BookShout shows that it’s possible to disrupt the hugely expensive work that Amazon and Barnes and Noble have done to “lock” users… Read more »

I can imagine few more nightmarish scenarios than to be denied access to a portion of my library by some faceless corporate voice… 1 / Read more »

A recent Simba Information report (subscription required) “posits that the decrease in the number of bookstores that we saw in 2011 did not lead to a corresponding growth in ebook… 1 / Read more »

The Folger Shakespeare Library has been publishing William Shakespeare’s plays for years, and it announced this week that it’s releasing its highly popular New Folger Library editions as e-books. Widely… Read more »

In a somewhat comedic article in the New York Times, Kyle Jarrard writes about the fate of eBooks after their owners pass away. It is a grim topic but one… Read more »

The New York Times headline says it all: “Target, Unhappy With Being an Amazon Showroom, Will Stop Selling Kindles.” The story beneath that headline, by Stephanie Clifford and Julie Bosman,… Read more »

Greetings from London, where I’m at the London Book Fair meeting with publishers from around the world — who all want to speak about one thing: what they call the… 3 / Read more »

There have long been rumors of a push by US retailers, particularly Barnes & Noble, to gain a share of UK and European markets. As B&N loses its physical footprint… Read more »

Amazon’s declaration of war on brick & mortar stores has lead to many powerful and creative responses from retailers. None though, so cleverly efficient as this chart (DOWNLOAD THE PDF),… 6 / Read more »

Kobo has announced a new $99 touchscreen e-reader just days after the news that the company had been sold to Japan’s leading online retailer, Rakuten, for $315 million. The inexpensive… Read more »