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  Can Google Save Indie Bookstores?

  1433 readersThis morning Google launched the Google eBookstore, which is aimed at helping indie bookstores compete for the growing demand for digital publishing. The platform is designed for small and local bookstores to be able to sell eBooks. Consumers can alre...

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  Booki.sh Adds 5 Retail Partners In Australia

  710 readersAustralian eBook company Booki.sh has launched five new independent eBook stores in Australia. Booki.sh will power the eBook distribution and sales for these stores. From a specialty cookbook store to the winner of the “Best Independent Bookseller in Tasmania” award, the retail partners include: Books for Cooks, Mary Ryan’s, Fuller’s, Gleebooks and Avid Reader. The new partnerships come

• E-Retailers Now Accounting for Nearly Half of Book Purchases by Volume, Overtake Physical Retail

  153 readersIn 2012, for the first time ever, online channels accounted for more book purchases than bricks-and-mortar retail in the U.S., according to new data from Bowker Market Research. In 2012 (through Nov.), 43.8% of books bought by consumers were sold online versus 31.6% sold in large retail chains, independent bookstores, other mass merchandisers and supermarkets. This

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  Get eBooks From Your Local Bookstore & Library

  1960 readersTime and time again, I hear from readers that they prefer print books because they like to support their local book stores and they like to check eBooks out from the library. Thankfully you can do both using your eReader. Using Google Books, you can buy digital editions of eBooks from thousands of different indie bookstores

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  Libre eBookstore Doubles in Size

  5918 readersThe German media retailer Libre.de has just added 220 thousand eBooks to its eBookstore. Customers can now search for and buy from a selection of 450,000 from German and international publishers including CUP, Pearson, Elsevier, and McGraw-Hill. Libre also carries a number of eReader models, including the Acer Lumiread, Sony Readers, Pocketbook eReaders, and others. It

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  Interesting video explaining how the iRiver HD ereader works with Google Books

  50362 readersShowing both how the iRiver HD ereader works and how to use it to download Google Books on it: This video seems to me to be useful on two fronts, it is a very practical guide on how the iRiver HD ereader actually works, so a sort of “how to use it” video, and also it

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  Iriver Story HD Now Available in Australia

  848 readersGoogle announced today that the iriver Story HD Wifi, the first eReader to have the Google eBookstore integrated, is now available in Australia. irver has already signed up 3 Australian retailers to carry the Story HD. JB HiFi, the Good Guys and Harvey Norman all should have it in stock today, and more retailers are

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  Apple Stores to Open Early Today with More iPad 2

  2432 readersUnwired View is reporting that Apple will open its retail stores an hour early today, March 15th. Supposedly the stores will be open with a new stock of the iPad 2, which sold out sold out within minutes when it launched last Friday. While this isn&#82...

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  The Unbridled Books eBook Sale was a Huge Success

  2724 readersIndependent bookstores sold nearly 16 thousand eBooks last week as Unbridled Books’ “25 for 25″ sale. This sale, which ran from June 9th to 11th, promoted 25 titles which Unbridled Books was selling through the Google eBookstore. It was specifically designed to help the independent bookstores draw in customers so they could build a long term

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  How Kobo Kicked Google’s Butt

  111 readersIn the first month of selling ebooks with Kobo, indie bookstores sold more ebooks than in two years selling them in a similar partnership with Google.   The key to Kobo’s success? Devices, say about a dozen bookstore owners we interviewed for this story. Having a device to sell in the store makes it easier