Ebooks News

Review: The fateful debate about books and e-books

Kobo’s new Aura HD, a ‘limited edition’ e-reader for ‘the most passionate book lovers,’ is a great e-reader. But it launches in the middle of a dubious debate

In the Media by Jack Kapica - 6 comments

Op-Ed: The Presidential Election is Over, Now What? Fixing Education.

The election is over, now what, the future of education, financial aid and student debt in President Obama's next term. How will we as a nation begin to fix the education system.

In the Media by Erin P. Capuano

Penguin Books and Random House in new venture

The publisher of the world famous Penguin books (Pearson) has entered into a deal with the German media group Bertelsmann, who publish the Random House imprint. The deal will create a new global player in the book market.

In the Media by Tim Sandle - 2 comments

Amazon revokes Kindle account, says users don't own books

Amazon has canceled the account of a Kindle user, deleted all the books the user had paid for and refuses to give a reason for the action.

In the Media by Greta McClain - 3 comments

In time for Roald Dahl Day, new e-books released

In celebration of what would have been Roald Dahl’s 96th birthday, eight of his classic stories are being released as e-books for the first time today.

In the Media by Chanah Rubenstein - 1 comment

Price of ebooks set to fall

New York - In a landmark decision on Thursday, US district judge Denise Cote upheld the $96 million Department of Justice penalty imposed on publishers Simon & Schuster, Hachette and HarperCollins for conspiring to fix the price of ebooks.

In the Media by Steve Hayes

Kobo raises the bookshelf for e-readers

Three new e-book readers and a revamped old one offer a network of 11,000 booksellers offering 3 million books in 60 different languages in 190 countries

In the Media by Jack Kapica - 2 comments

Op-Ed: Indie publishing vs traditional publishing — The debate goes on

Traditional publishing versus self-publishing: the arguments go on, and not always politely. The latest established author to put her foot in her mouth is Sue Grafton, who condemned self-publishers as “being too lazy to do the hard work.”

In the Media by C.S. McClellan - 1 comment

Authors troll 'Fifty Shades' trilogy with new book

There’s nothing like trolling soccer moms. Two men have realized this all too well, and they plan to make a few bucks along the way.

In the Media by Brian LaSorsa - 2 comments

Penguin books buy US self-publishing company

Pearson, the company which owns the company Penguin books, has purchased the self-publishing company Author Solutions Inc. in a multimillion dollar deal.

In the Media by Tim Sandle - 2 comments

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