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Apple Books Digital Narration Announced, Will Let Indie Authors, Small Publishers Create Audiobooks
Apple has introduced digital narration technology for Ebooks available in the Apple Books store. The company has launched AI-enabled voice assistants that will read books for users. The feature is currently available for romance and fiction books only. Also, the feature is only available in English at present.
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Amazon Is Offering 10 Free Kindle Ebooks in India to Mark World Book Day
Amazon is offering 10 free Kindle ebooks to Indian users to mark the World Book Day on April 23. Users can download these books on a Kindle, Amazon Fire tablet, or the Kindle app on their smartphones till 12:29pm (IST) on 25 April. The list of books include The Broken Circle: A Memoir of Escaping Afghanistan by Enjeela Ahmadi-Miller, The Son and He...
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Amazon’s Kindle Publishing Service Saw Twice as Many New Authors in India in 2020
Amazon on Thursday announced that authors joining its self-publishing service Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) in India doubled in 2020 versus 2019. Amazon is hosting the fourth edition of its KDP Pen to Publish contest to recognise and encourage aspiring authors.
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Amazon Faces Class-Action Lawsuit Over Inflated Ebook Pricing
Amazon was slapped with a class-action lawsuit accusing the e-commerce giant of inflating the prices of ebooks in collusion with some publishers.
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J.K. Rowling Offers Free Harry Potter Books, Launches ‘Harry Potter at Home’ Digital Hub
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is offering free audiobooks and ebooks to the first novel, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”, throughout April, to help families in lockdown during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Rowling has also launched a new digital hub called “Harry Potter at Home”.
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Amazon Prime Reading Now in India, Gives Prime Members Access to 100s of Ebooks
Amazon Prime Reading brings eBooks from literature and fiction, comics, non-fiction and in Indian languages.
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Apple Signs Deal With Sesame Workshop for Kids' Shows
The agreement expands Sesame Workshop's presence on Apple platforms, which include ebooks, apps, and video content.
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Dropbox Preview Expands List of File Formats, Supports Larger Files, and More
File hosting service Dropbox on Monday announced the expansion of previews to several new file formats across eBooks, videos, AutoCAD, PDFs, PowerPoint, ZIP, and RAR files.
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Alexi Is a Digital Library Curated by Bestselling Authors
Alexi is a subscription model for books that lets you read from a curated catalogue that's based on recommendations by bestselling authors.
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Humble Freedom Bundle Offers Great Games With All Proceeds Pledged to Charities
Humble Bundle says that the game titles, spread across mobile platforms as well as desktop, along with DRM-free ebooks are together worth over $600 (roughly Rs. 40,000).
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W3C, IDPF Merge to Make Ebooks Smarter
The merger, in simple terms, will bring Web technology to ebooks to make the latter more interactive than it currently is.
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Windows 10 Creators Update Will Bring Tab Management and More to Microsoft Edge
Microsoft in a blog confirmed some of the new features coming to its Edge browser including a new tab management feature, extensions, ebook store, and support for 3D content.
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Windows 10 Ebook Store Leaked in Images, Tipped to Launch in April
The Windows 10 ebook store is expected to roll out within the Windows 10 Creators Update that's slated to reach Windows users in April
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Digital Downloads Now Attract 15 Percent Tax, but No One Knows How It’ll Be Implemented
All digital goods from foreign companies now attract 15 percent service tax. No one is clear on how this is being implemented, or what impact it will have.
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Amazon Launches Kindle Digital Books in 5 Indian Languages
The US-based retail and publishing giant said it was adding thousands of digital books in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi, Gujarati, and Malayalam.
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Apple Books Digital Narration Announced, Will Let Indie Authors, Small Publishers Create Audiobooks
Apple has introduced digital narration technology for Ebooks available in the Apple Books store. The company has launched AI-enabled voice assistants that will read books for users. The feature is currently available for romance and fiction books only. Also, the feature is only available in English at present.
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Amazon Is Offering 10 Free Kindle Ebooks in India to Mark World Book Day
Amazon is offering 10 free Kindle ebooks to Indian users to mark the World Book Day on April 23. Users can download these books on a Kindle, Amazon Fire tablet, or the Kindle app on their smartphones till 12:29pm (IST) on 25 April. The list of books include The Broken Circle: A Memoir of Escaping Afghanistan by Enjeela Ahmadi-Miller, The Son and He...
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Amazon’s Kindle Publishing Service Saw Twice as Many New Authors in India in 2020
Amazon on Thursday announced that authors joining its self-publishing service Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) in India doubled in 2020 versus 2019. Amazon is hosting the fourth edition of its KDP Pen to Publish contest to recognise and encourage aspiring authors.
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Amazon Faces Class-Action Lawsuit Over Inflated Ebook Pricing
Amazon was slapped with a class-action lawsuit accusing the e-commerce giant of inflating the prices of ebooks in collusion with some publishers.
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J.K. Rowling Offers Free Harry Potter Books, Launches ‘Harry Potter at Home’ Digital Hub
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is offering free audiobooks and ebooks to the first novel, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”, throughout April, to help families in lockdown during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Rowling has also launched a new digital hub called “Harry Potter at Home”.
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Amazon Prime Reading Now in India, Gives Prime Members Access to 100s of Ebooks
Amazon Prime Reading brings eBooks from literature and fiction, comics, non-fiction and in Indian languages.
-
Apple Signs Deal With Sesame Workshop for Kids' Shows
The agreement expands Sesame Workshop's presence on Apple platforms, which include ebooks, apps, and video content.
-
Dropbox Preview Expands List of File Formats, Supports Larger Files, and More
File hosting service Dropbox on Monday announced the expansion of previews to several new file formats across eBooks, videos, AutoCAD, PDFs, PowerPoint, ZIP, and RAR files.
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Alexi Is a Digital Library Curated by Bestselling Authors
Alexi is a subscription model for books that lets you read from a curated catalogue that's based on recommendations by bestselling authors.
-
Humble Freedom Bundle Offers Great Games With All Proceeds Pledged to Charities
Humble Bundle says that the game titles, spread across mobile platforms as well as desktop, along with DRM-free ebooks are together worth over $600 (roughly Rs. 40,000).
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W3C, IDPF Merge to Make Ebooks Smarter
The merger, in simple terms, will bring Web technology to ebooks to make the latter more interactive than it currently is.
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Windows 10 Creators Update Will Bring Tab Management and More to Microsoft Edge
Microsoft in a blog confirmed some of the new features coming to its Edge browser including a new tab management feature, extensions, ebook store, and support for 3D content.
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Windows 10 Ebook Store Leaked in Images, Tipped to Launch in April
The Windows 10 ebook store is expected to roll out within the Windows 10 Creators Update that's slated to reach Windows users in April
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Digital Downloads Now Attract 15 Percent Tax, but No One Knows How It’ll Be Implemented
All digital goods from foreign companies now attract 15 percent service tax. No one is clear on how this is being implemented, or what impact it will have.
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Amazon Launches Kindle Digital Books in 5 Indian Languages
The US-based retail and publishing giant said it was adding thousands of digital books in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi, Gujarati, and Malayalam.
