Retrevo Offers a Free Online Database With Access to More Than 100,000 User Manuals
From PC World:
The site offers downloadable manuals for all kinds of electronics, from calculators and cell phones to TVs and remote controls. The only trick? Finding them.
Retrevo is primarily a shopping...
AmazonCrossing announces new translated books for Spring
The books, which will be published in English for the first time, include: The Hangman’s Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch; No Reserve: The Limit of Absolute Power by Martín Redrado; Old Town...
The Presses de l’Université Laval launches its ebookstore and iPad ereading app
From the press release:
Québec, April 11 2012 – The Presses de l’Université Laval (PUL) today announced the launch of its new online ebookstore and iPad ereading application. Both were developed by...
Tools of Change next week
Monday through Wednesday is O'Reilly's Tools of Change. I'll be there and covering it for you.
According to a press release I got today, the event is sold out and has...
The eBook Wars: The Price Battle (III) — One Author’s View
Back and forth the discussions go about pricing. eBookers think ebooks are overpriced if they are priced above the Amazon-imposed $9.99 ceiling, and even at that price point the price is...
Random House of Canada Ebooks Coming to Canadian Libraries
From the press release:
Ontario Library Association (OLA) Super Conference -- Canadian libraries, schools, and colleges will soon have access to thousands of eBooks from Random House of Canada through OverDrive...
Society of Authors (UK) slams ebook royalties again
Tom Holland, chair of the Society of Authors, has an editorial on Bookseller.com today regarding royalties for ebooks.
... it is unconscionable that publishers should be attempting to strong arm authors into...
Medianet launches ebook catalog and distribution service
From a press release they sent me:
MediaNet, the digital music pioneer has launched an eBook catalog and digital distribution service with 200,000 titles from the world’s largest publishers including Simon &...
The E-book (R)evolution: Two Reports from Financial Times’ Digital Media Conference
The panel took place today in London.
From The Next Web:
“Amazon was apparently invited to join this particular panel discussion at the Financial Times’ (FT) Digital Media Conference today, according to the...
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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...
