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Kindle UK Store now lets authors, publishers upload ebooks directly

16 August, 201016 August, 2010eBookstoreLeave a comment

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...

Kindle UK Ebookstore launched, 400k titles, most prices the same

5 August, 20105 August, 2010eBookstoreLeave a comment

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...

Smashwords, Diesel Ebookstore sign distribution agreement

5 August, 201031 December, 2012eBookstoreLeave a comment

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...

New ebook distribution platform launched in Japan

5 August, 201031 December, 2012eBookstoreLeave a comment

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...

Taiwan based FET announce “Ebook Town”

12 July, 201015 November, 2019eBookstoreLeave a comment

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.”...

Japanese ebook market rose 24% in 2009

8 July, 201031 December, 2012eBookstoreLeave a comment

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...

Is Mobipocket withering on the vine?

1 June, 20101 June, 2010eBookstoreOne Comment

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...

Dymocks secretly sells seven e-readers

11 May, 20105 May, 2017e-Reading Hardware, eBookstore2 Comments

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...

Blog2Print

10 March, 201010 March, 2010Digitization, eBookstore3 Comments

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...

Interpark CEO says E-readers are Overhyped

5 March, 20105 March, 2010eBookstore2 Comments

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...