At its Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, Apple announced the News app, the latest example of a platform trying to improve the mobile news reading experience and get publishers to distribute their news directly on apps. News invites comparisons with Facebook’s Instant Articles, which... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2015-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Russian publishers are fighting a government mandate that requires them to offer ebook editions of all their titles for a new national digital library. The post Russian Publishers Balk at Government Ebook Mandate appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Media organisations including Guardian, ESPN, New York Times, Conde Nast and Hearst will produce content specifically designed for new service Apple revamped its news service on Monday, making a play to take on Facebook as the two tech giants court readers and publishers to be the top platform... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
On May 12, Facebook launched its much discussed publishing product designed to let media companies post their articles directly to its iOS app. Called "Facebook Instant Articles," the new format loads stories on mobile phones up t ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2015-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Read Forward, a Romanian startup which developed the first digital textbook in the Romanian market, launched its first international office in London. The post Romania’s Ebook Developer Read Forward Opens in London appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ben Denckla explains how he converted Lionel Lord Tennyson's 1933 autobiography into an ebook, and in the process updated it for the 21st century. The post How To: Improving a Print Book By Converting it Into an Ebook appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tennessee marketing startup BookGrabbr directs readers to free ebooks in exchange for their sharing the titles through social media services. The post BookGrabbr Offers Free Ebooks for Social Media “Shares” appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-book sales in the US declined by 6% in 2014 compared to the year before, statistics released by Nielsen show. Information presented at BookExpo America and derived from PubTrack Digital, which collects ebook sales data from more than 30 of the largest publishers in the US, showed that in 2014... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
With Windows 10 becoming available to consumers as early as July 29, manufacturers are rushing to announce their first products powered by Microsoft's upcoming operating system. Lenovo unveiled its business-oriented ThinkPad 10 slate last week, and now it is ASUS' turn to join the Windows 10... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2015-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
John Green’s "The Fault in Our Stars" was the top-selling ebook in 2014, according to data just released by PubTrack Digital, a unit of Nielsen BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
When it comes to loading times, Facebook’s Instant Articles appear to be living up to their name. Earlier this month, the social network launched its new Instant Articles product, which allows publishers to host articles and videos d ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2015-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
A Thursday afternoon panel was officially named "The Power of Partnerships," but as moderator Keith Michael Fiels, executive director of the American Library Association suggested, it should have been called "E-books: The Continuing Saga." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Online piracy is usually associated with music, movies, and software. But the ever-growing popularity of ereaders such as the Amazon Kindle has also led to a burgeoning ebook piracy scene. The UK has been trying to clamp down on piracy recently, and the latest target is a raft of sites offering... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a major victory for book publishers, the UK's High Court has ordered internet service providers (ISPs) to block several sites offering pirated ebooks. The decision means that BT, Sky, Virgin Media, TalkTalk and EE now have 10 days to comply and e... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The UK's biggest broadband providers will shortly start blocking seven of the most popular websites used by eBook pirates. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Subscription ebook services have been a buzzworthy topic in recent years, but are they a good deal for authors and publishers? That was the topic of a standing room only panel, moderated by Smashwords founder Mark Coker who noted the promise of subscription models as well as the “legitimate... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
John Green's The Fault in Our Stars was the top-selling ebook in 2014, according to data just released by PubTrack Digital, a unit of Nielsen BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Digital reading technology has been widely embraced by the Chinese reading public. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Say hello to Literata, Google's font designed exclusively for longer reads.In January of 2014, a Pew study showed that nearly a third of American adults had read an ebook in the last year, and 50% of adults owned some kind of tablet or e-reading device. Many of these readers are using the wide... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2015-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Epic!, an ebook subscription service for kids, is adding titles from another Big Five publisher to its inventory of 10,000 ebooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]