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TeleRead
- Kobo begins selling Harry Potter e-books through Pottermore
- May 25-27: Kansas City, here I come
- The miracle of self-publishing
- Unglue.it goes live
- Unglue.it launches with five book-freeing campaigns
- CreateSpace Now Offers Independent Authors Zero-Cost, Inventory-Free Distribution to Amazon Customers in Europe
- Magic Town – a virtual world based on popular picture book characters
- Bookmasters titles to be available on Espresso Book Machine
- International ebook antitrust lawsuits [infographic]
- IFLA releases background paper on e-lending
EbookNewser
- Share Photos & Audio Recordings In One With StoryMark App
- Chameleon Could Change How You Look at Android Tablets
- 5 Ways to Cope with Google’s Penguin Update
- ‘Lonely Planet Travel Guides’ Is Free eBook App Of The Day
- Riffle Is New Tool For Book Discovery
- The ‘Game Of Thrones’ Theme on 8 Floppy Drives is Awesome
- Kindle Is Top Free iOS eBook App of the Week
- FlipBoard Adds Podcasts From NPR, PRI, & More
- App Use Up 28% This Year: Nielsen
- Want To Be On TV, Go On Facebook
The Digital Reader
- Inside the New Nook Touch (Nooklit)
- CreateSpace POD Service Expands into Europe
- Kindle Fire – Can You Grill It?
- Apple Now Censoring the Word J*******k in iTunes, IBooks, and More
- HMH Digs a Deeper Grave With Two New Digital Textbooks
- Harry Potter eBooks Now Available via Kobo eBookstore
- The Morning Coffee – 17 May 2012
- eBook Lending Site Lendle is Up For Sale
- Nook Tablet Now $150 on Ebay
- Plastic Logic: There’s More to Screen Tech Than eReaders & Tablets
Publishing Perspectives
- Does E-book Sharing Create Economic Damage?
- Words of Wisdom from the World E-Reading Congress 2012
- John Rocco: “Committed to Telling Stories”
- What is Your Favorite Novel About Publishing?
- These Ithacas: On David Davidar’s “Publishing Tell-All”
- Building a More Patriotic Nation: Regnery Announces Children’s Imprint
- In The News: Children’s Choice Awards, Sendak Mourned, HP for AMZN
- Beth Kephart on Discovering Her Passion for YA Literature
- Peter Brown Knows What His Audience Needs
- L’Oiseau Indigo: Distributing French Books from Africa, Middle East
Good E-reader
- Amazon Createspace Launches in the UK
- Major Playbook Pirate Website is Taken Down
- Harry Potter eBooks now Available at Kobo
- Author Jenny Lawson on Social Media, Blogging
- New Update for Transformer Prime Has Face Unlock Feature
- Kindle Lending Website Lendle Put Up for Sale
- Good e-Reader at Book Expo American 2012
- Plastic Logic Quits the e-Reader Business
- Adobe Unveils its Newest Digital Publishing Suite Features
- UK Authors Want to Be Paid by Libraries When Their eBook Is Loaned Out
Ebook Friendly
- Barnes & Noble offers brand-new Nook Tablet for $149 on eBay!
- International ebook antitrust lawsuits [infographic]
- How to download own ebooks on the Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight [video tutorial]
- Kindle Daily Deal, 17.05.12 – Identity: Lost – Pascal Marco [save 90%]
- Bookshelves arranged to look like skulls [pictures]
- Kindle Fire gets grilled [video]
- Dimensions of the most popular tablets [chart]
- Ebook deals, May 16 – Skooba Skin Neo for iPad for $17.95 + 11 more
- Kindle Daily Deal, 16.05.12 – Daughters for a Time – Jennifer Handford [save 60%]
- 3 infographics on how a book is created
From around the web
- Amazon reviews have as much weight as professional critics, says new study
- New Yorker Relaunches Literary Blog as ‘Page-Turner’
- Seattle library hides 1,000 books around town for young people to find
- Free Kindle download book for Mother's Day
- Mother’s Day: 10 Digital Gifts for Last-Minute Shoppers
- Amazon to Lend 'Potter' E-Books - Wall Street Journal
- How to Self Publish - The Guardian
- Microsoft and Barnes & Noble Create E-Book Partnership
- E-Book Prices Must Come Down
- The Case Against DRM On Ebooks
Press releases
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- #1 Bestselling Suspense Author Jeffery Deaver Visits St. Louis County...
- LD Magazine Hits The NewsStand ... Apple's NewsStand that is
- New Book Reveals Author’s Proposals for Saving Western Civilization
- New Release Guides Entrepreneurs through Emotions of Owning a...
- New Xulon Title is Easy-to-Understand Guide on Effective Prayer
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