Kindle UK Store now lets authors, publishers upload ebooks directly
At first I was a little puzzled as to why they did this, but it makes some sense. If you were a British author wouldn't you...Continue reading
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Kindle UK Ebookstore launched, 400k titles, most prices the same
So the UK version of the Kindle Store launched today, right on schedule. It has nearly 400k titles which might make it the largest ebookstore in...Continue reading
Smashwords, Diesel Ebookstore sign distribution agreement
from the Smashwords blog: Smashwords today announced a two-part ebook distribution partnership with the Diesel eBook Store, a leading independent ebook retailer. The agreement expands ebook...Continue reading
New ebook distribution platform launched in Japan
From the press release: NTT DOCOMO, INC. and Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (DNP) announced today that they will partner in an electronic publishing business covering...Continue reading
Taiwan based FET announce “Ebook Town”
The China Post are reporting: A major telecommunications operator, Far EasTone (FET) yesterday announced its official entry into the market with the launch of “eBook Town.”...Continue reading
Japanese ebook market rose 24% in 2009
Impress R&D (summary translated from Japanese) released a report yesterday on the Japanese ebook market. They found that ebook sales rose 23.7% in 2009 to 57.4...Continue reading
Is Mobipocket withering on the vine?
I just came across this post on the Diesel Ebookstore blog: To our patrons of the Mobipocket format — We regret to inform you that Mobipocket...Continue reading
Dymocks secretly sells seven e-readers
You might recall that last week Dymocks announced they were adding support for Epub and DNL formats. One comment I made was that I was surprised...Continue reading
Blog2Print
I found an interesting new publishing platform called Blog2Print. They provide a service that helps blogger gather the posts and comments from blogs and bundles them...Continue reading
Interpark CEO says E-readers are Overhyped
The head of South Korea's second largest online bookstore was interviewed in yesterday's Korea Herald. From the article: Lee Seung-hoon, president of Interpark Corp., offered a...Continue reading