fair  Newsmax

The International Book Fair in Doha, Qatar is famous for its sheer size. Book dealers, merchants and publishers come from all over the world come to scout new ...

Amazon brings Prime Reading service to India, offers hundreds of Kindle ebooks at zero cost  Inventiva

Prime Reading is almost a warm-up to Kindle Unlimited, Amazon's monthly reading *service* that providers access to millions of ebooks. It is no secret that India is ...

E-Books Popular With Tehran Metro Commuters  Financial Tribune

In October more than 25500 Tehran metro commuters used services offered by the local startup Fidibo to read e-books. Fidibo is a major e-book publisher.

World's Highest-Paid Authors 2018: Michael Wolff Joins List Thanks To 'Fire And Fury'  Forbes

The world's 11 highest-paid authors sold 24.5 million books and earned $283 million combined in 12 months. Read on to see who made the cut.

Printing ebooks and protected courseware - what are the options for publishers and end users?  PR Web

Document publishers and end users are often frustrated by the lack of support for the printing of ebooks, but there are a range of new and innovative solutions ...

USA TODAY BEST-SELLERS  San Antonio Express-News

1. "Becoming" by Michelle Obama (Crown) 2. "The Wonky Donkey" by Craig Smith; art by Katz Cowley (Scholastic) 3. "Of Blood and Bone" by Nora Roberts (St.

Did Michelle Obama Really Sell 2 Million Books in 15 Days? An Investigation.  Vulture

Michelle Obama's debut memoir, Becoming, has only been on sale for three weeks, and news outlets are already calling it a “record-breaker” that sold 2 million ...

Best books of 2018: Carole E. Barrowman's picks  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Carole E. Barrowman's favorite books of 2018 include 'A Jar of Hearts," the one she has most often recommended to other people this year.

St. Nicholas day 2018: what to give children, girlfriend, boyfriend  The Koz Telegram

To the new year and Christmas holidays useful gadget dreams of almost everyone, but not everyone can afford them. However, the market is now quite cheap ...

CNET Book Club: Holiday 2018 gift guide special  CNET

Find a great gift idea with these books that are only available, or only really work, in physical dead-tree form, from a lavishly illustrated history of Dungeons ...

Nation Books Changing Name to Bold Type Books  Publishers Weekly

Effective January 1, Nation Books, a joint project of the Nation Institute and Hachette Book Group, will be known as Bold Type Books. The move comes on the ...

The best Android e-readers of 2018  Goodereader

Android e-readers have really grown up this year and many brands are packing some serious hardware power to provide a robust experience. This is a far cry ...

Walmart starts Japanese web shop with Rakuten  Retail Detail Europe

Walmart is moving onto the Japanese e-commerce market: the American retail giant is joining forces with Rakuten to sell its products on the latter's Rakuten ...

Pay What You Want for this 2018 Arduino Enthusiast E-Book Bundle  Neowin

Master this popular open-source electronics platform by paying the average price for ten complete e-books of project-based instruction or Pay What You Want for ...

Freeman Technology releases revised ebooks on powder tester selection  Powder Metallurgy Review magazine

Freeman Technology, Tewkesbury, UK, has issued revised versions of two of its eBooks on powder tester selection. 'Choosing a Powder Tester' reviews the ...

Duke Announces Winner of 2018 Juan E. Méndez Human Rights Book Award  Duke Today

The Duke University Human Rights Center@the Franklin Humanities Institute and the Human Rights Archive at the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and ...

Clean Up Your GDPR Act: What GDPR Means For Your Sales & Marketing Strategies  Demand Gen Report

IGDPR continues to give B2B organizations a tough time. Many marketing and sales professionals worldwide are united in their confusion regarding who's...

EBSCO eBooks Named Top E-Book Platform Provider in 2018 Jisc Accessibility Audit  PR Web

EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has been ranked the number one e-book platform provider out of 54 e-book platforms audited in the 2018 Jisc ASPIRE ...

The e-way out of heavy school bags  Hindustan Times

Can digital learning help reduce the weight of schools bags? Some schools tried it and failed, while a few succeeded. HT tries to find out if technology can ease ...

Bennu, Burials and (Queen) Bees: UA's Top Stories of 2018  UANews

From exploring the farthest edges of our solar system to uncovering the "vampire burial" methods used in the distant past, research led by the University of ...

The best websites to find daily deals and free ebooks  Goodereader

The average reader simply visits the Amazon bestseller list or checks out digital bookstores from Barnes and Noble or Kobo to find their next read. Sometimes.

Free eBooks From Microsoft  Komando

Everybody loves a great bargain. And you can't get a much better bargain than Microsoft offering FREE ebooks via Microsoft Virtual Academy. Take advantage ...

Prison inmates will soon be reading ebooks—but that's not a good thing  Quartz

Ebooks could be a blessing for prison inmates, with thousands of titles available with one click from one small device. But, as with most other technological ...

Here's What Scribd's CEO Thinks Of The New Walmart eBook Service  Forbes Now

Scribd's CEO and cofounder Trip Adler shares his thoughts on the new Walmart eBooks *service*: He welcomes the competition, calling it "great for the publishing ...

Walmart and Kobo launch Walmart eBooks, an online e-book and audiobook store  TechCrunch

In January, Walmart partnered with Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten on online grocery in Japan, as well as the sale of audiobooks, e-books, and e-readers ...

Europeans Approve Flexible VAT for E-books  Publishers Weekly

The European Union has voted to allow the 28 member states to apply lower value added tax (VAT) rates to electronic publications, including e-books and ...

EU lowers VAT for ebooks to match print books  Quartz

Whether you can touch it or not, a book is a book, says the European Union. In the EU, print books enjoy a lower value-added tax (VAT) than standard ...

Owning Print Books Feels Different From Owning E-Books  Forbes Now

A new study tells us what we've long known--that e-books and print books are totally different objects.

Can Blockchain Disrupt The E-Book Market? Two Startups Will Find Out  Forbes Now

Blockchain technology has made its way to book publishing. The e-book platforms from two startups — Scenarex, based in Montreal, and Publica, based in ...

Penguin Random House Changes Library E-book Lending Terms  Publishers Weekly

In an August 30 letter to library customers, Penguin Random House announced that it is changing its terms for library e-book lending. But unlike Macmillan's ...

Walmart has an e-book and audiobook service now and Amazon must be squirming  Mashable

Walmart has partnered with Rakuten Kobo to bring you a never-before-seen e-book catalog, available in Walmart stores and online.

EU Removes VAT on eBooks  Goodereader

In a decision that has been years in the making, the EU has decided to allow the removal of VAT on ebooks, just as it has done for print books all this time.

Amazon's New 'Buy For Others' Kindle Feature Lets Authors Buy Giftable Ebooks  Forbes

Amazon introduced a new Kindle feature on Wednesday: Termed "buy for others," the feature lets users buy multiple copies of an ebook, allowing authors to ...

Tor Scales Back Library E-book Lending as Part of Test  Publishers Weekly

Tor's e-books are now being made available to libraries four months after the book's publication as part of a test to see whether library e-book lending is one of ...

The Latest Trends in Books, Ebooks, and Audiobooks  InfoToday.com

“Who doesn't read books in America?” asked a recent Pew Research Center report. This March 2018 update finds that adults with lower incomes are “about ...

How to download and read ebooks with Apple Books on iPhone and iPad  iMore

In iOS 12, Apple has revamped the iBooks app we've all come to know and love in previous versions of the operating system. The app has a *fresh* look, ...

EU Votes To Lower VAT On E-Books  Forbes

The EU now allows member states to tax e-books at a lower rate--a status print books have held for years.

Tor Publishing Issues a 4-Month E-Book Embargo on Libraries, Cites Retail Sale Concerns  Gizmodo

If you've been to the library recently, you might have noticed something strange. New e-books from Tor Publishing are nowhere to be found. Ball Lightning by ...

Read an E-Book in Chunks Via Email With Bookman  Lifehacker

In theory, reading an e-book is an easy proposition. You can access e-books on your phone (as well as a gazillion other devices) so you should be able to pick ...

India Reduces Tax On E-Books  Forbes Now

In a move that has had mixed reactions among those in the publishing industry, India has reduced its goods and services tax (GST) on e-books --the caveat ...

Half Price Books Gears Up For Holiday Season With Expanded Merchandise...  Broadway World

In an industry projected to be wiped out by the e-book market, the nation's largest family-owned new and used book retailer, Half Price Books, is gearing up for a ...

Vellum 2.2 review: Making eBooks (and print books) effortless  iMore

While we have some complaints about Vellum, it still functions like the software of our aspiring-author dreams.

A Dystopian Twist for Library E-Books  Publishers Weekly

Why Tor's decision to embargo new e-book releases in libraries is a wake-up call for librarians.

Millennials may prefer reading paper books over e-books  Futurity: Research News

While you might think younger readers prefer digital e-books and older readers won't touch anything not printed on paper, new research suggests that's not ...

eBooks vs. Whitepapers: Which Performs Best?  CMSWire

Many brands consider publishing eBooks and whitepapers to engage and educate their target audiences, but which *content* type performs best?

You Don't Own the Music, Movies or Ebooks You 'Buy' on Amazon or iTunes  Lifehacker

When you purchase music, movies or books from Amazon or Apple's iTunes store, you might be under the impression that that material is yours to enjoy forever; ...

Playing by the E-Book Rules  The New York Times

The law treats electronic books and their printed counterparts differently when it comes to what you can do with them.

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.

From Salon Marketplace: Learn to self-publish e-books and monetize your writing  Salon

It can feel daunting to develop a novel from scratch, even though you have a great story brewing in your head. From shaping a cohesive storyline to getting past ...

No card, no waits at state's growing e-book library  Star Tribune

This library has been different from the beginning: No library card. No late fees. No waiting for books on hold. Ebooks Minnesota is all online, available to ...

One review of Pa. prisons’ pricey ebooks: ‘Books that are available for free, that nobody wants anyway’  Philly.com

Book deliveries to prisons across Pennsylvania were terminated this month as part of a multi-pronged security overhaul meant to eliminate avenues for drug ...

There Are Tons Of Free Books In The Public Domain & This Service Makes It Easier To Read Them  Bustle

If you often find yourself torn between downloading free, public domain ebooks, or paying a few dollars for a more polished, digital copy, I come bearing great ...

Amazon E-Book Sales Grow in 2017 and 2018  Forbes Now

A report on publishing-industry net revenues for the first third of 2018 has been released by the Association of American Publishers. The report's findings are ...

E-book pricing: because you’re worth it  The Irish Times

Self-published authors selling at bargain bin prices are doing themselves a huge disservice.

Here is a breakdown of how much libraries pay for ebooks from publishers  Goodereader

Major publishers all have different strategies for selling ebooks to the public library system. Baker & Taylor, Overdrive and a myriad of others have to have ...

E-book Sales Fell 10% in 2017  Publishers Weekly

Unit sales of traditionally published e-books fell 10% in 2017, compared to 2016, according to figures released by PubTrack Digital, part of the NPD book group.

18 most popular Amazon eBooks for kids  Newsday

EBooks are becoming more and more popular with kids. A recent Amazon Kids & Family study found two in five kids use their tablets and smart phones for ...

How to create eBooks and print books With Vellum  iMore

Step-by-step instructions to turn any word processing document into bookstore-friendly ebooks and print-ready PDFs.