eBooks
Microsoft Ebooks Will Stop Working Because It's Shutting Down a DRM Server
In shutting down its ebook store, Microsoft once again shows how in the modern era, you no longer actually own the things you buy.
Someone Translated the Bible into Emoji for Millennials
Fans of both scripture and cartoon internet hieroglyphics can download the e-book from iTunes.
Get-Rich-on-Uber Ebooks Capture Drivers’ Hope and Desperation
An Amazon cottage industry reveals an Uber driver sideline.
Google Launches eBook Experiments in 'Unprintable Fiction'
Editions At Play brings to life books so digital that they can't be contained by the printed page.
This Erotica Author Has Fetishized Clippy, 'Tetris,' and Pluto as a Giant Penis
Leonard Delaney writes some nasty fiction about tech culture.
Apple Looks to Take Ebook Case to Supreme Court
The company said the case “presents issues of surpassing importance to the United States economy.”
Meet the Mom and Daughter Running an Erotic Publishing Empire
When it comes to cave men strippers and a multi-million dollar erotic e-book business, Tina Engler and Patty Marks keep it all in the family.
‘A Confederate Flag Turned Me Gay’ Is an Actual E-Book That Someone Self-Published
Probably the best thing being sold on Amazon right now.
The Bizarre and Hilarious Shot-for-Shot Novelization of Tim Heidecker's 'DECKER' Web Series
We spoke to Jamie Grefe, who wrote a novel based on the insane Adult Swim shorts about a CIA agent who doesn't play by the rules.
There Will Be No Books on Mars—Or Publishers, Either
An ex-publishing industry employee explains his vision for a book-free future.
Bit Rot Is the Bane of Post-Analog Libraries
Will the future library be a bookless "bibliotec" full of MacBooks and high-speed internet? Librarians replaced by search algorithms?