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If you're among the millions of people who got an e-reader for Christmas and are reading more books than ever before, you'll soon notice on your credit card statement that those $9.99 books add up fast. But other than reading free public domain classics, how can e-book readers save money without...

As electronic media accounts for a larger and larger portion of the book business, consumers are benefiting from lower prices for books, and manufacturers are enjoying massive sales. But how is the e-book revolution affecting authors? It's opening new opportunities -- but no guarantees.

A new study says it takes longer to read books on Apple's iPad or Amazon's Kindle than printed books. Product development consultant Jakob Nielsen of California's Nielsen Norman Group says reading speeds dropped 6.2% on the iPad and 10.7% on the Kindle compared to print. The study couldn't tell...

Amazon.com's surrender to Macmillan to raise prices on some of the publisher's e-books by as much as $5 should help authors out in the long run, but it isn't welcome news for readers. Amazon's $9.99 price for new releases and best sellers is already too high for many of its users, who say that...

A quiet revolution -- appropriate for book readers -- is happening among a small group of customers of the Amazon Kindle who think $10 is too much to pay for an e-book.An electronic book on a Kindle should cost less than a book printed on paper because the electronic version is more restricted in...