e-books
Your summer is booked: Bestseller reads for less than $11
July 29, 2025 | 4:44pmBinge-worthy reads, budget-friendly prices.
Amazon may be taking away e-book downloads, but don't go trashing your Kindles just yet
February 24, 2025 | 4:00pmWhen we say don't panic, we mean don't panic.
Amazon banned my book on the Israel-Hamas war — and I'm not the only one being silenced
September 4, 2024 | 5:46pmBooks bearing witness to the Oct. 7 slaughter and reporting the war from both sides are being barred for violating Amazon's secretive “content guidelines.”
Read it and weep (over how good these prices are): Check out the best Prime Day book deals
July 17, 2024 | 4:05pmPage-turning deals enclosed.
Save $35 with Kindle Unlimited's Prime Day deal and get 3 months free
July 16, 2024 | 3:17pmIt's time for some summer reading.
Author uses AI generators, including ChatGPT, to write nearly 100 books in less than a year
May 22, 2023 | 3:20pmTim Boucher said he utilized the smart technology to publish 97 mini-novels in the last nine months.
How crying TikToks made Colleen Hoover a millionaire author
December 6, 2022 | 6:10pmHoover’s books have garnered an unprecedented fanbase thanks to ugly cry faces flooding social media.
Get Agatha Christie's best novels for under $4 today only on Amazon
December 7, 2021 | 3:08pmIt's no mystery that Agatha Christie is one of the best novelists — and now the price for her e-books are eerily low.
Buy an Amazon Kindle and get 3 months of Kindle Unlimited for free
May 21, 2021 | 1:22pmRight now, buy any Kindle e-Reader and get three months of Kindle Unlimited for free, lasting through the summer for all your beach reads and more.
Amazon accused of jacking up e-book prices
January 16, 2021 | 2:48amAmazon is forcing its competitors to jack up their e-book prices, a new lawsuit alleges. The pricing problems stem from a deal Amazon struck with five major book publishers, the...
Connecticut AG probing Amazon's e-book business
January 14, 2021 | 10:14amAmazon's lucrative e-books business is drawing scrutiny from law enforcement. Connecticut is investigating the e-tail giant for potential anti-competitive behavior in its Kindle business, the state's attorney general William Tong...
The 10 best books to read to beat coronavirus boredom
March 18, 2020 | 7:25pmIt’s easy to practice good social distance when you’re curled up at home with a great book! Here are some of my favorite picks of all time. 1. Fleishman Is...
'Subway Library' offers riders a read on their commute
June 8, 2017 | 4:41pmAt least straphangers will have something to read while they're stuck on a train. The MTA has remade a subway train to look like the inside of the New York...
This Amtrak rider is writing best-selling sex scenes in the seat next to you
January 24, 2017 | 12:54am“I wanted him the second I looked into his steel blue eyes . . . I was long overdue for male attention. At least, that’s what I told myself as I took...
J.K. Rowling to publish series of short e-books about Hogwarts
August 17, 2016 | 1:16pmJ.K. Rowling has so much more to say about Hogwarts. The "Harry Potter" author has completed a series of short digital works, Pottermore Presents, centered on the school where Potter...
Apple has been ripping you off for years and owes you money
June 21, 2016 | 2:08pmApple is preparing to pay out a total of $400 million to huge numbers of ordinary people after it lost a long court battle over the price-fixing of ebooks. The...
Apple owes $450M for book-publishing conspiracy
March 7, 2016 | 11:05amApple will have to pay $450 million for conspiring with five publishers to raise the price of e-books by as much as $5. The Supreme Court on Monday turned aside...
Tax-free downloads are costing the city millions
September 30, 2015 | 1:37amNot collecting the sales tax on downloaded music, movies and e-books is costing the city and state millions, the Independent Budget Office said Tuesday. The agency warned that $41 million...
No hook for Nook sends Barnes & Noble stock soaring
February 27, 2015 | 1:08amBarnes & Noble stock closed up nearly 7 percent Thursday following news that the 658-store book chain was going to keep its embattled Nook e-reader rather than spin it off....
Amazon, Macmillan make peace over book pricing
December 18, 2014 | 11:38pmBarely a shot was fired. Book publishing giant Macmillan announced a peaceful settlement with Amazon on Thursday on pricing for print and digital books ordered through the giant online retailer....