Tag Archives: ebooks

Great news from Amazon for illustrated non fiction publishers

Posted on October 24, 2011 by David Stephens

On Friday Amazon announced that their new Kindle Fire will read the latest Kindle Format 8 files which will support HTML5. This ebook format will be rolled out across the Amazon range of new devices over the next few months. … Continue reading →

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Is the straight conversion of books to fixed layout or Kindle Print Replica formats missing the point?

Posted on September 7, 2011 by David Stephens

Is straight conversion of books to fixed layout or Kindle Print Replica formats really missing the point? Put it this way, if the paper book had never been invented do you think ebooks would be in the same format and … Continue reading →

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Amazon Kindle Store now rents content to students

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Liz Murray

Amazon now offers students the possibility to rent out their textbooks as e-books through the Kindle Shop.  In a nutshell, the service presents many advantages: Save up to 80% off the price of the print textbook. You may adjust your … Continue reading →

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Take that Amazon – Harry Potter eBooks to be sold directly on Pottermore.com

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Liz Murray

J.K. Rowling today, Thursday 23rd June, answered mounting speculation about the nature of her new project and announced Pottermore, a unique and free-to-use website which builds an exciting online experience around the reading of her hugely successful Harry Potter books, … Continue reading →

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Review of Amazon eBook sales website

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Liz Murray

In the Sunday Times this week they reviewed websites that you can buy eBooks from. Seeing as the Sunday Times is now subscription only, I’ll summarise the main points from the article in the next couple of blog posts. With … Continue reading →

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