Amazon put out a big release today letting everyone know that there are now over 100,000 ebooks in the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library. Of course, any of our readers would know that there were over 100,000 ebooks in the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library a little over three weeks ago on February 6th. So why did Amazon wait until today to make the announcement on the number of titles in its lending library? [Read more…]
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Ebook sales skyrocket and print book sales plummet in 2011
The Association of American Publishers released revenue figures today for the month of December and for all of 2011. The data shows that ebook revenues more than doubled from 2010 and that print book revenues declined 15%-36% depending on the category. [Read more…]
Harry Potter ebooks coming to public libraries through OverDrive
Public libraries are about to experience something truly unprecedented when it comes to ebooks. The legendary Harry Potter ebooks will be available at public libraries before they are available at stores or at Amazon.
OverDrive announced today that Pottermore has agreed to make OverDrive the exclusive distributor of Harry Potter ebooks and audiobooks to public and school libraries. [Read more…]
Amazon stops selling 4414 ebook titles from IPG over price dispute
Here’s something that you don’t see every day. There are now less ebooks for sale on Amazon than there were a few days ago. On Monday, Amazon stopped selling 4414 ebook titles from Independent Publishers Group over a pricing dispute.
IPG is one of the largest independent book distributors. They distribute for small and large independent publishers in the U.S. and internationally. [Read more…]
Barnes & Noble goes after Kindle Fire with $199 8GB NOOK Tablet
The battle for the 7-inch tablet has just gotten more exciting. Barnes & Noble hopes to cool the blistering hot sales of Amazon’s Kindle Fire by releasing a version of the NOOK Tablet priced at $199. [Read more…]