An Offer From Amazon to Its Most Bitter Rivals

The giant retailer announced a program to pay independent bookstores to sell its e-books and popular reading devices.

    

Daily Deals Propel Older E-Books to Popularity

Flash sales have taken hold in the book business, helping older books soar from the backlist to the best-seller list.

    

With Kindle Singles, David Blum Jump-Starts His Career

The journalist David Blum has found success as the editor of Amazon Kindle Singles, a Web service that is helping to popularize novella-length essays and fiction.