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.

12:07 PM by AnemicOak in E-Book General | News

Amazon just removed one of the biggest roadblocks for sharing things you've bought with someone else in your family — at least for some of the things you buy off Amazon. Alongside its new line of Kindle announcements, it's introducing a new feature called Family Library that lets people in the same household share books, audiobooks, Prime Instant videos, and any apps or games that were bought off Amazon's Appstore. Not included on that list are things like purchased music, movies, or TV shows.

http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/17/63...ture-explained

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.
http://www.thebookseller.com/news/au...n-board.html-0 Let the opinions flow.

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

• Charting Nook's Decline
• 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.

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.

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

• Joan Rivers Book Sales Spike 70,750 Percent

Miscellaneous - Announcements

• Listen Up - We've got a brand new audiobook forum
• 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.