Mark Coker, founder of Smashwords, has made the prediction that self-published books will account for 50% of ebook sales by 2020. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Frederator Books, the year-old children’s ebook publishing program founded by cartoon veteran Fred Seibert, is getting a boost in the arm, or at least a shot of caffeine: Letters From Catbug,... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Peter James's Host, published on two disks, was an early example – but exactly where the medium started life is surprisingly tricky to identifyWhat was the first ebook? Debate rages … When Peter James published his thriller Host on two floppy disks, in 1993, it was billed as the "world's first... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-books by Sainsbury’s has sold the brand and social networking elements of ebook site... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Our digital magazine for March focuses on ebook businesses and initiatives around the world, from sales to format, enhanced content to devices. Download your copy here. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Attorneys for the consumer class argue there is enough evidence to assess damages against Apple via a summary judgment. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Connecting content creators and consumers would be an enormous coup for news sites, magazines, TV networks, and other media. We look at three startups that could help.At magazines like Fast Company, we rely on distribution networks to get our articles to our readers. In print, the primary... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2014-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gollancz is to drop the price of ebooks of six of its 2014 debut novels to £1.99 over... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Under the new partnership the publisher will provide ebooks directly to the Douglas County Libraries at a flat discount, which will then own, and host the content on its own proprietary system for ebook lending. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Vook, a digital publishing and distribution platform, is launching Author Control, a new data service that allows authors and publishers to track ebook sales and unit downloads across every major retail channel. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
The acquisition gives users of TeachersNotebook.com exposure to OverDrive’s network of schools and libraries. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tech is returning dividends to publishing, with Valobox's 'Gift an Ebook' program and Bookseer's advanced social media data mining and price analytics. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
While video-game players are familiar with the gaming site Humble Bundle, ebook readers will hear a lot more about it in the coming months. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a federal courtroom in Manhattan, attorneys for Apple in its ebook price-fixing case are offering up lessons in creative legal maneuvering. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple’s appeal of its price-fixing case boils down to this: Judge Denise Cote blew it. "The evidence," Apple argues, "cannot support a finding of a conspiracy." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
A snapshot of STM publishing in India, which represents 84% of the publishing industry's profits in the country, from this February's GLOBALOCAL conference. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sourcebooks announced this morning that the Chicago-based publisher is adding the Peanuts gang to its Put Me in the Story digital platform, which allows parents to create personalized versions of children's books as an app or in print format. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Learnist, an online social learning venture and application, is releasing a new iOS app for mobile devices and launching the Learnist Digital Bookstore, which will sell premium content from a selection of well-known experts and celebrities. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook is allowing to Pages to tag one another, but brands and publishers need to judicious in how they use the new feature.The post Facebook rewards brands for tagging appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2014-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple had no knowledge that publishers were engaged in a conspiracy in December 2009 or at any other point, the company said in its appeal against a district court ruling which found Apple and five major U.S. publishers had conspired to fix ebook prices.The district court’s findings show that... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2014-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]