E-books go local: New Bookshop.org app benefits indie bookstores
Good morning booklovers! USA TODAY books reporter Clare Mulroy here to give you another recap of the week's biggest news in books.
Bookshop.org has launched a Kindle alternative – an e-reading platform that delivers profits directly to independent booksellers. Founder and CEO Andy Hunter talked to USA TODAY about his mission to create an app that keeps dollars in the pockets of local business people instead of in the hands of 'billionaires and giant e-commerce companies.' The now-available platform, called Bookshop.org Ebooks, works for Apple and Android devices and is accessible on web browsers.
Want to read more this year? This week, we've got tips from professional readers and booklovers to fit more reading into your busy schedule. Among our favorite suggestions:
Bring a book, whether it's a physical copy or an ebook, with you whenever you leave the house so you can read during downtime instead of scrolling through your phone.
Read at least 50 pages of the book and, if you don't connect with the story, don't be afraid to 'DNF' and move on to a new one.
In case you missed it last week, our Winter Book Challenge is live! If you fill out our bingo card and submit your reading list to us, you'll be entered to win a $100 gift card! Deadline to enter is March 21.
USA TODAY Best-selling Booklist recap: Not one, not two, but four versions of Rebecca Yarros' 'Empyrean' series top the USA TODAY Best-selling Booklist this week, including the new 'Onyx Storm' and its deluxe limited edition. Dystopian classics '1984' by George Orwell and 'Fahrenheit 451' by Ray Bradbury showed up in the Top 10 books this week. If you're one of the people looking to read more about hellish societies, check out 10 books like '1984' that we recommend.
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