Thu September 18 2014
Amazon Announces New Fire Tablets |
12:07 PM by ucfgrad93 in E-Book General | News Amazon has updated their lineup of Fire Tablets. They have added a 6" version, kid versions (6" or 7"). Fire - Kid version "Enjoy the peace of mind with an unprecedented 2-year worry-free guarantee—if they break it, we'll replace it for free. No questions asked" 6" Fire starts at $99, comes in 8GB or 16GB in a choice of 5 colors. |
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Amazon's new Family Library feature lets you share purchases as a household |
12:07 PM by AnemicOak in E-Book General | News
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Wed September 17 2014
Latest Authors United letter to Amazon Board |
11:12 AM by TCSimpson in E-Book General | News Seeing that the Amazon/Hachette dispute and this stuff in general always generates a robust debate, placing this here seems a good fit. |
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Sat September 13 2014
MobileRead Week in Review: 09/06 - 09/13 |
06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review What was going on this week at MobileRead? Here's your chance to catch-up if you missed something! E-Book General - News |
Fri September 12 2014
Pew Report on Younger Americans and Public Libraries |
07:00 AM by ElspethB in E-Book General | News An overview of a recent Pew report. Some interesting findings here, including the fact that 88% of American adults under age 30 read at least one book in the past year versus 79% of those age 30 and older. Also, the use of e-books among young adults has increased. |
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Charting Nook's Decline |
07:00 AM by charmian in E-Book General | News http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2014...nooks-decline/ Nook's revenues have been decreasing, but lately they have also decreased their losses. |
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Sat September 06 2014
MobileRead Week in Review: 08/30 - 09/06 |
06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review Ladies and Gentlemen, it's time for our weekly roundup of what's new and interesting in the world of e-books. E-Book General - News Miscellaneous - Announcements |
Fri September 05 2014
A Change in the "Deals, Freebies, and Resources (No Self-Promotion)" Stickies |
10:10 AM by WT Sharpe in Miscellaneous | Announcements In the interest of making things easier for everyone, there has been a change in the way the book deal stickies for the various genres work in the Deals, Freebies, and Resources (No Self-Promotion) forum. Whereas before they all remained active for only one month, now each sticky will have a one year time limit. You will notice the change in the titles of the threads immediately. That means all of you who have been creating new threads each month and asking for them to be made stickies will now only have to do that one a year on the first of January. |
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