The platform, which supports local bookstores and independent retailers, will now offer digital books as well as print editions Denise Truscello/Getty; Andrew Toth/Getty Bookshop.org is expanding into ...

Amazon First Reads is a monthly program in which eight editor-selected books are offered free to Prime members. Members are allowed to choose one book per month, which is then added to their library.

Browsing through Amazon’s vast library of books reveals something peculiar if you are observant enough: Kindle titles often come with a higher price tag than their physical counterparts. That might ...

From the year after PW’s 125th anniversary issue, 1998—the year when the first handheld e-readers came out, the first library lending of e-books was launched, and e-books first got ISBNs—to today’s ...

Bookshop.org founder and CEO Andy Hunter joked that the e-books question has been the bane of his business’ social media manager’s existence for a while now. “Every day she has people ask her, ‘When ...

Reading can be one of the most exciting activities in the world. A good book will transport the reader to a faraway land and allow them to ignore their worries. It’ll enable them to learn about world ...

E-books sell by the million on platforms like Amazon's Kindle or Apple Books. But independent bookstores have had a difficult time competing for those sales–something the site Bookshop.org wants to ...

While e-book rentals may be free for library patrons, public libraries are still on the hook for expensive digital licensing fees. Kai Ryssdal: For those who are unfamiliar, how does the business end ...

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Mass market paperbacks are disappearing as sales plummet. The rise of e-books and trade editions has led to the decline of ...

Do you prefer reading an e-book or a physical version? It might be a surprise, but for most people, old school print on paper still wins. Publishers of books in all formats made almost $26 billion in ...