Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Author Chuck Windig, GigaOm’s Mathew Ingram, and TechDirt’s Mike Masnick all took on the question of ebook pricing recently ...
Whenever bestselling author Robin Cook releases a new medical thriller, the head of the public library in West Haven knows demand for digital copies will be high. So will the price.Like many libraries ...
Major Publishers control the entire book market in the United States. Penguin Random House, Hachette, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Macmillan control approximately 80% of all trade books sold.
At a recent speaking engagement, I was asked, “Why do we need libraries if we can just download books for free?” Simply put, libraries don’t get books for free but loan them to patrons for free. It ...
For a growing number of Americans, reading is more than leafing through a physical book. Between 2011 and 2021, the share of Americans who listened to an audiobook more than doubled, from 11% to 23%, ...
If you're a voracious reader of books seeking for the next great title for your collection, Amazon's First Reads program may ...