TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics » Ebook plus http://www.teleread.com News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:00:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 An Ad Model That Might Not Suck? http://www.teleread.com/books/an-ad-model-that-might-not-suck/ http://www.teleread.com/books/an-ad-model-that-might-not-suck/#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:16:16 +0000 Juli Monroe http://www.teleread.com/?p=80603 Last month I wrote about eBookPlus, a startup that wanted to make books free, with ads. To say I wasn’t thrilled would be an understatement. Most of you who commented on the post agreed with me. Forbes had an article today on another startup, HitBliss, that might actually have it right. From Forbes: The Lexington, Mass. [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/books/an-ad-model-that-might-not-suck/feed/ 4 eBook Plus Wants to Connect Readers to Authors, End Piracy http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/ebook-plus-wants-to-connect-readers-to-authors-end-piracy/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/ebook-plus-wants-to-connect-readers-to-authors-end-piracy/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:47:09 +0000 Stanley Goodner http://www.teleread.com/?p=79018 eBook sales have been skyrocketing since 2011, and the publishing market, of course, has been revolutionized as a result. But as the volume of available e-books grows, so does the consumer piracy of e-books. eBook Plus has been launched with the intention of improving the system. As a platform that connects readers, authors, publishers and advertisers, eBook [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/ebook-plus-wants-to-connect-readers-to-authors-end-piracy/feed/ 6 E-Books With Advertising? http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/e-books-with-advertisting/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/e-books-with-advertisting/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:58:29 +0000 Juli Monroe http://www.teleread.com/?p=78930 I just saw this press release from EbookPlus, which wants to make books legally free. Sounds good, right? But wait, there’s more. That’s free, with advertising. eBookPlus.com offers any company the opportunity to create publicity to place in an eBook, whether it is a video, an image or a HTML page. The advertising is unobtrusive, [...]

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