E-books lost a little bit of sales ground in the third quarter of 2014, according to data from the latest survey of book-buying behavior from Nielsen Books & Consumers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
French Culture Minister Fleur Pellerin has signed a 12-point charter with 10 book organisations in France to promote the loan of ebooks in public libraries. The 10 represent local authorities, libraries, publishers, booksellers and authors and the 12 points include access to all titles... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook keeps coming up with ways to reduce the amount of bloat in people's news feeds. But while recent efforts have angered those putting out that bloat -- advertisers and social gaming firms -- Facebook's latest move seems intended to pre-empt any pushback.Facebook unveiled a few new tools... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook has been courting content companies for years because it wants content companies to bring more of their content to Facebook. Here’s a new example: A set of tools that will make it easier for publishers to share their stuff ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2014-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
On Monday, December 15, Apple will finally get their crack at overturning their 2013 ebook price-fixing judgment, with oral arguments scheduled before the Second Circuit Circuit Court of Appeals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ten stores ranging from University Book Store in Seattle, Wash., to Park Road Books in Charlotte, N.C., will begin offering book and interactive ebook bundles starting later this week. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The UK is looking increasingly isolated in charging 20% VAT on ebooks after two more European countries lowered their rates to be in line with print books. Italy has ruled that VAT on ebooks will be cut from the standard 22% to 4% so it matches the rate imposed on printed books. Meanwhile,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook's new search feature will give users a more active role in media discovery, and likely change how brands and publishers use the platform. The post What Facebook’s search feature means for brands, publishers appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2014-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Low-cost ebook conversions enabled massive growth of the market, but there were many errors. It's now time to upgrade those ebooks to a higher quality. The post If Ebooks are Software, It’s Time for Version 2.0 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
The French Publishers Association (Syndicat National de l’Edition, SNE) has warned its members that France may raise VAT on ebooks from 5.5% to the standard 20% during the first half of next year to avoid a fine of several million euros from the European Court of Justice, according to the trade... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
When Tim Cook published an open letter in September to address iCloud privacy and security concerns, he said free online services treat you, the consumers, as product. Even newcomer Ello, which is dubbed the anti-Facebook, has a manifesto that ends w... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2014-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Founded in 2011 by Jill and Ron Tomich, Denver-based Slicebooks is a digital publishing platform that gives publishers the ability to “slice” their titles into smaller chunks and sell them by chapter. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-book retailer Kobo is teaming with screen manufacturer E Ink Holdings to offer wider access to the Kobo ebook catalog. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
iBooks chief fighting US court ruling that the company ‘conspired’ to fix prices in its competition with Amazon is defiant before trial. Tim Cook ‘feels the same’Apple goes before a US federal appeal court in two weeks to try to overturn a US Justice Department ruling on ebooks price-fixing. But... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
With an appeal date approaching, attorneys for Apple and the DoJ traded fire over whether Judge Denise Cote improperly weighed the evidence presented to her. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
A federal judge in New York has given final approval to a settlement in which Apple will pay $450 million for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices for ebooks. Judge Denise Cote of the U.S. District Court in Manhattan called the settlement “fair and reasonable.” It requires Apple to pay $400... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2014-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Elsevier has become the latest publisher to partner with Vancouver start-up BitLit to offer discounted ebook editions of a part of its book catalog. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dubbed the “Indie Rock Stars” module, the program will launch with the participation of some 90 authors, and will include at least 18 New York Times bestselling books and more than 30 award-winning novels. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The publisher is opening up its ebook lending program to all libraries. Previously, the S&S catalog was available only to those libraries participating in the house's “Buy It Now” merchandising program. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Utilities developer Icecream Apps has released Icecream PDF Converter, a capable tool for converting a range of file formats to and from PDF. There are plenty of similar applications around, but what’s interesting here is most conversions are handled in the background by a bundled copy of Open... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2014-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]