One of the surprises of the panel discussions at today’s Digital Book World conference was the amount of talk about print-on-demand, both of its benefits and its drawbacks. While some of the talk was about how not enough emphasis is being put on POD as a viable program option for authors, and more than one  [ Read More ]

McDonald’s has been giving away free toys with Happy Meals for the last twenty years and the company has partnered with the latest movies and television franchises for cross-platform advertising. Today the company announced that in most fast food locations in the United Kingdom they will begin to give away a free book! Starting today  [ Read More ]

Kobo has announced a new program for owners of the Kobo Touch and Kobo Touch with Offers ereaders.  The Kobo 2012 Book Club will offer a free ebook to members each month during 2012.  Owners of the Kobo Touch ereaders in the US and Canada will be enrolled automatically in the program when they register  [ Read More ]

The Steve Jobs autobiography written by Walter Isaacson is poised to be the top selling book on Amazon in 2011. On the strength of pre-orders the book is the 13th best selling edition on Amazon and it only went on sale today. The book covers the life and times of Steve Jobs and gives you  [ Read More ]

Duff McKagan, founding member of Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver, shares the story of his rise to the pinnacle of fame and fortune, his struggles with alcoholism and drug addiction, his personal crash and burn, and his phoenix-like transformation via a unique path to sobriety in his new book “It’s So Easy: and other  [ Read More ]

Amazon has started offering a Daily Deal featuring a different Kindle Book offered at a discounted price every day.  Today’s deal is Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen priced at .99 vs the regular price of .99.  Each special offer will run for 24 hours.  Possibly Related Posts: Free ebooks & other deals – 07/04/2011  [ Read More ]

It’s that time of the year. Amazon.com has announced their annual Best Books of the Year So Far list. This mid-year retrospective highlights the best books released in 2011 between January and June. Readers looking for great books this summer will find an eclectic list, from a faux memoir conceived as an introduction to a long-lost  [ Read More ]

Everyone’s favorite online retail book giant just got a little bit bigger. Amazon has announced a pending deal to purchase British bookseller Book Depository, adding the smaller site’s 6 million titles to its own global market. Book Depository has had a partner selling relationship with Amazon.com going back at least as far as 2007, as  [ Read More ]

Introduction and demonstration of the brandnew txtr Reader (Ebook Reader) from the Frankfurt Book Fair 2009, right after the txtr Press Conference. More informations: www.newgadgets.de

Buy The Kindle 2 (6″) Here Buy The Kindle DX Wireless Reading Device (9.7″) Here The beginning of electronic book reader has been continually discussed, there has been no success. However, Amazon seems to have been a touchdown. Listed by the end of 2007 the Amazon Kindle, the e-book wireless reading device offers a complete  [ Read More ]