Good e-Reader announced a few days ago that Apple plans to launch a new Self-Publishing Program later this month:

"Apple is going to be holding an exclusive event in New York city later this month to possibly launch a new program for their iBooks and Publishing platform. Sources close to the matter have told us that they intend on launching a new digital self-publishing platform to get peoples content into the iBookstore. This is a huge step forward for Apple to compete with Amazon (DTP) and Barnes and Noble (Pubit)."

Self-publishing is getting stronger every day making the ebook world a more interesting place every day, too!

Love it!

New stats and $99 e-readers

Updated ereader and ebook stats have been posted on paid-content.org:
"if all you want for Christmas is a $99 e-reader, Santa is listening, according to research firm IDC. The company also finds e-reader shipments growing 167 percent year on year...."

 Other items of interest in this article is info on Amazon's new device and sale percentages for Kindle and Nook.   "We’re also expecting Amazon’s much-rumored, color LCD-based device to ship later this year. Because we expect it to run a customized version of Android that ties its use to Amazon’s content services, we expect the device to more closely resemble Barnes & Noble’s Color Nook than Apple’s iPad 2."

Kindle Cloud Reader

Technology is truly amazing.  Now Amazon has come up with the Kindle Cloud Reader.

Buy Once, Read Everywhere

• Instant access to your Kindle library
• Continue reading even when you lose your internet connection
• Optimized for iPad: shop the integrated Kindle Store for Tablets

Kindle Sales

Kindle sales and ebooks are booming!  Last week Amazon released this statement:


Since April 1, for every 100 print books Amazon.com has sold, it has sold 105 Kindle books. This includes sales of hardcover and paperback books by Amazon where there is no Kindle edition. Free Kindle books are excluded and if included would make the number even higher.


I find this amazing!  Are people just buying the books and storing them to read later.  I have many, many books on my Kindle that I have purchased (inexpensive and special offers) and free books that I plan to read at some point.  Or are people actually reading more now?