Those of us who’ve pre-ordered a nook from Barnes & Noble might be a pit peeved to find out that you can’t currently use a Barnes & Noble gift certificate to buy books through your nook.  While not an issue right now, since the nook isn’t available until next week. (We’ve...

Amazon announced software version 2.3 yesterday, which improves a number of features, and adds new features to both the Kindle 2, and Kindle DX. Their announcement’s details are below: Kindle 2 (U.S. wireless & International wireless) Updates: Better battery life: You can now read for up...

Fly Me Away, the song featured in the Kindle commercial you may have seen on TV recently, is being given away by Amazon through their site. The song is from Annie Little off of her EP “Fly Me Away”, which is exclusively available from Amazon. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could auto-download...

Reports are coming in, specifically from the New York Times that Barnes & Noble’s nook has sold out of the first batch.  Barnes & Noble has unofficially said that any order placed now will not arrive in time for Christmas. What does that mean for the hundreds, if not thousands, of people...

iRex is releasing a new e-reader in time for Christmas featuring an 8-inch screen they say is perfect for reading magazines and newspapers. That size e-reader will surely be competing with the Kindle DX. iRex plans to sell the device at Best Buy, and users will be able to download books from the Barnes...

M-Edge has been known for making quality Kindle accessories. Their latest is a flexible Kindle stand for the Kindle DX that allows the user to position their Kindle however they like for comfortable reading. The stand is perfect for those that enjoy hands-free reading while doing other things –...

Amazon sent out the latest edition of the Kindle newsletter (which you can subscribe to by clicking here), which always has the current list of bestsellers on Kindle. Generally there are a lot of free books in there. Unknown authors or lesser known authors are realizing that posting one book for free...

The first Nook sales stands have started showing up in New York City Barnes & Noble stores, according to Gizmodo. The stands look very Apple-like to me – very clean design, vibrant advertising materials. However, the Nooks at the stands aren’t real demo versions, but simply plastic mockups....

Just over a week into National Novel Writing Month (also known as NaNoWriMo, run by NaNoWriMo.org), USA Today has a short guide to self-publishing. In the article, they discuss different printing options like LuLu.com and Create Space, but they also cover the importance of making your book available...

Let me start by getting this out of the way: I had no idea that these were kids books when I downloaded the first one to my Kindle.  Had I known, being a man in my 30s, I likely wouldn’t have even begun reading the first one.  But I did, and here we are five books later.  (The sixth book, Fang,...