After years and years of holding out, I never thought I’d see the day that Amazon would voluntarily loosen its grip on the Kindle ecosystem. But here we are: Last week, the biggest online bookseller ...

A Baldwin County library will not receive state funding after months of turmoil involving “sexually explicit” and “inappropriate” content in books for teenagers. In a meeting fraught with crosstalk ...

Editor's take: Amazon, like other Big Tech players riding the AI wave, is pushing chatbots and LLMs into as many products as possible. Even the Kindle app, designed for human-written content, is ...

The AI-powered ‘Ask this Book’ is a spoiler-free reading assistant. The AI-powered ‘Ask this Book’ is a spoiler-free reading assistant. is a news editor with over a decade’s experience in journalism ...

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Amazon says it will allow authors to offer their DRM-free e-books in the EPUB and PDF formats through its self-publishing platform, Kindle Direct Publishing. Starting on January 20, 2026, authors who ...

CHARLESTON — The county’s main library branch will temporarily relocate its services to the upper peninsula while undergoing renovations. The Calhoun Street location is the last of the county ...

In October 2016, when a new book about Jeffrey Epstein came out, he bought 17 copies. A few months after that, he picked up six books about narcissism. And in 2019, in Epstein’s last weeks of freedom, ...

Amazon announced on Thursday the launch of Kindle Translate, an AI-powered translation service designed for authors using Kindle Direct Publishing to broaden their reach. The service initially ...

Owning a Kindle is one of the easiest ways to enjoy reading without the constant distractions of modern screens. Since its debut in 2007, the Kindle has evolved dramatically, offering readers several ...

U.S. Sen. John Kennedy had been thinking about writing a book when an agent approached him and secured a deal with a HarperCollins imprint. Kennedy took a year to write “How to Test Negative for ...

After nearly 200 years, Baker & Taylor, a major distributor of shelf-ready library books, will be closing in early January. They’re far from a household name, but if you’ve ever held a library book — ...