Amazon announced on Friday that the Kindle Unlimited funding pool grew to $24.6 million, from $24.1 million in April 2019. At the same time the per-page rate royalty dipped ...
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Morning Coffee – 14 June 2019
Here are a few stories to read this Friday morning. The Millions wants you to stop hating on the poor, under-trodden, dejected,beaten-down adjective. This interview of retired Apple general...
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Barnes & Noble Investor Thinks Retailer is Worth More than Elliott’s Bid
There's a firm offer From Elliott Management to buy B&N for $683 million, and a rumor of a higher bid being in the works, and now one B&N investor...
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Audible Renames Audible Romance Package as “Audible Escape”
Audible launched its Netflix-style subscription service in late 2017, the focus was strictly on romance audiobooks. Now it is beginning to look like Audible will be expanding the program...
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Pokemon Manga Titles Now Available Through OverDrive
Overdrive announced on Tuesday that Pokemon digital graphic novels are now available for libraries to purchase through Overdrive. Patrons and students of participating public libraries and schools can borrow and...
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Guest Post: Eleven Steps to Creating A Stellar Social Media Marketing Campaign On Instagram
The world of marketing has been taken by storm by the digital wave, and there’s really no stopping how far this wave will go. What started off as a...
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Readerlink is Working on Higher Bid For B&N
It seems last week's reports of B&N's acquisition were greatly exaggerated. The WSJ reports that book distributor Readerlink is working on a bid for Barnes & Nobles that would...
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Likebook Alita has 4GB RAM, 10.3″ Carta E-ink Screen
Boyue just sent me their next 10.3" ereader. It's called the Likebook Alita, and it has gotten this burned-out blogger excited about ereaders again. The Likebook Alita is the...
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Sable’s 9.7″ E-ink Sign Clears the FCC
Sometimes the most interesting things show up on the FCC website vie Netronix. I just found a 9.7" E-ink sign product from a company called Team Sable. Most of...
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Morning Coffee – 10 June 2019
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Penguin is publishing a 1957 novel and claiming that its copyright was never registered. The author's estate disagrees. Jordan...
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Kindle Oasis, Paperwhite, and Kindle (2019) On Sale for Father’s Day
Amazon has put their hardware on sale for Father's Day, and this time around they are including the Kindle Oasis. All three Kindle models are on sale, with the...
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PRH Buys Half of F+W Media At Auction, Including Half of Writer’s Digest
Do you know that story in the Bible where Solomon orders a baby cut in half in order to settle a dispute about who was the mother? One point...
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A Brief Look at Apple Books’ New “Reading Goals” Feature (video)
When Apple announced that the Books app would be getting a reading goals feature earlier this week, all they told us was a brief blurb that said little more...
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Here are a few stories to read this Friday morning. Bookstores are still surviving in the age of Amazon. You should bookmark this list of 14 sites where you...
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Confirmed: Barnes & Noble to be Acquired by the Hedge Fund that Owns Waterstones
For the longest time now it's looked like Barnes & Noble, with no savior in sight, was going to be killed by the current management. Now a potential savior...
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