E-books

Amazon hasn’t killed us yet!

After years of bad news and dire predictions, traditional publishers and booksellers sound surprisingly cheerful

Laura Miller Monday, Jun 3, 2013 5:30 PM UTC
Technology Books, Publishing

Jaron Lanier: The Internet destroyed the middle class

Kodak employed 140,000 people. Instagram, 13. A digital visionary says the Web kills jobs, wealth -- even democracy

Scott Timberg Sunday, May 12, 2013 4:00 PM UTC 295
Technology Books, Jaron Lanier, Facebook

This isn’t “mommy porn”

Fleshbot premieres its erotic e-book imprint, hoping that good writing matters more than particular kinks

Tracy Clark-Flory Saturday, Mar 16, 2013 10:00 PM UTC
Business Sex, Love and Sex, Erotica

Do you truly own your e-books?

Amazon and publisher restrictions control your access, but a bookstore lawsuit could change that

Laura Miller Friday, Mar 1, 2013 1:00 AM UTC 35
Business amazon, Bookstores, Publishing

Sorry, the short story boom is bogus

The New York Times touts the Internet's role in reviving interest in short fiction. Too bad it's not true

Laura Miller Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 1:00 AM UTC 31
Entertainment Fiction, New York Times

Harvard Medical School launches series of e-books

The original books will be about yoga, work and parenting VIDEO

Associated Press Monday, Jan 7, 2013 4:39 PM UTC
Entertainment aol_on, Video, Harvard

Amazon’s the devil — and I love it

I know the online behemoth helps destroy the book culture I care about. But then I got a Kindle -- and it's awesome

Art Edwards, The Nervous Breakdown Sunday, Nov 18, 2012 2:00 PM UTC 34
Life E-books, literature

Charity to use “Fifty Shades of Grey” as toilet paper

A charity for abuse victims has called the best-selling sado-masochistic erotic thriller "vile"

Prachi Gupta Monday, Nov 5, 2012 6:46 PM UTC 22
Entertainment E.L. James

Social media scamsters

Authors are resorting to fake reviews and Internet sock puppets to sell their books. How long can it last?

Laura Miller Thursday, Aug 9, 2012 9:25 PM UTC 23
Entertainment Publishing, Self-Publishing

Reality, exploded

Forget interactive fiction -- the most innovative e-books make something strange and wondrous out of the facts

Laura Miller Thursday, Feb 16, 2012 8:45 PM UTC
Entertainment E-books, Books, Publishing

Salman Rushdie fears nothing

The famed author opens up to Salon about new threats, his just-finished memoir and his forthcoming TV show

Emma Mustich Friday, Feb 10, 2012 9:45 PM UTC 11
Entertainment Salman Rushdie, E-books, Books

Can bells and whistles save the book?

Enhanced e-books bring images, animation, soundtracks and games to the reading experience -- but don't add much

Laura Miller Thursday, Feb 2, 2012 1:00 AM UTC 50
Entertainment Books, E-books, Publishing

Resolved: Kick the Amazon habit in 2012

Yes, you CAN buy e-books and support your local indie bookstore

Laura Miller Wednesday, Jan 11, 2012 6:45 PM UTC 87
Entertainment American Spring, Books, E-books

I don’t support the bookstores I love

I hate how e-readers are eliminating the bookstore experience but I make most of my own purchases on Amazon

Kevin Mims Tuesday, Jul 12, 2011 1:01 AM UTC 67
Life My Tiny Hypocrisy, Amazon.com

Spamazon

From content-farm crap to plagiarized books, junk has invaded the Kindle

Laura Miller Tuesday, Jun 21, 2011 7:22 PM UTC 22
Entertainment Amazon.com, E-books, Books

A new self-publishing success story emerges

But what (if anything) can authors lose by opting for online self-publication?

Emma Mustich Tuesday, Jun 21, 2011 3:02 PM UTC 13
Entertainment E-books, Amazon.com, Books

“The Waste Land”: T.S. Eliot takes the app store

Old, difficult and unsexy, a 20th-century masterpiece becomes the best example yet of how to make a digital book

Laura Miller Wednesday, Jun 15, 2011 12:30 AM UTC 33
Entertainment E-books, Poetry, Books

Barnes & Noble successfully markets “simpler” e-reader to women

Nook Color succeeded in female market once it was discovered that ladies actually use tablet to read stuff

Drew Grant Monday, May 23, 2011 8:01 PM UTC 18
Entertainment Tablet computers, Computers

When economists run sexually amok

How could Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a possible presidential candidate, so spectacularly betray his own self-interest?

Andrew Leonard Monday, May 16, 2011 4:57 PM UTC 50
Politics E-books, How the World Works

The e-book that launched a thousand flame wars

A self-published author takes on a critic -- and becomes a cautionary tale

Drew Grant Tuesday, Mar 29, 2011 7:54 PM UTC 29
Entertainment Writers and Writing, Amazon.com

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