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Should I stop buying paper books and use an e-reader instead?

Should I stop buying paper books and use an e-reader instead? | eBook News & Reviews | Scoop.it
As Kindle sales continue to rise, is there really a green arguement for stopping reading "real" paper books?
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Island in the Clouds - still available as an eBook!

Island in the Clouds - still available as an eBook! | eBook News & Reviews | Scoop.it
It's been a year now since my novel, Island in the Clouds, was first released for sale in eBook format. I set up IslandCatEditions and began with ePublishing to test some theories I had on the dire...
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E-Reader Price War Breaks Out In UK as Kobo Chases Nook Down

E-Reader Price War Breaks Out In UK as Kobo Chases Nook Down | eBook News & Reviews | Scoop.it
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Iain Banks on E-Books: The legacy of a great Scot TeleRead: News ...

Iain Banks on E-Books: The legacy of a great Scot TeleRead: News ... | eBook News & Reviews | Scoop.it
I want to spotlight one small aspect of all the work and life he crammed into his 59 years: his perspective on e-books and the state of publishing. Banks was a great if idiosyncratic futurologist, besides a model writer, and both ...
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Pullman: Pay us for library e-books or writing will not be 'commercially viable' - Daily Mail

Pullman: Pay us for library e-books or writing will not be 'commercially viable' - Daily Mail | eBook News & Reviews | Scoop.it
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Pullman: Pay us for library e-books or writing will not be 'commercially viable'
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Libraries should pay authors a fair sum each time they lend out an e-book or writers will go bust, a leading novelist claimed today.
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Pirated eBook Copies of Stephen King's 'Joyland' Circulate - mediabistro.com

Pirated eBook Copies of Stephen King's 'Joyland' Circulate - mediabistro.com | eBook News & Reviews | Scoop.it
Pirated eBook Copies of Stephen King's 'Joyland' Circulate
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I also loved the paperbacks I grew up with as a kid, and for that reason, we're going to hold off on e-publishing this one for the time being.
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Self-Published Authors are Destroying Literature - Good E-Reader (blog)

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Self-Published Authors are Destroying Literature
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Self-published authors and their insistent need to spam social media and pump out a copious amount of horrible ebooks is ruining the modern online bookstore.
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The German eBook Market Experiences Modest Gains in 2012 | Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News

The German eBook Market Experiences Modest Gains in 2012 | Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News | eBook News & Reviews | Scoop.it
The ebook market in Germany has increased in value, as more publishers are now offering expanded content. There is a growing demand for ebooks fr
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Are Ebooks Worse For Kids Than Paper Books? - Digital Book World

Are Ebooks Worse For Kids Than Paper Books? - Digital Book World | eBook News & Reviews | Scoop.it
Are Ebooks Worse For Kids Than Paper Books?
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Two recent surveys on children and digital books have generated headlines hinting at ebooks' negative influence on kids.
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UK Society of Authors Strikes Back at Unfair eBook Lending | Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News

UK Society of Authors Strikes Back at Unfair eBook Lending | Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News | eBook News & Reviews | Scoop.it
An article today in The Guardian brought to light some of the discrepancies that take place in the realm of digital publishing. The more than 130-
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Lonely Planet Launches Interactive Ebooks of its 'Best Trips' Series on Inkling - WebWire (press release)

Lonely Planet Launches Interactive Ebooks of its 'Best Trips' Series on Inkling - WebWire (press release) | eBook News & Reviews | Scoop.it
Lonely Planet Launches Interactive Ebooks of its 'Best Trips' Series on Inkling
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Lonely Planet is excited to announce its newest series of enhanced ebooks: Best Trips, available via Inkling.
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Ebooks: The Long and the Short of It - EContent (press release)

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Ebooks: The Long and the Short of It
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Ebook readers report that one of the biggest benefits of digital books is the inherent portability.
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Report: One in Three Americans Now Own a Tablet | Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News

Report: One in Three Americans Now Own a Tablet | Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News | eBook News & Reviews | Scoop.it
Tablet devices are here big time, and if you still need proof, a new research by the Pew Internet and American Life Project has revealed tablet ow
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ABA Reports That the Kobo Partnership With Indie Booksellers is Now Twice as Large as the Google Partnership it Replaced

ABA Reports That the Kobo Partnership With Indie Booksellers is Now Twice as Large as the Google Partnership it Replaced | eBook News & Reviews | Scoop.it

It’s been some nine months since Kobo and the American Bookseller Association launched a new affiliate partnership, and the ABA is more than pleased with its success.

According to the ABA spokesman Neil Strandberg, the indie bookstores participating in the program are now doing twice as much business as they did back when Google was partnered with the ABA IndieCommerce program.


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Marketing Indie Authors: Find readers for your eBook | Between the ...

As an Indie author, you are in charge of everything: Self-publishing your eBook, creating your eBook, and of course, marketing your eBook. One of the more.
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Never fear! Digital comics aren't phasing out paper comic books - Las Vegas Sun

Never fear! Digital comics aren't phasing out paper comic books - Las Vegas Sun | eBook News & Reviews | Scoop.it
Never fear! Digital comics aren't phasing out paper comic books
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Never fear! Digital comics aren't phasing out paper comic books. Image. Sam Morris / Las Vegas Sun.

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Lonely Planet and Inkling Launch New Enhanced eBooks - Good E-Reader (blog)

Lonely Planet and Inkling Launch New Enhanced eBooks - Good E-Reader (blog) | eBook News & Reviews | Scoop.it
Lonely Planet and Inkling Launch New Enhanced eBooks Good E-Reader (blog) Lonely Planet has turned to Inkling to produce a new series of enhanced eBooks called 'Best Trips.' The Inkling editions of the popular Best Trips series are interactive and...
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Vancouver's BitLit Takes Cue from Music Industry, Brings Print and E-books ... - Techvibes (blog)

Vancouver's BitLit Takes Cue from Music Industry, Brings Print and E-books ... - Techvibes (blog) | eBook News & Reviews | Scoop.it
Vancouver's BitLit Takes Cue from Music Industry, Brings Print and E-books ...
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There is nothing like flipping through the pages of your favourite book, feeling the thickness of the literature move from one hand to the other.
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Paper rules: Why borrowing an e-book from your library is so difficult - Digital Trends

Paper rules: Why borrowing an e-book from your library is so difficult - Digital Trends | eBook News & Reviews | Scoop.it
Digital Trends Paper rules: Why borrowing an e-book from your library is so difficult Digital Trends Four years in, borrowing an e-book from your local library is still a difficult and confusing process that varies wildly depending on what kind of...
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New Indie eBookstore Tomely puts the Emphasis on being DRM-Free | Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News

New Indie eBookstore Tomely puts the Emphasis on being DRM-Free | Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News | eBook News & Reviews | Scoop.it
There is a new online indie bookstore in Australia today, by the name of Tomely. It allows small publishers and independent authors to sell their
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Sony Discusses Digital Books and the Growth of the Reader Store | Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News

Sony Discusses Digital Books and the Growth of the Reader Store | Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News | eBook News & Reviews | Scoop.it
Sony has been selling e-Readers since 2006 and has been operating their own eBook store for a number of years. The company has expanded their reac
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Apple to bring iBooks to laptops and desktops

Apple to bring iBooks to laptops and desktops | eBook News & Reviews | Scoop.it
Apple will bring iBooks to laptops and desktops, it announced in the keynote of its Worldwide Developer Conference on Monday in San Francisco. Since the launch of the iBookstore in 2010, iBooks has only been available as an app.
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Why Amazon Wants to Sell Books and Broccoli - Businessweek

Why Amazon Wants to Sell Books and Broccoli - Businessweek | eBook News & Reviews | Scoop.it
Why Amazon Wants to Sell Books and Broccoli
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Bezos is betting customers will combine their grocery orders with selections from among Amazon's 500,000-plus product offerings, such as movies, books, video games, and motor oil.

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Grocery stores have for a long time sold books, so why can't an online bookstore combine sales of books with food?

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Ringo Starr's 'lost' photographs published in e-book - BBC News

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Ringo Starr's 'lost' photographs published in e-book
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Photographs from former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr's personal archives that have never been seen before have now been published in an e-book.
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Self-published ebook sales reach 20% of genre market

Self-published ebook sales reach 20% of genre market | eBook News & Reviews | Scoop.it
Self-published titles accounted for over a fifth of crime, science fiction, romance and humour ebooks sold in UK in 2012 Self-published books accounted for more than 20% of crime, science fiction, romance and humour ebooks sold in the UK in 2012,...

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Margaret Atwood: doyenne of digital-savvy authors

Margaret Atwood: doyenne of digital-savvy authors | eBook News & Reviews | Scoop.it
Margaret Atwood's online presence and prolific digital output should serve as an example to the tech-shy older author, writes Anna Baddeley
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Sign Up for Amazon’s Comics Newsletter, Get a Free Superman Comic for Your Kindle | Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News

Sign Up for Amazon’s Comics Newsletter, Get a Free Superman Comic for Your Kindle | Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News | eBook News & Reviews | Scoop.it
The Amazon folks want you to subscribe to their Amazon Delivers Comics Newsletter, and they are willing to offer a small bribe: A free copy of Sup
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Please note: This offer is only valid to Amazon.com customers in the US. Not available to Canadian customers!