It’s the myth that just won’t die. Ebooks are Dying. Sales are down. Kindles are Clunky! Help! Alarm! Except they aren’t. It’s really disappointing that reporters for major outlets continue to get this story wrong. And they continue to assert …
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How to find Free Books
Everyone loves to read. But books can be expensive! Here are some great ways to read books for free. Your local library. Duh. Did you know your local library probably has ebooks and audiobooks too? (and much more!). If you’re …
Another nail in the coffin of subscription book reading
Electric Literature reports: We’ve written previously about Scribd and the challenges of the ebook subscription model. Electric Lit reports that Scribd will more-or-less gut the service by imposing hard-to-understand limits on how much you can read on the service. It’s …
Whither the eBooks subscription model?
Whither the eBooks subscription model? The news that Oyster is closing shop (or at least, abandoning their eBooks subscription business) suggests a re-evaluation of the subscription eBook business model is in order. We’ve written before about the challenges of the …