According to a report published by the Association of American Publishers (AAP), publishers now earn more on ebooks than hardcover books. The report said that the sales revenue (net) from ebooks is more than the sales of hardcover books during the first half of the year. This is the first time that digital copies of [...] Read more → 
Amazon is pulling out at least 5,000 titles of the shelves after they failed to reach an agreement with Independent publish Group (IPG) over terms of a new contract. The latter is the second largest independent book distributor in the US and has been in the business for 41 Chicago Tribune reported that Amazon began [...] Read more → 
The New York Times published an article last Sunday regarding Barnes & Nobles taking on Amazon. It stated that they are “putting the final touches on their (Barnes & Noble’s) fifth e-reading device, a product that executives aid would be released sometime this spring”. Unfortunately, the popular newspaper wasn’t able to get any comment from [...] Read more → The new bargain priced Kindle Fire has received good reveiws lately and it seems that it has ignited public interest on the tablet arena. Unfortuantely, with the gazillion updates Amazon and other tablet manufacturers have done to their devices, it’s a pity that it’s hard to read books on. The Kindle Fire is suppsed-to-become 2012‘s [...] Read more → Amazon announced last Thursday that Kindle devices were flying of the shelves for the past few weeks. They are estimating a million Kindle devices sold per week for the past three weeks. The sales are for their latest Kindle fire, Kindle touch and the Kindle. Their latest gadget, the Kindle Fire, is their version of [...] Read more → It seems like Samsung is indeed really serious in joining the eReader market. Because aside from the eReaders they’ve unveiled on the press conference at the CES, they have two more eReaders on display on their booth. In addition to the E6 (6-inch) and E101 (10-inch), Samsung apparently also have a 5-inch model and 6-inch [...] Read more → Before, a lot of people thought ebooks will never really be a hit and ebook readers aren’t a necessity. All of that changed with the introduction of Amazon’s Kindle. For the first time ever, Amazon shoppers on Christmas day bought more books for their Kindles then they did the traditional paperbacks and hard-bounds. Usually, on [...] Read more → You can now buy and download eBooks right in the stores of Barnes & Noble thanks to the launching of free Wi-Fi in their bookstores yesterday. Of course, the free wireless hotspots will be provided through AT&T, the same company that has provided Barnes & Noble paid Wi-Fi network since 2005. And if you’re wondering [...] Read more → 