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Romance Writers of America Launches New Book Award

23 May, 202023 May, 2020UncategorizedOne Comment

Much to the surprise of everyone who watched the RWA’s very public attempt to destroy itself earlier this year, the Romance Writers of America has announced...

West Virginia Prisoners Will Be Charged by the Minute to Read eBooks on Tablets

27 November, 201927 November, 2019Uncategorized9 Comments

When I had previously reported on US prisons restricting sources of books (or out right banning books altogether) I justified the practice by pointing out the...

Amazon Names Margaret Atwood’s “The Testaments” as the Best Books of 2019

12 November, 201912 November, 2019UncategorizedLeave a comment

Today, Amazon announced its selections for the Best Books of 2019, naming Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments – the sequel to her dystopian masterpiece The Handmaid’s Tale – the Best Book of 2019....

Draft2Digital Stops Distributing to Google Play Books, Playster

24 October, 201924 October, 2019UncategorizedOne Comment

Back in February D2D announced that it was adding a new distribution channel: Play Books. And now, 8 months later, they are canceling that distribution channel....

You Tell Me: Do You Have an On-The-Go Writing Solution?

20 October, 201920 October, 2019Open Topic, Uncategorized13 Comments

I got an email this morning from Astrohaus, and it got me thinking about writing while on the go. Astrohaus is a startup that makes a...

Monday Morning Coffee – 23 September 2019

23 September, 201923 September, 2019UncategorizedLeave a comment

Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. If white people in books were described like people of color are – you’d lose your...

A Study of 3.5M Books Found Women Are Described by Their Looks and Men by Their Vices or Virtues

29 August, 201929 August, 2019Uncategorized3 Comments

We all know that women and men are described differently when mentioned in the news, so it should come as no surprise that the same would...

Microsoft eBook Refunds Are Coming in July

25 June, 20193 July, 2019eBookstore, Microsoft, UncategorizedLeave a comment

When Microsoft announced in April that it was shutting down yet another ebookstore, they told customers that we’d be getting a complete refund and a credit...

Amazon Announces the Best Books of 2019 (So Far)

18 June, 201918 June, 2019UncategorizedLeave a comment

Amazon announced on Tuesday its selections for the Best Books of the Year So Far, naming Elizabeth Gilbert’s novel City of Girls the top pick overall. Over...

Nook Glowlight Plus Features a 7.8″ Screen, Retails for $199

23 May, 201923 May, 2019Uncategorized10 Comments

So it would seem that new Nook ereader that showed up on the FCC website last month is not a replacement for the Nook Glowlight 3;...

The Biggest Plagiarism Scandal in the History of eBooks Slipped by Amazon Unnoticed

1 May, 20191 May, 2019Amazon, Fraud, Intellectual Property, Piracy, Uncategorized10 Comments

When news broke a little over two months ago that the Brazilian author person Cristiane Serruya had copied parts of Courtney Milan’s book, The Duchess War,...

British Prison Inmates Smoked Harry Potter Pages

17 February, 201918 February, 2019Uncategorized9 Comments

Remember last year when everyone was losing their shit over evil profiteering prisons banning print books or forcing inmates to only buy from approved sources? I...

C.L. Polk’s “Witchmark” is Tor.com’s eBook of the Month

12 February, 201912 February, 2019UncategorizedLeave a comment

Every month Tor.com gives away a free ebook. This month’s ebook is Witchmark by C.L. Polk: In an original world reminiscent of Edwardian England in the shadow...

You Tell Me: What is Your Favorite Fictional City?

9 January, 20199 January, 2019Uncategorized11 Comments

The right setting can make a story unforgettable. It can inspire readers to pick up a previously read book just to thumb through familiar pages and...

Bowker’s ISBN SIte Has Been Hacked, and Credit Card Numbers Have Been Stolen

2 November, 201825 November, 2018Uncategorized18 Comments

When I reported 3 days ago about MyIdentifiers.com’s extended downtime, I made an offhand reference to a report about credit cards being stolen on the site. I...