B&N Press continues to add features in the face of an uncertain future. I just got an email from B&N, informing me that authors using B&N Press can...
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Author: Nate Hoffelder
Nate Hoffelder is the founder and editor of The Digital Reader. He has been blogging about indie authors since 2010 while learning new tech skills weekly. He fixes author sites, and shares what he learns on The Digital Reader's blog. In his spare time, he fosters dogs for A Forever Home, a local rescue group.
Nook Glowlight 3 Available as a Refurb for $89
Speaking of refurbs, the latest Nook Glowlight is now available as a refurb on B&N's website. This is the 2017 model that is going to be replaced soon by...
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Kindle Paperwhite 4 Now Available as a Refurb
Amazon is selling the newest Paperwhite as a refurb with a surprisingly high price tag. This 8-month-old ereader normally retails for $129, but you can get it as a...
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Kobo Aura 2 is On Sale for $69 on Walmart.com
Kobo's entry level ereader is now $30 cheaper than it was only a couple weeks ago. The Kobo Aura 2 is selling for $69 on Walmart.com, which is a...
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FictFact is Shutting Down
A reader has tipped me to the news that the FictFact service has shut down. (Thanks, Eric!) The company sent the following notice to users: We recently lost our...
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Walmart Launches Three Sub-$99 Tablets to Challenge the iPad
There are an awful lot of cheap and terrible Android tablets on the market, and now thatnks to Walmart there are three more. On Monday Walmart rolled out 3...
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How to Create a Live Backup of Your Working Files Using Google Drive
My server getting hacked a couple months ago made me deeply appreciative of regularly scheduled backups (sometimes the best solution to a situation is to delete whatever is causing...
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Morning Coffee – 20 May 2019
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Turn the map of Westeros upside down, and you'll see it is based on a map of Ireland. Amazon...
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Nine Tips for Authors Going to Their First Book Fair (updated)
Book fairs and other local events can be a great way for authors to connect with readers and make new fans. They are immensely valuable, but at the same...
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Xiaomi iReader A6 Features a Color-Changing Frontlight, Audio,
A reader just clued me in on the iReader T6, the ereader I wrote about earlier this week. It turns out it was actually released last April, not this...
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Morning Coffee – 17 May 2019
Here are a few stories to read this Friday morning. David Gaughran details the many upcoming adverse changes to Mailchimp's services. I'm moving the last of my mailing list...
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Google Play Books is Cutting Out the Middleman, Now Wants a Direct Relationship with Authors and Publishers
Many authors and publishers use a company such as PublishDrive or Draft2Digital to handle their distribution to smaller ebook retailers. They trade a small cut of their revenue for...
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New Kindle Fire Tablet Has a Faster CPU, Twice the Storage
That mysterious Amazon tablet that showed up on the FCC website last week now has a name, a price, and a ship date. On Thursday Amazon announced a new...
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Xiaomi iReader T6 Features a 6″ Carta E-ink Screen, Retails for $135
Xiaomi's first ereader is a fairly ordinary looking black rectangle that would be hard to pick out of a lineup. The iReader T6 runs a proprietary version of Linux...
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Kindle Unlimited Per-Page Rate, Funding Pool Rose in April 2019
Amazon announced on Wednesday that the Kindle Unlimited funding pool grew by $100,000 in April 2019, to $24.1 million. At the same time the per-page rate royalty was...
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