Amazon joins Scott Turow, John Grisham, other top authors in effort to take down ‘pirate’ book site A group of best-selling authors is teaming up with Amazon in a lawsuit that aims to bring down an alleged… Read More
This term paper writes itself: Amazon patents auto-completing quotes, leveraging its vast digital library In a world where copy and paste is commonplace, typing out quotes should be a thing of the past. But even with… Read More
Seattle startup Booktrope raises $1.2M for its book ‘team-publishing’ service Booktrope, a Seattle-based startup with a platform and service for book authors, has raised $1.2 million of a planned $2.3… Read More
Study: A majority of kids are now reading with e-books The shift to electronic books is clearly apparent with kids, as a new study shows that 67 percent of U.S.… Read More
E-books: Apple trial wraps up — now for the waiting game Following closing arguments yesterday, Apple’s 3-week-long e-book price fixing trial has finally come to an end. But it’ll be a… Read More
An e-book projector? Kindle vet sees big hardware changes, and lower prices A new book by Jason Merkoski, a former Amazon manager who was an early leader of the company’s Kindle team, tells… Read More
Smashing Ideas helps bring Wizard of Oz back to life on the tablet L. Frank Baum, author of the classic children’s book “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” probably wouldn’t have guessed that his… Read More
