Delphi Classics: Back in Business? [Updated with Delphi’s assurance it’s working again]
Update, May 13, 2016: We encourage you to check out Delphi again. The site assures us: "We have spent a considerable amount of time improving our new website and service, while restoring...
Why do publishers need XML?
When editors understand XML as well as English grammar, and regard metadata as valuable as a plug on Oprah, only then will the structural elements exist in e-books that will make them more valuable than p-books.
Oyster to stay open through early 2016; Scribd to offer Hachette and Macmillan audiobooks,...
The Oyster e-book subscription service will stay open through early 2016, according to Smashwords CEO Mark Coker. Along the way, he compares Oyster’s economics with those of Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited....
Amazon Kindle Oasis unveiling at 9 a.m. today—with $290 price tag?
Amazon's new top-of-the-line Kindle Oasis will be unveiled at 9 a.m. with a $290 price tag. It's to be available this week.
Such, anyway, is the news in a CNBC video, which confirms...
Delphi Classics: An Update from the Owner [Our update: Do give Delphi another try]
Update, May 13, 2016: We encourage you to check out Delphi again. The site assures us: "We have spent a considerable amount of time improving our new website and service, while restoring...
‘The Brothers Vonnegut,’ a related podcast and your chance for a free review copy
My fellow Kurt Vonnegut fans came out of the woodwork recently, so here’s a pointer to what could be an extremely well-done biography of Kurt and his oldest brother Bernard, a...
Google adds blue-blocking night reading mode to Google Play Books
I'm not sure if it would be fair to say that night-reading modes that block sleep-depriving blue and green light frequencies is a fad, but it certainly seems to be popular...
eBookAd president: We’re thriving–even in the wake of overseas fraud attempts against us
eBookAd says it's thriving and is paying publishers every penny owed--despite a series of attempted credit card frauds from the Middle East and Asian countries such as Vietnam. I've talked to...
$50 Amazon Fire tablet plays well with OverDrive library app—which can read ePub from...
I asked earlier if any libraries might buy $50 Amazon tablets. The six-pack price without tax or shipping is just $250 or about $42 per device. Now the case for...
As BlueIndy rental e-cars go in down the block, my lifestyle becomes more rent-centric
While this isn’t directly about e-books, it’s about a trend I remarked on in April that e-books are related to. We’re getting to the point where we need to own things...
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A sad tale of Amazon monetization: eReaderIQ and the affiliate program
Courtesy of the Kboards, a worrying item about struggling e-book sites and their ability to monetize engagement with Amazon - or not - has...
