Kno launches a free tool for publishers to turn boring files into an interactive ebook

Kno's CEO Osman Rashid is confident about a product that can turn a boring PDF into an interactive e-book in "minutes."

Electronic book sales doubled in 2011 (and the industry is just finding out now)

BookStats, the “center for publishing market data” just released its 2012 report. The big news? Ebook sales doubled last year, especially in the adult fiction category. Even bigger, overall industry revenue showed a small increase.

I’m just wondering why it …

Apple likely to win in federal price-fixing case on e-books

Experts are saying Apple is likely to emerge victorious from a Department of Justice case regarding price fixing on e-books.

Apple was accused of conspiring to fix and raise prices on e-books along with five major publishers. The DOJ has …

Meet Moonbot, the tiny startup that won an Academy Award

At last Sunday night’s Academy Awards ceremony, a startup studio that makes animations, apps, and ebooks won the Best Animated Short Oscar for its film “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore.”  The 14-minute movie was the first from …

The Kindle Fire allows third-party e-book apps, starting with Wattpad

After some back-and-forth between Amazon and Wattpad, a third party e-reader app, Kindle Fire owners can now use a different apps to read e-books on their device.

Before now, Amazon had been hiding competitor’s e-reader apps in the Kindle Fire’s …