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Google Gives Sony 1 Million More Books

Sony has announced that its eBook store now offers access to more than 1 million free public domain books from Google. The selections include biographies, historical texts, romance novels and hundreds of other genres. The titles have been digitized by Google as part of its Google Book project. The titles are available on Sony's eBook reader.

Shortcovers Could Challenge Amazon's Kindle

You've probably heard a lot of hype about the new Kindle 2 from Amazon that people just started receiving this week. This isn't the only news in electronic reading materials though. What if you could just get books delivered to your phone? That doesn't sound too bad, and it's exactly what Canadian Indigo Books & Music, Inc. is doing with its well-timed release of Shortcovers, which launched today.

Ebay To Stop Allowing Digital Product Sales

This is quite a big news for those who is earning a living or just some pocket money from selling digital product on Ebay. Hello…This is Brian Burke, Director Global Feedback Policy. Digital goods are often reproduced at little to no cost to the seller. On eBay, this creates the potential for Feedback Manipulation (both real and perceived). To preserve the integrity of the Feedback system, effective March 31 all goods that can be digitally downloaded or transferred electronically must be listed using the Classified Ads format.

eBook Sales Up, Amazon's Kindle Eyed

Amazon remains mum on the issue; there's no telling if we'll ever find out how many Kindles the company's moving.  There has been a documented rise in eBook sales, however, and it doesn't seem unreasonable to connect A and B.

The Incredible Shrinking Book

Have you ever read a long document on your computer screen?  I’m talking novel-length.  It’s not nearly as comfortable as paging through a book from your couch.  But if you’re brave enough to try something even more doubtful, stories are becoming available through cell phones.

Google Plots On E-Books And Games

The new year finally seems to be on track, as new rumors about Google merrily bounced around the Internet, bringing tales of e-book distribution and in-game advertising with them.

Hip and Stylish Younger Sibling to the Whitepaper

If you're reading this, it's likely that you are a reader of other blogs. As such, you're probably aware of the growing number of e-books available. So what's the deal?

The Secret Benefits of Reselling eBooks & Software

When I started out back in 1998, there was a lot of junk on the web. Really useless junk that internet marketers tried desperately to make a buck with.

Create Viral Traffic With Brandable eBooks

When I started my website, one of the first things I did was place a few free eBooks up for download in order to have something for free.

How to Copyright your Website and Ebooks

There is a lot of information theft on the Internet. Unscrupulous people think they have the right to copy your information and put it on their website or information product. To protect yourself against this theft you should copyright all your work.