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Okay, maybe that title is a bit cliche, but Daron Fraley pointed me to an excellent article on the O’Riley Radar that really catches the vision of all that e-books can provide authors. There really is a lot of good … Continue reading →

I’ve never tried to gift an e-book before, but apparently it wasn’t easy. I own a Kindle, and it’s quite easy to purchase a book and be reading it in just minutes, but apparently there wasn’t an easy way to … Continue reading →

The New York Times will start tracking the bestselling e-books, and report them separately from their other lists. Amazon, currently the e-book king, already tracks their bestsellers, but the NYT will gather data from publishers so that other e-book outlets, … Continue reading →

E Ink Corp, the company that makes the e-ink technology for Kindle, now has a color version. This doesn’t mean that the Kindle will soon be in color, only that the option is now there. The color won’t be as … Continue reading →

Great article over at paidContent. They predict that by 2015, e-books will be a three billion dollar industry (they are a one billion dollar industry right now). I’ve seen a lot of numbers, but these numbers are new, and pretty … Continue reading →

A friend of mine pointed me to this announcement by Publishers Weekly. If you read the article fast, you’ll miss an important part. From the article: Sterling Children’s Books will launch a new teen fiction imprint in January, called Splinter. … Continue reading →

Amazon sent out a press release about a week ago talking about how well e-books are doing. In some cases, e-books are outselling their print counterparts two to one. A robust e-book market is what Amazon is hoping for, since … Continue reading →

What does three days of work get you? Well, if you’re Stephen King, and you write a short story for the Kindle, you get $80,000. Seem like a lot? King agrees with you. “I didn’t do ‘Ur’ for money. I … Continue reading →

Big news from Barnes & Noble. I’m traveling, so don’t have a lot of time for comment, but you can read good coverage of the announcement here.

There is a great scene in Spinal Tap where . . . actually, let me show you. Over four thousand people have entered the Pepsi refresh challenge. The top ten get funded. TwHistory is currently number eleven. We’d love to … Continue reading →