Given the
numbers of ebook stores that have gone belly up in recent years, the question of ownership rights cuts to the heart of the ebook revolution.
In the end, Kobo is making strategically the right decision by opening localized versions
of the ebook stores in different countries.
Other positives include Adobe EPUB support for ebooks from a wide
variety of ebook stores as well as borrowing ebooks from libraries.
Createspace and many localized
versions of its ebook store have also hit different markets and its self - publishing program appeals to the entire range of foreign markets, including India.
Zealous about inspiring other authors and writers, Ben also runs the popular advice site Shelf Help, and is the co-founder and
director of ebook store Libiro.
It works well in Poland, where amazon doesn't sell ebooks, but there is
plenty of ebook stores and you can buy in multi format and download to any device.
It is also important to note that many
of the ebook stores online do not have the same security standards as Apple and Amazon, so its possible your book could be stolen and uploaded to free sharing sites online without your permission.
Canadian manufacturer Kobo will start selling the Arc tablet in India, and has also announced the
launch of its eBook store in the country.
Zealous about inspiring other authors and writers, Ben also runs the popular advice site Shelf Help, where he offers advice about writing, publishing, and marketing; and is the co-founder and director
of ebook store Libiro, a store exclusive to indie authors.
The company is already rumored to be developing a tablet of its own and the setting up
of an ebook store does add credence to Xiaomi's tablet ambitions.
Currently Kobo is one
of the eBook stores of choice for many devices such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab, Sharper Image Literari, Blackberry Playbook and many more.
Rakuten
boasts of an ebook store that is 200,000 strong while Amazon has started out with the Kindle ebook store that right now has just 50,000 titles to offer.
That's the «SEO - milking» Laura Hazard Owen «fessing up to her «evil» ways at paidContent, and reporting Pottermore sales in excess of # 1 million (some US$ 1.58 million) in the first three
days of the ebook store's launch.
This takes the onus off of the company by trying to stay ultra-competitive and instead goes with a company whose sole reason of existence is
because of their ebook store.
The
size of the eBook Store is an important consideration for potential buyers of ereaders, and therefore also for companies producing these readers.
It is told that Amazon's China site offers free download of its Kindle reader software; more than 30,000 books have been put on the
shelf of its ebook store, 800 of them free of charge.
Speaking of ebooks the store currently has over 2.3 million ebooks and has exclusive content distribution agreements signed with Samsung and Blackberry.
Kobo eReader is the ebook reader that Whitcoulls is now selling through its stores and website to accompany the
opening of its ebook store.
Earlier this year Sainsbury acquired Nook accounts after Barnes and Noble closed their UK ebook store, so now the musical
chairs of ebook stores continues as customers will now be sent to Kobo six months later (that didn't last long).
If you've been following this blog you'll already know I have a couple of freebie eBooks available at a variety
of eBook stores right now.
It also has a
list of ebook stores and distributors, a discussion of cover art and what might fly in Germany that might not, say, in the States.
Having been caught with closure of a number
of ebook stores early in the ebook era (2007 — 2009) and losing the ability to redownload because of business failures, as well as being unable to redownload books purchased overseas from some GB and USA sites.
On Tuesday Sony also announced the launch of Library Finder, a new
feature of the eBook Store developed in cooperation with OverDrive, which helps users locate e-book content at their local library.
«We are committed to ensuring our customers have the freedom to discover and read content from the widest possible range of sources,» said Chris Smythe, director
of the eBook Store from Sony.
As an author, I felt like a
lot of ebook stores were missing certain things - not all the boxes were being ticked for me.
You can get ebooks from a wide
range of ebook stores and even get free ebooks from local libraries using a service called Overdrive.
Taking a look at the MobileRead Wiki on ebook stores, I see that
majority of ebook stores they list (and they list a lot) are noted as having PDFs available and several are listed as having PDF only.
Yes, there are
plenty of ebook stores and ebook readers, but I personally would love to plug my Apple reader into iTunes BookStore (and still buy my books on Amazon if desired!)
«Potter fans are so loyal, and it seems they have engaged with Pottermore even more than Rowling and co were anticipating, so I don't think there will be major financial implications to delaying the
launch of the ebook store,» she said.
I do agree with your jab at DRM being a scam (somewhat), but the fact that it doesn't support any DRM format does make it less of an ereader if you can't buy ebooks for the thing from 95 %
of ebook stores — no bestsellers, no popular new releases, no major publishers or authors.
Since the PocketBook 602 supports Adobe DRM you can get ebooks and other digital content from a wide range
of ebook stores, as well as borrow ebooks from libraries and get public domain ebooks from free ebook websites (the 602 comes pre-installed with about 1000 public domain ebooks in several languages).
All support Adobe DRM for ebooks purchased from a wide range
of ebook stores and ebooks borrowed from libraries.
Luckily the PocketBook 360 supports Adobe DRM so you can get ebooks and other digital content from a wide range
of ebook stores, as well as borrow ebooks from libraries and get public domain ebooks from free ebook websites.