Neowin News Feed for: Ebook

"Pay what you want" Humble Bundle expands into eBooks

John Callaham — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:20:02 +0100

The Humble Bundle team, which has released a number of "pay what you want" bundles of games, have now expanded into eBooks, selling several sci-fi/fantasy games for any price a person wants to pay. Read more...

Legal service LendInk shuts down over 'legal intimidation'

Paul Ferson — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 19:45:13 +0100

LendInk, a legal website promoting the sharing of sharing-enabled eBooks, has been shut down by its owner. Various forms of legal intimidation targeted his family and web-host prior. Read more...

Apple rejects iBook for making reference to Amazon

Paul Ferson — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 02:28:22 +0100

Apple rejected an iBook from its store, due to the book guiding readers in how to market their own novels. The book made reference to Amazon, and was rejected over mentioning a competing company. Read more...

Digital Public Library of America earns an influential ally

Tyler Holman — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 22:43:09 +0100

Harvard's Digital Public Library of America, which hopes to revolutionize our concept of what a public library is, just earned a $1 million grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Read more...

Is ComiXology the future of comic books?

Tyler Holman — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 22:55:01 +0100

The CEO of ComiXology, who partners with Marvel, DC and countless indie publishers to bring digital comics to PCs and mobile devices, says that they've served up over 75 million digital comics. Read more...

Amazon gives update on Kindle Fire sales

John Callaham — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:32:55 +0000

Amazon has announced that it has now sold "millions" of its Kindle Fire tablet along with "millions" more of its Kindle eReaders and that it was the best holiday ever for the Kindle hardware family. Read more...

Apple named in EU probe on eBook pricing

John Callaham — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:58:35 +0000

Apple and a number of book publishers have been named in an investigation by the European Union over alleged anti-competitive pricing in the selling or eBooks. Read more...

Marvel Comics to go digital by March 2012

John Callaham — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:05:49 +0000

Marvel Comics has announced that nearly all of their comic books will be released via digital means day-and-date with their print counterparts by March 2012, following the lead of DC Comics. Read more...

Amazon reportedly working on Netflix-like eBook service

John Callaham — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:56:26 +0100

A new report from the Wall Street Journal claims that Amazon is in talks with book publishers about setting up a Netflix-like "all you can read" monthly subscription service for eBooks. Read more...

Harry Potter eBook site hit by scammers and conmen

Paul Ferson — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 11:24:50 +0100

'Pottermore', the website from which J.K. Rowling's successful franchise of books will be sold for the first time in eBook format, has been abused by online scammers trying to make a quick profit. Read more...

Amazon cuts prices of Kindle 3; could a new model be in the cards?

Paul Ferson — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 02:22:00 +0100

After prices of the Amazon Kindle 3 eBook reader were slashed, the Internet rumor mill began to circulate the possibility of a new version of the popular device. Read more...

Harry Potter books to finally make eBook debut

Mike Brown — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:33:59 +0100

J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, has announced plans to join the multitude of authors distributing their works as eBooks. The catch, however, is that the series will only be available from... Read more...

Amazon Kindle now allows book sharing

Christopher White — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 23:14:18 +0000

Amazon's Kindle has been a runaway success for the company. Not only is it Amazon's best selling product of all time, it has even entered the mainstream with non-technology people either buying or strongly considering... Read more...

Third-generation Kindle is the top selling product in Amazon's history

Kelly Hodgkins — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:03:59 +0000

Amazon released its holiday sales figures and confirmed that the third-generation Kindle is now the best selling product in Amazon's history. Holiday sales propelled the eReader past the previous reigning champ, Harry Potter and the... Read more...

Google opens their eBookstore

Brandon Boyce — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:06:06 +0000

Google has finally opened the Google eBookstore offering a little more competition in the ebook space. Google executives describe the store as an "open ecosystem" with millions of free and paid books from over 4000... Read more...

Amazon's new Kindle the best-selling item and shipping early

Alan Cone — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:07:10 +0100

A surprise came from Amazon today, with them stating that the highly sought newest Kindle will start shipping two days early. Originally set for shipping on August 27, customers who pre-ordered the device will be... Read more...

E ink playing with color and touch displays, due in late 2010

Alan Cone — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:29:27 +0100

The most wanted features for many in Amazon's Kindle and other eBook readers are about to become a reality. These features would be a color screen, and a touch E Ink screen. Electrophorescent (EPD) displays... Read more...

Amazon sells out of updated Kindle

Tzvi Friedman — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:58:23 +0100

As Amazon fights off fierce competition on the e-reader front from Apple’s iPad and Barnes & Noble’s Nook, the Kindle received a much-welcomed update last week. As it turns out, according to PCmag, it was... Read more...

Google launching digital book store

Benjamin Rubenstein — Wed, 05 May 2010 00:43:38 +0100

According to The Wall Street Journal, Google is set to launch its digital book store in late June or July. Google has been talking about entering the digital book world for quite some time now.... Read more...

Amazon temporarily pulls Macmillan e-books over pricing

Mike Brown — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:38:36 +0000

Following the publication of an open letter last Saturday where Macmillan's John Sargent revealed that Amazon had removed all of their books, Amazon has announced the return of Macmillan titles to their stores. The dispute... Read more...