Amazon to pay royalties for fan fiction in new ‘Kindle Worlds’ program Ready to write some fan fic? Amazon may have some money for you. The company says it will license rights… Read More
E-book payouts in the works: Apple, Amazon send notices People who purchased certain e-books from Amazon, Apple and other digital retailers will receive payouts estimated to range from 30… Read More
Amazon publishing unit to make e-books available via rival retailers Amazon.com’s New York-based publishing business has entered into a deal with Ingram to distribute its e-book titles, opening up the… Read More
E-books: Apple rails against DOJ and ‘monopolist’ Amazon Apple isn’t merely contesting allegations that it conspired with major book publishers to fix prices in the e-book industry, it’s… Read More
Kindle Singles author: ‘I’m going to name my first child Amazon’ A little more than a year ago, Amazon launched its “Kindle Singles” e-book program, seeking to establish a niche for… Read More
Seth Godin says Apple rejected his e-book, based on Amazon links In its quest for an edge in the digital book market, Apple just stepped on some very big toes. Author… Read More
Amazon’s Best Books list spotlights Prime lending problem Amazon.com is out today with its list of the Best Books of 2011, its editors’ picks of the top 100… Read More
Amazon Kindle library lending program launches in beta Amazon.com is has begun publicly testing its new Kindle e-book lending program at two major library systems in its home… Read More
George R.R. Martin joins Amazon’s ‘Kindle Million Club’ After visiting Amazon.com in Seattle recently, legendary fantasy and science fiction writer George R.R. Martin observed that the company was “selling… Read More
Report: Amazon plans digital book subscription service Amazon wants to bring the concept of digital subscriptions to electronic books — opening up a catalog of content to… Read More
New Kindle ‘@author’ feature lets readers ask writers questions from inside their books Amazon.com today unveiled a new Kindle feature, @author, that will let readers ask questions of authors while reading their books.… Read More
Kindle Daily Deal: Amazon debuts e-book discounts Amazon.com this morning debuted a new e-book discount program, Kindle Daily Deal, that will offer one Kindle book each day… Read More
Fish & chips with your Moby Dick? Microsoft seeks patent on ads inside e-books A newly surfaced Microsoft patent application proposes to serve ads inside e-books, adjusting their relevance based on the contents of… Read More
Back to school special: Amazon unveils Kindle textbook rental service College isn’t getting any cheaper, and that means students need financial help wherever they can ge it. Amazon.com is trying… Read More
Google reveals first native eBooks device, promises more Will this device give Amazon’s Kindle a run for its money? Probably not, at least not on its own, but… Read More
Ex-Google engineer’s epiphany: A digital Bible for the Facebook generation The Bible is the best-selling book of all time. But it hasn’t changed much since the advent of the printing… Read More
UW study of Kindle usage shows why students aren’t shelving real books Chalk one up for ink and paper — the real kind. A University of Washington study, released today, finds that… Read More
Amazon introduces library lending for Kindle books Amazon.com plans to launch a new service later this year in which Kindle users can borrow digital books from 11,000… Read More
Sales of ‘e-books’ soar, now the #1 format over paper I confess, I’ve never read an “e-book.” But, it turns out, I very well be in a shrinking class. According… Read More
Did Amazon just kill Lendle? Electronic book lending service Lendle may be entering its last chapter. Amazon.com today revoked API access to the company, essentially… Read More
Amazon vs. Apple: Emergence of the next great tech rivalry? To understand the competitive mindset of Steve Jobs at any given moment, it’s important to listen to the sales updates… Read More
