Meanwhile, Barnes & Noble is releasing a $119 black-and-white version of the Nook e-reading device.James and Dan Brown along with classics by the likes of Mark Twain, Maya Angelou and others. Popkin called the selection '70,000 shades of blah,' pointing out the lack of bestsellers by authors such as Stephen King, E.L.
Of course, it may prove difficult to persuade publishers to sell popular ebooks at such sharp discounts. Publishers must opt-in, and as of Wednesday morning, some 75,000 ebooks were available for $2.99 or less. Amazon launched Kindle MatchBook, a service that lets customers buy steeply discounted ebook versions of books they've already bought in print (from Amazon, of course) on Tuesday.The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveils new Kindle reading devices during a 2012 news conference.
