GfK may have reported that fewer German ebook buyers bought more ebooks last year, but the German Federal Statistics Office, or Statistisches Bundesamt, announced on Tuesday that the number of ebook buyers...
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Morning Coffee – 12 December 2018
Here are a few stories to read this Wednesday morning. There's only one book in B&N's top 20 gifts list. The NYTimes ponders the difference between audiobooks and books. ...
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Calibre is Being Used to Run 1,800 Online Content Servers – including De Facto Pirate Servers
Calibre is a widely used ebook library tool that can convert ebooks to and from just about any format and help you load said ebook on to just about...
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Download Ian McDonald’s “LUNA: NEW MOON” For Free Before 15 December
The Tor.com Book Club selection for December is the first book in Ian McDonald's Luna series. In Ian McDonald’s Luna: New Moon, the scions of a falling house must navigate a world...
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Kindle Paperwhite Audible Bundle Includes $79 Headphones, $129 Kindle Paperwhite
In the past Amazon has offered bundles that included variously a Kindle Fire tablet, case, and newspaper sub; a Kindle ereader and backpack; a Kindle, charger, and case; and...
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Another eReader Company Bites the Dust (No, Not the Nook)
Yesterday's story about the MobiScribe ereader reminded me about a story I had been waiting a few weeks to see if it developed. The ereader importer Icarus has apparently...
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Google Site Kit Will Make It Easier to Integrate Google’s Services Into WordPress Sites
Between its SEO, traffic analysis, and performance optimization tools (Search Console, Analytics, and PageSpeed Insights, respectively), Google supplies a number of key tools used by just about everyone who...
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New 6.8″ MobiScribe eReader Clears the FCC
A new FCC filing has brought my attention to a new ereader (and related tech) startup called Team UC. This company just sent a Netronix ereader through the FCC,...
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Morning Coffee – 10 December 2018
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Google's filter bubble is inescapable. The TrueSizeOf.com website will show you how maps have been lying to you all...
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Sales Must be Slow, Because Amazon Just Put the New Paperwhite on Sale for $99
Amazon rarely puts their newest Kindle ereader on sale (Kindle Fire tablets are another matter*), but it looks like they have made an exception. The two-month-old 4th-gen Kindle Paperwhite...
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What’s the Best Option for Rescuing Your Content From Tumblr?
Tumblr's announcement this week that all adult content will be deleted on 17 December has many users running for the exits, and that really should include you (even if...
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Onyx Boox Euclid Runs Android 60, Has a 9.7″ Screen, Costs $397
Onyx has a new ereader, and this time they are going retro. The Onyx Boox Euclid runs a current version of Android on a reasonably powerful CPU, but it also...
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Amazon Has Thrown in the Towel on a Third Bookstore
It looks like Amazon is losing interest in opening new bookstores. It has recently either abandoned or adapted three Amazon Books locations, raising questions whether Amazon is going to...
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Morning Coffee – 7 December 2018
Here are a few stories to read this Friday morning. Amy Collins "laments" the end of the era where she could spam book reviewers with requests to review her...
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Are Email Verification/Validation Services Worth the Cost?
If you hang around where business people (this includes authors) talk about marketing, the topic of mailing lists will come up a lot, and every so often someone will...
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