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Sep 24

It Took COVID Closures to Reveal Just How Much Libraries Do Beyond Lending Books

'We understand that libraries have an essential role to play in these challenging times, especially for our most isolated and vulnerable.'
By Gillian Harvey
Oct 9

Is Amazon’s Kindle Kids Edition a Good Alternative to Social Media ‘Screen Time’?

The modified e-reader will cost $109.99.
By Gabriela Barkho
ebooks
Nov 3

Are E-Books Finally Over? The Publishing Industry Unexpectedly Tilts Back to Print

In a world where we do everything online, independent bookstores are on the rise, while ebook sales are on the decline. Does this mean that the verdict is finally in on ebooks? Have we chosen the paperback over the Kindle edition?
By Joshua Fruhlinger
May 30

Oculus Go: VR’s Breakout Moment or Just Another Facebook Victim?

By Rich Jaroslovsky
A model displays top Japanese online retailer Rakuten new electronic book player "Kobo Touch" with a six-inch e-ink display in Tokyo on July 2, 2012 produced by Rakuten-owned Canadian popular ebook maker Kobo. Rakuten will launch an ebook service in the nation's largely untapped market on July 19, releasing the Kobo Touch reading device exactly at 100 USD.
Oct 9

This Is How It Starts—Indie Author Group Makes Noises About Blockchain for IP

By Brady Dale
Get it done.
Apr 28

‘Subscribe With Amazon’ Should Do for Software What Kindle Did for Authors

By Brady Dale
Portrait Of Loving African American Couple In Countryside
Mar 8

Author Tells Love Stories of Characters Publishers Don’t Want With E-Books

By Brady Dale
NEW YORK - OCTOBER 20: William Lynch, President of Barnes and Noble.com presents the new "nook" digital reading device on October 20, 2009 in New York City. The "nook" is a wireless reader which will be available on Barnes & Noble's Web site and in stores and is currently available for "pre-order" for $259. The "nook" is less than 5 inches wide and 8 inches tall and weighs 11.2 ounces. At $259 it will be the same price as the recently reduced Kindle by Amazon. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Mar 6

Should Indie Authors Publish Exclusively With Amazon or Not?

By Brady Dale
NEW YORK - MARCH 24: Donald Trump poses for a picture with two fans while he signs copies of his new book "How To Get Rich" March 24, 2004 at Barnes and Noble in Lincoln Center in New York City. (Photo by Peter Kramer/Getty Images)
Feb 27

Business Is Booming After Trump Inauguration—In Anti-Fascist E-Books

By Brady Dale
A customer Seattle uses a Kindle table device at the an Amazon facility last November.
Jan 18

Despite What You Heard, The E-Book Market Never Stopped Growing

By Brady Dale
(From L) Princess Eleonore, Crown Princess Elisabeth, Prince Emmanuel and Prince Gabriel read a comic book during a photo-shoot of the Belgian Royal Family's vacation Belgian Comic Strip Center, in Brussels, on July 19, 2016. / AFP / Belga / LAURIE DIEFFEMBACQ / Belgium OUT (Photo credit should read LAURIE DIEFFEMBACQ/AFP/Getty Images)
Oct 7

Authors Can Fix the Boring Parts After This New App Finds Them

By Brady Dale
Visitors use an E-Book reader during the 35th edition of the Paris Book Fair.
Sep 8

There’s a Library in Every Pocket

By Brady Dale
The author, Hugh Howey.
Mar 30

Hugh Howey Has No Patience for Book Lovers Who Don’t Read Books

By Brady Dale
Marie Force, romance author.
Mar 8

Marie Force Calls E-Books ‘Blockbuster’ for Genre Writers

By Brady Dale
Cover of a book in the Schooled in Magic series.
Feb 17

Indie Author Chris Nuttall Says All but Biggest Authors Are Driven to E-books

By Brady Dale
Douglas E. Richards. (Courtesy photo)
Feb 8

This Bestselling E-Book Author ‘Can’t Afford’ Traditional Publishing Deals

By Brady Dale
Kristen Ashley (Courtesy photo)
Feb 3

E-Books Let Kristen Ashley Turn Years of Rejection Into a Self-Publishing Empire

By Brady Dale
Girl with coloring book, 1950s. (Photo: George Marks/Retrofile/Getty Images)
Dec 29

The Price Point: What Coverage of Print Books’ Improved Sales Ignored

By Brady Dale
Old sci-fi paperbacks. (Photo: Brady Dale for Observer)
Dec 23

Online Crowds Saving the Past’s Visions of the Future

By Brady Dale
What would James Joyce do? (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Oct 8

Surprise: Print Does Better When Publishers Jack Up E-book Prices

By Brady Dale
Is it fair that New York record stores have to pay sales taxes and online music stores don't? (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Sep 29

Is It Unfair That Online Stores in New York Don’t Charge Tax on Digital Goods?

By Brady Dale
A reader and her re-sellable technology. (Photo: Susana Fernandez / Creative Commons)
Sep 14

Do E-Books Earn More Money at Lower Prices?

By Brady Dale
(Photo: Beacon)
Sep 9

Transform Your Entire Blog Into an eBook in 90 Seconds With This Free Tool

By Sage Lazzaro
The fatal symbolism of the e-reader (Photo by Ulrich Baumgarten/Getty Images)
Jul 14

Summary E-books: For Readers That Don’t Want to Read ‘The Long Version’

By Eliza M Dumais
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