Ebooks
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Nearly half of Americans didn’t read a book last year
46% of Americans were book-free in 2023, while 11% read 20 books or more.
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Study: reading on paper improves comprehension even 8 times more than digital
According to Spanish researchers, reading print materials for pleasure improves understanding of texts far more than reading on digital devices.
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Free ebooks for Christmas: here are the top 20 downloads
Just like a year ago, we are presenting the list of ebooks that were most downloaded from Project Gutenberg in the last 30 days.
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Ebooks may be a gateway to a harmful surveillance
The fact that you don’t reveal your reading activity to the public doesn’t mean your sensitive data is 100% protected.
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Gen Z vs. Millennials – how they read books and use libraries (report)
The report released by ALA found that 54% of Gen Z and Millennials visited a physical library in the past year. 52% said they borrowed from library digital collections.
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What are the preferred book formats in the US? (chart)
The chart shows that printed books are still the most popular book format among adults in the United States.
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Innovations in books from the movable type to artificial intelligence (infographic)
The infographic created by Codemotion takes a look at the evolution of books and publishing through the milestone innovations.
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Amazon KDP self-publishers can’t publish more than 3 books a day, after AI concerns
The three-book limits comes a few days after Amazon’s announcement of the new guidelines requiring authors to disclose if their work includes AI content in books.
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KDP authors are now required to inform of the use of AI-generated content
Amazon has started requiring authors to disclose if their work includes AI content (text, images, or translation), even if they made substantial changes or edits.
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Ways to get a college-level education online for free (infographic)
There are now many free online resources that can help you learn new skills and earn a college-level education without having to pay any tuition
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AI-generated books become Kindle Unlimited’s real problem
Ebooks generated by AI are flooding Kindle Unlimited catalog – and they will be more and more difficult to spot.
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How to spot AI-generated Kindle Unlimited ebooks
Here is a list of factors that will let you spot AI-generated books that are currently flooding Kindle Unlimited catalog.
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Perspectives of using AI in education (infographic)
Personalization seems to be one of the biggest benefits of using AI in the classroom.
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Ebook market worldwide revenue 2018-2027 (chart)
The global revenue in the segment of electronic books is forecast to continuously increase by 8.3% since 2023, to reach 15.4 billion USD in 2027.
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One author published 100 sci-fi books co-created with AI, earning nearly $2,000
The author is using ChatGPT for text and Midjourney for images. Each of his short books contains up to 5,000 words and between 40 and 140 AI-generated images.
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5 most effective ways to engage readers with ebooks (infographic)
Ebooks, audiobooks, and other technologies can be used to improve reading skills and increase the digital literacy. Here are five ways to use them.
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9 recommended Kindle books for World Book Day 2023
Books by authors from 9 countries are available for World Book Day 2023 at reduced prices. You can grab one of these titles for free.
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Internet Archive is using AI to extract words from 100-year-old records
Recently, The Internet Archive was using Whisper, an AI speech recognition tool, to extract spoken and sung words from old, noisy 78rpm records.
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Reading ebooks before it was cool
Do you remember when you started reading a first ebook? What was your first reading machine?
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Bionic Reading app has received German Design Award 2023
The company that started a new era of reading experience, has won the international design award in the category Apps for Excellent Communications Design.
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Jane Austen books – free ebook and audiobook downloads
All Jane Austen’s novels are available for free from Project Gutenberg, both as ebooks and audiobooks. You can also read them online, right on your computer.
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The best Kindle Unlimited books in 2023, according to Amazon editors
Amazon editors recommend the best new books you can read for free with your Kindle Unlimited subscription.
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This children’s book was written and illustrated during a weekend with the help of AI
Ammaar Reshi spent a weekend to co-create the book, Alice and Sparkle, and self-publish it on Amazon.
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12 years ago, Amanda Hocking became the most famous self-publisher in the world
In less than a year, Amanda Hocking sold over 900 thousand copies of her nine novels.