In a statement today Amazon said that it sold well over 1 million Kindle devices each week in December.  Amazon does not disclose actual Kindle sales figures, but says that millions of Kindle Fires and millions of the e-ink based Kindle ereaders have been sold since the introduction of the new devices.  The Kindle Fire  [ Read More ]

Kobo Customer Service is a wicked and harsh mistress! You only have to look as far as a few of our posts HERE and HERE with thousands of comments to see peoples utter disdain on the entire Kobo customer service experience. The company outsources all of its support to India and most of the call  [ Read More ]

According to a new survey by Data Conversion Laboratory (DCL), 70 percent of respondents to a survey drawn from a cross section of the publishing industry cited ‘quality’ as the most important consideration when publishing an eBook. Another important finding is that 63 percent of the respondents plan to publish a digital book in 2012.  [ Read More ]

It is no secret that Amazon has been selling Kindle devices like hot cakes. As it turns out, the company has sold millions of Kindle Fire and Kindle units. Amazon has announced that it sold 1m Kindle devices each week in December. That’s a pretty impressive number even tough it includes all Kindle devices. We  [ Read More ]

As is usual of late, there are a number of the Prime Eligible Kindle Booksthat are free for a brief period for everyone regardless of whether or not you have a Prime membership.  There are too many for me to list here and in any case many are free for only very brief periods (unless  [ Read More ]

The world leader in children’s publishing, Scholastic, Inc., has made tremendous strides in 2011 to incorporate a transmedia experience for today’s young readers. Fans of the book clubs will fondly remember the excitement of the monthly book order forms, and today’s school-aged readers are no different. Except, of course, that books now compete with various  [ Read More ]

Amazon is making it easy for customers to load up their new devices with the “Best of Digital” store, which features recommendations from Amazon’s team of editors on must-have movies & TV shows, music, video games, software, mobile apps, magazines and Kindle books, along with hundreds of deals on digital content. Historically, Christmas day is  [ Read More ]

Some free ebooks to fill that new ereader up with.  There are a number of titles from the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library that are free briefly for everyone, including non-Prime members.  There are too many of these for me to list here and many seem to be reunited with their price tags after only a  [ Read More ]

Many have received a new Kindle with ads as a gift this holiday season. Amazon’s ads are not that annoying. But there are some folks who prefer not seeing them at all. Just like most smartphones, your e-reader can be jailbroken. The process is surprisingly easy. Y42K has published an easy to follow guide that  [ Read More ]

With the advent of iOS 5 that arrived for the iPad in the last few months came a number of core enhancements and features. The most prevalent is the Apple Newsstand that gives a dedicated space for magazine companies to sell their wares. Until the newsstand came into being, customers had to rely on 3rd  [ Read More ]