Bibliotastic Users Prefer Carrot Over Stick to Combat Ebook Piracy
The majority of bibliotastic users think making it easier and more affordable to purchase digital content legally is the best way to curtail piracy rather than blocking websites or strengthening DRM encryption. - August 03, 2012
Bibliotastic Historical Fiction Author Lands Book Deal
One of bibliotastic’s most popular authors, Letitia Coyne, has been signed by a commercial publisher, Canada-based 1889 Labs, under whose imprint she has released "Touchstone," a medieval tragedy. - March 28, 2012
Bibliotastic Users Prefer Apple’s iPad to Amazon’s Fire
In a recent survey of bibliotastic.com users over 40% said they would prefer an iPad 2 ahead of an Amazon Fire (27%) and Samsung’s Galaxy Tab (21%) despite the high price of the iPad versus the Fire. - January 26, 2012
Bibliotastic Users Expect US School Books to Go Digital in 5-10 Years
In a recent survey of bibliotastic.com users, around half expected the majority of US school books to be electronic within 5 years while 40% thought it would take 10 years and 10% thought paper would remain the dominant format forever. If these estimates are accurate, the US is set to trail some other countries in the adoption of ebooks in the classroom. - October 06, 2011
Bibliotastic Awards 3G Kindle for Comment on Fantasy Novel Ariella
The winner of bibliotastic.com’s competition is delighted with the 3G Kindle she won for her review of fantasy novel Ariella. The author is also delighted with the feedback this competition has generated on up-and-coming writers. - August 24, 2011
Bibliotastic.com Romance Author Lands Book Deal
One of bibliotastic’s most popular authors has just landed a book deal with a commercial publisher. A light at the end of the tunnel for indie authors everywhere. - August 04, 2011
Bibliotastic.com Launches New Competition for Ebook Reviews
Bibliotastic.com is running a competition for reviews of its free ebooks. First prize of an Amazon Kindle 3G will go to the most insightful comment/review. - July 08, 2011
Bibliotastic Readers Love Free Ebooks But Not Piracy
In a recent survey of bibliotastic.com users, when asked where they will get their books from in the future over 50% cited free ebook sites as their main source but only 2% admitted to pirate ebook sites. Online book retailers were cited by around a quarter of respondents while bricks-and-mortar book stores and libraries both scored under 10%. - June 16, 2011
Free Ebook Readers Love Their Crime
In a recent survey of bibliotastic.com readers the most popular genre was Crime & Mystery with almost 40% of voters claiming this as their favourite genre. Romance was the next most popular category with 20% of the vote followed by Action & Thriller on 15%. The results contrast with the... - May 12, 2011
Kindle Competition Winner Ditches Free Newspapers for Free Ebooks
The winner of bibliotastic.com’s competition for book reviews and comments is delighted with their Kindle and is looking forward to some more inspiring reading on their daily commute than that offered by London’s free newspapers. - April 01, 2011
Kindle is King for Bibliotastic E-Readers
According to a poll of bibliotastic.com users Amazon’s Kindle is the most popular ereading device by a wide margin. Over 40% named the Kindle as the device they predominantly used to read ebooks. - March 14, 2011
Launch of Free Ebook Publishing Platform - Bibliotastic - Connecting Independent Authors with Open-Minded Readers
To celebrate the launch of its free ebook website bibliotastic is giving away a free Kindle to the most interesting or insightful comment on one of the books on its site. Bibliotastic books are free for authors to upload and free for readers to download or browse online. - February 08, 2011