Business and marketing updates for authors: August 25, 2026

Posted on August 25, 2026 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here's the best advice for writers on marketing and business topics that we came across Tuesday, August 25, 2026.

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Amazon, Author events, Kobo, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, Social media and websites, The business of writing, Writer Beware / scams

News of note for readers: August 17, 2026

Posted on August 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here are the literary news stories we found Monday, August 17, 2026, and wanted to share.

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Artificial intelligence (AI), E-reader, Graphic novel / comics, Kobo, Memoir, Obituary

News of note for readers: May 21, 2026

Posted on May 21, 2026 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here are the literary news stories we found Thursday, May 21, 2026, and wanted to share.

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Bans and challenges, Cover design, Excerpt, Kobo, Politics, Pop culture, Social media and websites

News of note for readers: July 29, 2025

Posted on July 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Literary news of note from Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Classic literature, E-reader, Kobo, Movie adaptation, Nonfiction, Obituary

Check out Fussy's seven new bargain newsletters

Posted on February 6, 2025 at 8:19 AM by Jeffrey Bruner

Headers from The Fussy Librarian's new bargain newsletters just for Nook, Apple Books, Kobo, and Google Play users.

I’m happy to announce The Fussy Librarian has launched seven more newsletters that will give your bargain ebooks additional promotion....

Categories: Library Updates

Tagged As: Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble / Nook, E-reader, Google, Kobo

News of note for readers: May 6, 2024

Posted on May 6, 2024 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: E-reader, Fantasy, Kobo, Middle-grade fiction, Obituary, Poetry

News of note for readers: April 15, 2024

Posted on April 15, 2024 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Awards, Book lists, E-reader, Excerpt, Kobo, Poetry, Young adult literature

Kobo adds a monthly subscription service for US readers and listeners

Posted on April 12, 2023 at 8:21 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Good news is always better late than never, right? Last week, Kobo announced that it’s offering a subscription service to...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: E-reader, Kobo

Kobo adds a web reader

Posted on January 24, 2023 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Digital Reader alerted us to a new development from Kobo, yesterday. You can now read your Kobo books in...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: E-reader, Kobo, Technology

The inside scoop on selling books through Kobo and Google

Posted on April 13, 2021 at 9:04 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Going wide or remaining Amazon-exclusive continues to be an actual debate for authors, with pros and cons to each. And...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Google, Joanna Penn, Kobo, Publishing