Amazon has introduced the Kindle to its Brazil site, making available to customers there more than 1500 free Portuguese books (they are free to everyone else, as well). They have... View Article
Publisher Hachette has joined HarperCollins in complying with the anti-trust settlement agreement regarding the eBook price-fixing conspiracy. Other publishers are still planning to fight the lawsuit. Read more about it... View Article
Book publishing company Hachette has announced that they will be raising the wholesale price on their books to libraries by a whopping 220%, joining other publishers in the eBook pricing... View Article
Had I been posting this over the weekend, I would have been stomping my feet about Amazon requiring the display of advertising on the new Kindle Fire devices that are... View Article
This article by the Kearney, Nebraska, Public Library directory explains why libraries may not be able to offer the latest eBooks, and why their selections may be limited. The highlights:... View Article
U.S. federal courts have approved a settlement Hachette Books Group, Simon & Schuster, and HarperCollins, that booksellers may set their own pricing and that publishers may not sign contracts with... View Article
Amazon.com announced that their customers in the United Kingdom are buying 114 eBooks for every 100 print books sold on their site. This is probably attributed to the lower cost... View Article
As of the date of this article, the Kindle Touch 5.1.0 firmware still has a serious security hole. Kindle Touch owners with this version of the software are well-advised to... View Article
Amazon has acquired Avalon Books, a publishing company founded in 1950, which publishes titles in the mystery, romance, and western genres. As a part of the purchase, Amazon acquired Avalon’s... View Article
BrainHive, a new eBook rental service, plans to offer eBook rental to schools. They will charge $1 per book when a student or teacher checks it out. This seems like... View Article