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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
Farrar, Straus and Giroux is releasing George Seldon's Chester Cricket and His Friends series in ebook format for the first time for the new tablet-toting generation of young readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
A Little Friendly Orgy and other porn stories have been sold as work by the author of The Eagle Has LandedReaders fancying a journey into the world of the bestselling thriller author Jack Higgins may be getting a different kind of thrill, courtesy of another writer selling erotic novels under... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple is looking to escape from New York. In a filing this week, Apple attorneys argue that Judge Denise Cote does not have jurisdiction to oversee its upcoming damages trial. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Local Government Association calls on websites to highlight dangers of drinking game linked to several deathsTwitter and Facebook should introduce warnings about the drinking game neknominate, which has been linked to several deaths, councils have said. The Local Government Association (LGA),... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]