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Local bookstores can now sell your Draft2Digital ebook ? and possibly your pa...
by David Rothman
4 Feb 2026 at 9:38pm
If Draft2Digital is distributing your ebooks, you can now make them available to interested local bookstores that belong to Bookshop.org. And if D2D prints your paperbacks, that’s another possible path. Bookshop.org includes several thousand local stores in the U.S. and the U.K. and is notable for its generosity to stores as well as writers. The […]
Bookshop.org brings ebook local bookstore support to the UK
by Paul StJohn Mackintosh
30 Nov 2025 at 5:28pm
For readers who are distressed by the double impact that online book malls and ebooks have on traditional bookshops, Bookshop.org has been offering since 2020 an alternative to Amazon and other online stores that supports local bookstores. Now, however, Bookshop.org is rolling out ebooks in the UK to challenge the Bezos Behemoth. The website provides […]
OctoGônes ? France is weird and wonderful
by Paul StJohn Mackintosh
18 Oct 2025 at 10:12am
Lyon is France’s second city, renowned as the capital of the rest of the country while Paris is the metropole. And OctoGônes is its biggest annual fantasy, gaming and independent weird publishing convention – a mecca for exhibitors and fans across the country. Official attendance numbers for the long weekend of the convention were 18,200, […]
AI-era library norms vs. Trumpist and corporate ones
by David Rothman
31 Jul 2025 at 12:26pm
Hyperlinked books and other interconnected information?imagine the AI potential of a truly trustworthy national digital library system. But beware if you want AI companies to be part of the effort. So far they?ve balked at the idea of using only trustworthy content. That was one of the most important points that Tony Marx, President of […]
$17 for a Kindle Book? So Much for the Paperless Bargain
by A TeleRead Contributor
29 Jul 2025 at 8:44am
By BOB SNYDER Remember when ebooks were supposed to be the cheaper, greener alternative to print? ?Buy a Kindle,? they said. ?Digital is faster, more sustainable, and easy on your wallet.? Back then, a new ebook often meant $2.99 for an indie title, or $9.99 for a bestseller. It felt like a reader?s dream?frictionless access […]
My new go-to / read-on: The TCL NXTPAPER 11 Plus
by Paul StJohn Mackintosh
8 Jul 2025 at 1:02pm
I shouldn’t need to tell readers that color e-readers have been much in the news laterly. In this context, the TCL NXTPAPER 11 Plus is a device I’ve been eagerly awaiting ever since I saw advance coverage of it online some months ago. Some might ask why. After all, it’s a fast and reasonably powerful […]
Birthday present to self: The ONYX BOOX Go 6
by Paul StJohn Mackintosh
10 Nov 2024 at 6:29pm
I am a very well-equipped ereader household. I already have a basic Kindle, plus an 8-inch Fire tablet, and sundry other Android and Windows tablets. So why did I make the ONYX BOOX Go 6 my birthday present of choice this year? Now read on. The ONYX BOOX Go 6 is basically a 6-inch E […]
The Kindle Colorsoft: Good for manga and highlighting?but buttons, please!
by David Rothman
10 Nov 2024 at 12:54am
Amazon?s Colorsoft could be catnip for manga fans and passionate annotators who enjoy multi-color highlights. But what if you favor text-heavy books and don’t need the color that much? Then buy the updated Paperwhite, with its razor-sharp display. Before going ahead with this Colorsoft review, let me mourn the passing of another “deluxe” reader, the […]
Glasgow 2024 Worldcon ends commandingly
by Paul StJohn Mackintosh
22 Aug 2024 at 1:21pm
Glasgow 2024, a.k.a. the 82nd World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), concluded on Monday 12 August, finishing five days of celebrating science fiction, fantasy and speculative writing, in the shadow of the Finnieston Crane, a symbol of Glasgow?s industrial past, at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SEC), a futuristic emblem of its present. By a […]
Highland Hugos deliver a clean slate
by Paul StJohn Mackintosh
14 Aug 2024 at 4:14pm
At the Hugo Awards ceremony for Glasgow Worldcon 2024 on the evening of Sunday 11 August, the event overcame any of the earlier issues around attempts to interfere with the judging process, and produced an exemplary and transparent ballot, with a stellar list of winners. Held in the huge SEC Armadillo auditorium of the Scottish […]
Yay LA for Worldcon 2026
by Paul StJohn Mackintosh
12 Aug 2024 at 12:38am
One of the most hotly awaited, and contested, outcomes of any Worldcon is the location of the next unassigned Worldcon. Competing bids for the next location two years hence are keenly supported by stands and collaterals—for Worldcons to come. And now we know the lucky recipient for 2026: Los Angeles. As officially announced during Worldcon […]
A Cracking Caledonian Worldcon
by Paul StJohn Mackintosh
12 Aug 2024 at 12:12am
It?s a pleasure to be reporting from the 2024 Glasgow Worldcon, the 82nd World Science Fiction Convention, ?a Worldcon for our futures,? held in the Scottish Events Campus on the banks of the Clyde. Despite Glasgow?s historic reputation as a cast-iron-and-coal Victorian industrial capital, the SEC is a suitably modernistic venue for a Worldcon, with […]
Glasgow 2024 Worldcon: Voting scandal and an excellent, transparent response
by Paul StJohn Mackintosh
31 Jul 2024 at 3:53pm
I will report for TeleRead from Glasgow for Worldcon 2024 next month, but as many may know, the news has already started. A brazen attempt was made to suborn the voting process for the 2024 Hugo Awards, and the organizers both spotted and publicized the chicanery. The Glasgow 2024 Hugo Administration Subcommittee promptly issued a […]
How an AI-powered $15 marketing tool could boost your book sales
by David Rothman
7 Jun 2024 at 2:58am
Artificial intelligence has taken its share of knocks from the creative community—and with good reason. Consider the unauthorized use of a Scarlett Johansson-like voice, for example, or all the flashy, endlessly touted bots that fall short of their hype. But what if a humble little $14.99 AI service could help you market your next book—cranking […]
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