Destination: books (and wine)
Northern Michigan’s Traverse City has long been known for its wineries, but now the vacation hot spot is making a name for itself nationally in something else: books. The local Borders may have closed, but we’re betting book lovers in that
Global eBook Awards
Publisher Jennifer Baum will serve as a judge in Dan Poynter’s 2012 Global eBook Awards. The contest accepts self-published or traditionally published eBook submissions from authors, publishers, illustrators and photographers. Any eBook with a copyright date of 2012 or earlier
Supporting indie bookstores with e-readers
It’s hard to resist the pull to e-readers, which are getting cheaper and more functional by the minute. These new devices allow bookworms to carry around as many titles as they want, without risking that pesky back strain associated with
The quiet electronic revolution
Amazon is normally hush-hush about sales numbers for Kindle devices, but the online retailer issued a press release in late December indicating it had sold more than one million Kindles during each week of December. The top three sellers reported