• PiotrUse Twitter to discover and instantly buy Kindle e-books | Password Incorrect
    February 13, 2011
    How much time do you spend on Twitter every day? Are you connecting with a service via your mobile phone or a tablet? This article is for you. Do
  • Amazon launches official Windows Phone 7 app
    February 10, 2011
    Teased at CES last month, the official Amazon.com Windows Phone 7 app has launched on the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace, bringing millions of products to handsets powered by Microsoft’s new mobile operating system. The full retail experience on Windows Phone 7 follows shortly after Amazon released i…
  • Why did a famous economist publish an ebook and forgo a print edition?
    February 11, 2011
    It’s difficult to pinpoint the first commercially-successful ebook, but many would give a nod to Stephen King’s novella Riding the Bullet. Released exclusively online in March 2000, it was purchased for $2.50 by 400,000 King fans in the first 24 hours, jamming the servers of one of the vendors p…
  • Neil Gaiman Explains How Piracy Helped Sell his Books
    February 10, 2011
    There’s a topic that’s near and dear to most ebook lover’s heart’s: piracy. This clip of Neil Gaiman was posted on Youtube by the Open Rights Group a few days ago. In this video Neil discusses how he learned that piracy actually boosted the sales on his novels. Editor’s Note: This post was…
  • Amazon Releases App For webOS TouchPad
    February 9, 2011
    Amazon has announced a Kindle app for webOS tablets, which was created for HP’s new webOS TouchPad. Amazon demonstrated the new app today at HP’s press conference announcing the new HP TouchPad. Jon Oakes, director, TouchPad Product Marketing, HP, issued this statement: “We’re working with…
  • Authors catch fire with self-published e-books – USA Today
    February 9, 2011
    USA TodayAuthors catch fire with self-published e-booksUSA TodaySelling e-books on Kindle and Barnesandnoble.com basically changed my life, Mallory says. I never would have gotten where I am today if I hadnt. …and more »
  • Tips For Publishing On The Kindle By Joanna Penn
    February 7, 2011
    It’s my privilege to introduce you to a colleague of mine who has just published her first novel, a thriller entitled, Pentecost (Paperback or Kindle). Her novel is similar with its fast-paced action that intertwines biblical history and fiction together that I tried to accomplish with my novel, The…
  • Mobile apps and development platforms get more consumer centric
    February 8, 2011
    The American Chemical Society (ACS) mobile app wins a couple of “best new eproduct” awards and Conduit is set to launch a free one-stop platform for app development that’s easy enough for anyone to use.
  • Ebooks Now & Tomorrow: Interview with Joshua Tallent of Ebookarchitects.com
    February 8, 2011
    Today I’m very pleased to bring you an interview with Joshua Tallent of Ebookarchitects.com. We spoke for about half an hour last week and talked about many of the issues self-publishers face when they try to move their books to ebook formats. Joshua is ideally placed to address these questions….
  • A Guide To Successful Self-Publishing
    February 7, 2011
    The aim of this article is to give you a strategy from which you can build a successful self-publishing career or build an online presence to sell more books. The digital revolution has made self-publishing a realistic option for any writer. In this blog post I have used the ideas…
  • Apple won’t kill the Kindle app – TechRadar UK
    February 1, 2011
    TechRadar UKApple wont kill the Kindle appTechRadar UKAccording to the NYT, that means Amazons Kindle app is also under threat: The company has told some applications developers, including Sony, that they can …change in Apple policy has e-book fans worried about their appsArs TechnicaApple rejects…
  • LendInk – a simple, easy way to borrow Kindle and Nook e-books
    February 7, 2011
    The idea of borrowing DRM-protected e-books has developed quickly over the past couple of months, with Barnes Noble and Amazon both offering the option for users to ‘lend’ an e-book to a friend once for each title they buy. Users have quick to get together to offer more organised ways of connec…
    Via Piotr Kowalczyk’s Password Incorrect blog

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