Morning Coffee – 9 December 2019
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. The AP notes that Amazon is making a lot of money off of ads now that...Continue reading
“The Casual Vacancy” Tops Goodreads’ List of Popular Abandoned Books
BoingBoing brings our attention to one of the hidden features of Goodreads. Lots of people like to use GR's "shelves" feature to track the books they...Continue reading
UK Audiobook Revenues to Eclipse eBook Revenues in 2020, and Other Impossibilities
Back in 2014 everyone was excitedly repeating the claim that Amazon made up half of the UK's online retail. This idea lasted until about ten minutes...Continue reading
Kindle Firmware Update 5.12.3 Adds Library Badges
Amazon is rolling out another update for its Kindle ereaders, one that includes an announced feature and a few hidden hints about upcoming features. Kindle update...Continue reading
Say Good-Bye to the Ten-Digit ISBN
The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) announced last week that newly purchased ISBNs sold through Bowker will soon be sporting a 979 prefix. Bowker's John Purcell...Continue reading
Monday Morning Coffee – 2 December 2019
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Ten-digit ISBNs are being phased out. An old fuddy-duddy is shutting down The Society for the...Continue reading
All Kindles are On Sale for Black Friday, Including the 2019 Kindle Oasis
Amazon has had most of its Kindles and all of its Kindle Fire models on sale all week, and now they are adding the Kindle Oasis...Continue reading
West Virginia Prisoners Will Be Charged by the Minute to Read eBooks on Tablets
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...Continue reading
eReader Market Projected to Shrink by Over 50 Percent in Next Five Years?
Long time readers of this blog will know that I am not a huge fan of market "analysis" "reports" that try to predict the future of...Continue reading
Amazon Opened a Bookstore in Nashville Just in Time for Thanksgiving
Amazon opened its 21st bookstore in Nashville TN last Friday, only 3 days after opening a store in Arizona. The Nashville store is located in the...Continue reading
Monday Morning Coffee – 25 November 2019
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. PW reports that a new e-commerce platform for bookstores is launching soon. It's still not clear...Continue reading
Amazon’s Black Friday Kindle Deals Are Now Live – $29 Kindle Fire 7, $79 Kids Kindle Bundle, and More!
Black Friday may still be 4 days away, but Amazon has always been one to launch a sale early. The retailer has started their Black Friday...Continue reading
Why We’ll Never Have a “Books Anywhere” Service
I was getting caught up on my RSS feeds and twitter link junkies this morning while working on tomorrow's link post when I came across an...Continue reading
What To Do If Your Identity is Stolen and Used for Money Laundering in Createspace or Amazon
Did you find out the hard way that you were the victim of identity theft after the thief used your info in one of Amazon's services?...Continue reading
Would You Write Your Next Book Using Smart Compose, Google’s Autocomplete?
Autocomplete is perhaps best-known for its use in "complete this sentence" memes, and that is because it is programmed almost at a "throw it against the...Continue reading