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Kindle Unlimited

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The links below are to articles that look at Amazon’s new Kindle Unlimited service.

For more visit:
– http://kindleworld.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/amazons-new-kindle-unlimited.html
– http://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-news/amazon-enters-ebook-subscription-market-with-kindle-unlimited
– http://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-news/kindle-unlimited-goes-live-with-ebook-audiobook-titles
– http://goodereader.com/blog/digital-publishing/is-kindle-unlimited-good-for-indie-authors
– http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/amazon-reveals-kindle-unlimited-ebook-subscription-service_b88175
– http://ilmk.wordpress.com/2014/07/18/its-official-kindle-unlimited-is-here-with-639621-titles/
– http://www.infodocket.com/2014/07/16/get-ready-here-comes-we-think-amazons-all-you-can-read-subscription-e-book-subscription-service/
– http://www.teleread.com/amazon/kindle-unlimited-now-live/
– http://www.teleread.com/amazon/amazon-start-kindle-unlimited-service-similar-scribdoyster/
– http://the-digital-reader.com/2014/07/18/amazon-launches-kindle-unlimited-will-take-international-september-october/

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Amazon officially launches Kindle Unlimited, ebook and audiobook subscription service for $9.99/month

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Laura Hazard Owen's avatarGigaom

Amazon(s AMZN) has officially launched Kindle Unlimited, the $9.99/month ebook and audiobook subscription service we told you about on Wednesday.

The details are, pretty much, what already leaked. The service is only available in the U.S. for now. About 640,000 titles are available, most from Amazon’s own publishing imprints or by self-published authors who’d previously enrolled their books in KDP Select. There are books from traditional publishers as well — no big-5 publishers — but Abrams, Algonquin, Workman, Open Road and Bloomsbury, among others. Two thousand audiobooks from Audible are included, and a membership to Kindle Unlimited comes with a free three-month Audible subscription.

“You can keep up to ten books at a time and there are no due dates,” according to Amazon’s help pages. “Read your Kindle Unlimited books on any Kindle device or free Kindle reading apps.”

One splashy series of note that is available: The first…

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Scribd Updates

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The link below is to an article that looks at recent updates for Scribd and its various apps and subscription service for ebooks.

For more visit:
http://www.teleread.com/book-subscription-services/scribd-gives-new-look-apps-adds-new-platform/

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Apple to Settle in Ebook Lawsuit

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The link below is to an article that reports on the news that Apple will settle in the ebook pricing lawsuit.

For more visit:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/apple-agrees-to-450-million-settlement-in-e-book-suits/2014/07/16/a1851e66-0d2f-11e4-8c9a-923ecc0c7d23_story.html

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Quidditch

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If you’re into Harry Potter – and there are plenty who are, clearly – the article linked to below may be of great interest to you. Quidditch has become a real sport – perhaps you would like to play?

For more visit:
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/18/quidditch-harry-potter-sport-jk-rowling

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Writing in Books

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The link below is to an article that looks at writing in books.

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http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2014/jul/17/do-you-write-in-your-books

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Reasons to Love Your Ebook Reader

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The link below is to an article that looks at reasons why it is OK to love your ebook reader.

For more visit:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kendra-alvey/7-reasons-its-okay-to-love-your-ereader_b_5592417.html

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Pottermore liveblogs the Quidditch World Cup: Rita Skeeter’s snarkiest lines

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Amazon makes a direct offer to Hachette authors: Here’s the full letter

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Laura Hazard Owen's avatarGigaom

As the negotiations with Hachette drag on, Amazon says it is “thinking of proposing” a path that would alleviate pressure on Hachette authors.

David Naggar, VP of Kindle content and independent publishing, sent a letter to a few Hachette authors, literary agents and Authors Guild president Roxana Robinson over the weekend suggesting that “for as long as this dispute lasts, Hachette authors would get 100% of the sales price of every Hachette ebook we sell. Both Amazon and Hachette would forego all revenue and profit from the sale of every ebook until an agreement is reached.” The idea, seemingly, is that that loss of ebook revenue would “motivate both Hachette and Amazon to work faster to resolve the situation.”

Hachette would need to agree to the proposal, of course, and the letter made it clear that as of its writing Amazon hadn’t actually suggested the idea to Hachette yet: Rather…

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Whispernet

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The link below is to an article that looks at Amazon’s ‘Whispernet.’

For more visit:
http://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/how-amazon-whispernet-for-kindle-3g-really-works