Barnes & Noble are running several promotions for the upcoming 4th of July holiday. I wanted to bring your attention to this one because I find it offensive. From now until Monday night, B&N are generously giving away ebooks that don’t belong to anyone. These ebooks are public domain in the US, which means that [...]
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B&N announce new in-store promotion
May 17th, 2010 · No Comments · bn, ebookstore news, press release
They just put out a press release today with the details on their latest free ebook program. Bring your Nook, DR800SG, or other device running the B&N eReader app in to your local store and the staff will help you download a free ebook. There will be one free title each week for the next [...]
How Not to Use Ebooks as a Promotion Tool, pt II
April 8th, 2010 · No Comments · opinion
April has begun, which means it’s National Poetry Month here in the US. Most poetry publishers will be doing something to celebrate this month, and FSG (a Macmillan imprint) is no exception. FSG is repeating the mistake they made last year. As part of National Poetry Month, FSG is sending a new poem everyday. I’m [...]
How Not to Use Ebooks as a Promotion Tool, pt I
April 5th, 2010 · 2 Comments · opinion
This was going to be the second in the series, but since the free ebook is only available for the next couple days I decided to discuss it first. Who: University of Chicago Press What: a free ebook every month (this month it’s an autobiography, Nice Guys Finish Last by Leo Durocher) What’s wrong with [...]
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