The link below is to an article reporting on losses for Barnes & Noble, with losses for the Nook.
For more visit:
http://mashable.com/2012/06/19/barnes-and-noble-fiscal-q4-2012/
Category Archives: Bookshops & Publishers
The Book Stand
The Book Stand is my Tumblr Blog, which is all about free Kindle and PDF format ebooks. The Blog is regularly updated and now has something like 50 ebooks listed. These ebooks are not always free for long, so please check that they still are if you wish to get the ebook for free only. There are some great books available for free.
Visit The Book Stand at:
The Book Stand.
The Book Stand content is now available in the right hand column of this Blog also via a RSS feed and widget.
Remember, you can always download the free Kindle app for your computer, Mac or other device from Amazon, so you don’t need to actually own a Kindle ebook reader.
Visit Amazon for these options:
Amazon Kindle Apps
Article: Don’t Mention Amazon
The link below is to an article that tells the story of one writer’s frustration with iBooks and the Apple iBookstore. This is one of the issues I have with Apple – the way they seek to monopolise a market and place unreasonable demands on their customers.
For more visit:
http://hollylisle.com/apple-made-its-decision-my-turn/
Reading: The Hunt for Red October and Jason Bourne
I am a big fan of Tom Clancy novels and in particular the Jack Ryan series. A number of years ago I read all of the novels published in the series up until the time I moved house and so for the last 5 years I haven’t read any new ones. When I moved I decided I needed to clean out some of my books (and I have a huge library), so I figured the majority of my fiction books could be cleaned out. I always regretted moving the Tom Clancy novels along, though I figured that at some point I could reclaim them as ebooks, which I am now beginning to do.
A couple of weeks ago I decided to start reading the series again – right from the beginning. I hesitated as to what order I should read them, given that Patriot Games really was set before The…
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Article: Amazon’s Big Fall Books Preview 2012
What are going to be the next big offerings in books/ebooks? Well, Amazon have compiled a list of books/ebooks, which can be found on the Amazon site.
For more visit:
Amazon.com: The Big Fall Books Preview 2012.
Article: Changes to Kindle Data Deals
Amazon has announced changes to its earliest data deals, removing the unlimited aspect in early Kindle models.
For more visit:
http://www.techlife.net/tablets/news/2012/7/amazon
Article: Tor Confirms DRM Dropped
As reported some time ago here At the BookShelf, fantasy and Sci-fi publisher Tor, was dropping DRM from all of its ebooks. The link below is to an article confirming that that has now happened.
For more visit:
http://www.ebookmagazine.co.uk/tor-confirms-drm-dropped-from-all-titles/20122685
Article: More on the US Ebook Lawsuit Involving Apple
The link below is to an article with more news on the latest developments.
For more visit:
http://www.macworld.com/article/1167808/apple_booksellers_oppose_proposed_ebook_price_fixing_settlement.html
Article: Latest News on US Ebooks Law Suit
At the BookShelf has been following developments in the USA in the government versus Apple (and others) lawsuit. The link below reports on the latest developments in the case.
For more visit:
http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/23/doj-sticks-to-its-guns-in-price-fixing-suit-against-apple-wont-modify-ebook-settlement/
Article: Amazon
The link below is to an article that reports on the way Amazon does business around the Kindle. An interesting article.
For more visit:
http://finance.ninemsn.com.au/newsbusiness/motley/8503606/how-amazon-squeezes-writers-to-make-you-richer
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