Will the eBook finally replace paper?
Four major hurdles have restricted the electronic book market: construction, cost, content and culture.
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Google's Book Plan for Publishers
In an effort to help book publishers generate revenue through the Google Book Search program, and deter from any copyright issues, books that are now part of the Google Publisher program will be offering publishing houses the opportunity to sell their book titles online.
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National Book Festival Welcomes eBook & Audiobook Downloads on the Digital Bookmobile
WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - 09/08/10) - On the 10th anniversary of the National Book Festival organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress, eBooks have gained a foothold with the reading public. A majority of American public libraries now offer free eBook downloads, and circulation is up more than 170 percent from 2009. OverDrive's Digital Bookmobile ( www.digitalbookmobile ...
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Press Release - MegaReader iPhone App Gives Access to 1.8 Million Free Books
Portland based Inkstone Software today announces MegaReader 1.0, a highly customizable iPhone eBook reading app that gives users the choice of over 1.8 million free books on the internet.
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If Self-Published Authors Owned the Midlist
Mega publishers like Simon and Schuster and Random House could someday cede the midlist to a vast army of self-published authors. In that scenario, they’d focus instead just on blockbuster books by brand-name authors and celebrities. All the rest — the literary fiction, the cookbooks, the self-help books, the bread and butter midlist books that now make [...]
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