In September 2000, a tiny team in Perth, Australia, launched something quite unusual: an online bookstore that sold books you couldn’t hold in your hands. These weren’t paperbacks or hardcovers shipped in cardboard boxes. They were digital files, “ebooks”, to be downloaded over the internet. Back then, most people used dial-up modems, most publishers were […] The post eBooks.com’s 25th Anniversary appeared first on About Ebooks.| About Ebooks
It’s been said that the US book industry alone is responsible for the felling of 30 million trees annually. By their nature ebooks have environmental benefits over printed books. The carbon footprint of an ebook ecosystem is necessarily much smaller than printed books. Ebooks don’t need to be shipped around the world or stored in […] The post eBooks.com’s Environmental Approach appeared first on About Ebooks.| About Ebooks
As an ebook vendor, eBooks.com is on a mission to reduce the environmental impact of publishing and reading. Our environmental policy reflects those values.| About Ebooks
Here’s your chance to influence the next level in ebook reading. Is there something that’s missing from the current generation of ebook platforms? Is there something we’re doing poorly that you’d love to see improved? Better still, have you got a kick-ass business idea that will knock this thing into the stratosphere? We’re all ears. […] The post An All-New Ebook Reading Platform is Coming appeared first on About Ebooks.| About Ebooks
eBooks.com is a long-established, leading e-bookstore, with millions of members around the world. The company is a partner of all the major English language book publishers. It can be difficult to judge if a website is legitimate or a scam. This is especially important when they want you to provide personal data. There are scams […] The post Is eBooks.com Trustworthy? appeared first on About Ebooks.| About Ebooks
In answer to the question, “Who’s buying ebooks?” we already know that, unlike printed books, ebooks are significantly more popular with younger readers. But where are those readers? As an independent, global ebook retailer, we have a unique insight into ebook reading and buying habits around the world. And the answer is kind of interesting. […] The post Who’s buying ebooks: Geographical insights from eBooks.com appeared first on About Ebooks.| About Ebooks
See who's reading ebooks. Demographics suggest a big future for digital reading, with 75% of ebook purchases made by people aged between 18 and 45.| About Ebooks
Case study where a book publisher started selling their ebooks without encryption and saw a sales jump of 54%| About Ebooks