About Ebooks https://about.ebooks.com/ News about ebooks from eBooks.com Fri, 27 Feb 2026 06:10:25 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/about.ebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/cropped-book-5121.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 About Ebooks https://about.ebooks.com/ 32 32 119622841 Book Tech Brief https://about.ebooks.com/the-book-tech-brief/ https://about.ebooks.com/the-book-tech-brief/#respond Tue, 24 Feb 2026 13:09:00 +0000 https://about.ebooks.com/?p=6115 … a simple, curated digest of the latest developments in ebooks, audiobooks, AI, and other matters at the interface of reading and technology. Headlines from around the world, with brief summaries and links to the original sources. Clear, concise updates designed to help book professionals stay in the loop.

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]]> https://about.ebooks.com/the-book-tech-brief/feed/ 0 6115 Ebook Coupon Code – 20% off this month! https://about.ebooks.com/ebook-coupon-code-20-off/ https://about.ebooks.com/ebook-coupon-code-20-off/#comments Mon, 02 Feb 2026 06:32:20 +0000 http://about.ebooks.com/?p=1896 Every month eBooks.com issues an ebook coupon code to its loyal members. In effect, this reduces the prices of thousands of titles on eBooks.com by 20% or more. You can scoop up a bargain in these categories by inserting our secret coupon code at checkout. Use the coupon code Categorysalecp at the payment details page to […]

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]]> https://about.ebooks.com/ebook-coupon-code-20-off/feed/ 3 1896 Who’s buying ebooks: Geographical insights from eBooks.com https://about.ebooks.com/whos-buying-ebooks-2/ https://about.ebooks.com/whos-buying-ebooks-2/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2026 08:49:41 +0000 http://about.ebooks.com/?p=1866 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. […]

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]]> https://about.ebooks.com/whos-buying-ebooks-2/feed/ 1 1866 Ebook Industry News Feed https://about.ebooks.com/ebook-industry-news-feed/ https://about.ebooks.com/ebook-industry-news-feed/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2025 06:20:19 +0000 http://about.ebooks.com/?p=2328 The Ebook Industry News Feed delivers the inside running on all the hot developments in ebook publishing, retailing and technology.

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]]> https://about.ebooks.com/ebook-industry-news-feed/feed/ 133 2328 Should we ‘get over’ print books in the digital age – or are they more precious than ever? https://about.ebooks.com/should-we-get-over-print-books-in-the-digital-age-or-are-they-more-precious-than-ever/ https://about.ebooks.com/should-we-get-over-print-books-in-the-digital-age-or-are-they-more-precious-than-ever/#respond Mon, 01 Dec 2025 05:15:55 +0000 https://about.ebooks.com/?p=6070 Beth Driscoll, The University of Melbourne Ebooks have been popular for decades and audiobooks are increasingly so. But physical books are still the decided favourite: a survey of Australian publishers after last Christmas reported print books made up a comfortable majority of sales (ebooks were 4–18% and audiobooks 5–15%). This is despite regular warnings about […]

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]]> https://about.ebooks.com/should-we-get-over-print-books-in-the-digital-age-or-are-they-more-precious-than-ever/feed/ 0 6070 eBooks.com’s 25th Anniversary https://about.ebooks.com/ebooks-coms-25th-anniversary/ https://about.ebooks.com/ebooks-coms-25th-anniversary/#respond Fri, 26 Sep 2025 13:23:00 +0000 https://about.ebooks.com/?p=6003 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 […]

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]]> https://about.ebooks.com/ebooks-coms-25th-anniversary/feed/ 0 6003 eBooks.com’s Environmental Approach https://about.ebooks.com/ebooks-coms-environmental-approach/ https://about.ebooks.com/ebooks-coms-environmental-approach/#respond Fri, 11 Jul 2025 02:06:27 +0000 http://blog.ebooks.com/?p=1370 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 […]

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]]> https://about.ebooks.com/ebooks-coms-environmental-approach/feed/ 0 1370 eBooks.com’s Environmental Policy https://about.ebooks.com/ebooks-coms-environmental-policy/ https://about.ebooks.com/ebooks-coms-environmental-policy/#respond Fri, 11 Jul 2025 01:59:09 +0000 https://about.ebooks.com/?p=3224 The Board of Directors of eBooks.com Pty Limited (the “Company”) is vested with responsibility for formulating strategy and approving the corporate policies of the Company, and for organising internal control systems, pursuant to the Company’s mission, vision and values. The Board of Directors approves this Environmental Policy in the exercise of these responsibilities and in […]

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]]> https://about.ebooks.com/ebooks-coms-environmental-policy/feed/ 0 3224 An All-New Ebook Reading Platform is Coming https://about.ebooks.com/all-new-ebook-reading-platform-is-coming/ https://about.ebooks.com/all-new-ebook-reading-platform-is-coming/#respond Sun, 17 Nov 2024 03:54:11 +0000 https://about.ebooks.com/?p=5783 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. […]

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]]> https://about.ebooks.com/all-new-ebook-reading-platform-is-coming/feed/ 0 5783 Is eBooks.com Trustworthy? https://about.ebooks.com/is-ebooks-com-trustworthy/ https://about.ebooks.com/is-ebooks-com-trustworthy/#respond Sat, 05 Oct 2024 02:57:05 +0000 https://about.ebooks.com/?p=4021 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 […]

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