News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, giveaways on this and other blogs, and other cool stuff. Books & Ebooks in the News: Amazon launched Kindle Unlimited, a subscription ebook service similar to Oyster and Scribd. They’re… Read more »
Category: SYNC
News & Notes – 7/05/14
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, giveaways on this and other blogs, and other cool stuff. Books & Ebooks in the News: “Please Look After This Bear. Thank You.” BookBench painted by artist Michelle Heron. Situated… Read more »
News & Notes – 6/28/14
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, giveaways on this and other blogs, and other cool stuff. I had to skip News & Notes last week because I was out of town with very limited Internet, so… Read more »
News & Notes – 6/14/14
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, giveaways on this and other blogs, and other cool stuff. Books & Ebooks in the News: With Father’s Day coming up, join the #DadsRead campaign hosted by Zoobean and The… Read more »
SYNC Titles for This Summer
Heads-up: May is approaching, and that means the start of SYNC isn’t far away. If you’re not familiar with SYNC, it’s a program which gives away — free! — two YA audiobooks a week during the summer, usually one contemporary title and one classic. You download the books using the… Read more »
News & Notes – 2/01/14
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, giveaways on this and other blogs, and other cool stuff. Books & Ebooks in the News: The ALA announced the winners of the Newberry, Caldecott, Printz, and a plethora of… Read more »
News & Notes — 5/18/13
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, giveaways on this and other blogs, and other cool stuff. Books & Ebooks in the News: “Ebooks Now Make up 1/5 of U.S. Book Sales” (Lauren Indvik, Mashable.com) And, from… Read more »