With its eye firmly fixed on a return to profitability, Sony's been making extensive cuts to its business arms in recent days (bye bye, VAIO!). So it's no surprise the company would train that cost-cutting eye onto another underperforming unit -- its... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2014-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
OverDrive has announced that it is making available HarperCollins' 5,000 ebooks to schools and libraries in U.K. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ten years today, the social networking giant has notched up some interesting numbers along the way• How Facebook became the world's biggest social network1.23bn monthly usersBy the end of 2013, Facebook boasted 1.23bn monthly active users worldwide, adding 170m in just one year. According to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Last week, the US government finally relented on letting technology companies publish more detail about national security requests; today, some bigger firms are taking advantage of the looser rules. Facebook, Google, LinkedIn and Yahoo have updated ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2014-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
While Facebook is positioning Paper as a way for publishers to better reach -- and, hopefully, monetize -- mobile readers, Paper may make publishers too dependent on Facebook for traffic. The meteoric rise of sites like Elite Daily, Upworthy and Viral Nova shows how social-savvy publishers can... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2014-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple Inc. faces as much as $840 million in state and consumer antitrust claims related to electronic-book deals with publishers as it continues to oppose a court-ordered monitor in a related U.S.... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2014-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The survey was conducted by the site Good e-Reader among participants whom Good e-Reader estimated buy between 50 and 100 books a year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Romance author's fans succeed with social media drive to persuade Atria books into a paper version of free e-novella released late last yearAfter fans of the romance author Colleen Hoover bombarded her publisher with thousands of tweets and Facebook pleas, Atria has finally bowed to the pressure... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
UK publishers are reporting strengthening international ebook sales across 2013, with good... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
In an article for the Paris Review, “This Month’s Most Expensive E-Books," Dan Piepenbring wonders 'what's the limit one is willing to pay for a digital edition?" Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
The first online digital marketplace gets the nod for its invention of a system for "copyless" digital transactions. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The whole point of owning an Amazon tablet is that you're eventually gonna buy stuff. Want movies? Amazon's got you covered. Music? Time to check out Amazon's MP3 store. And then, of course, there's books: Amazon expects you to buy lots and lots of ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2014-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Founded by a group of gaming developers looking to provide quality book content for kids, Epic! is a newly launched subscription ebook service offering access to a curated selection of children's ebooks for $9.99 a month. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Digital versions will be available simultaneously with the release of print editions. Libraries can license the titles for a one-year period. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
In this Exprima Talks episode, Corey Pressman talks to startup Beneath the Ink about their ebook enhancement technology, and to author Emma Boling about how she used it in her book, Mistress of France. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
At ALA Midwinter 2014, librarians were urged not to be satisfied by recent ebook developments, and to look more deeply at their digital future. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
By understanding our tastes and habits, Facebook could steal billions of dollars in ads from traditional media and get Madison Avenue out of the stone age.Facebook has never been a company lacking in foolish ambition--witness Facebook Home, Beacon, Places, and other monumental undertakings. But... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2014-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperVoyager has acquired a new epic fantasy trilogy from Broken Empire author Mark Lawrence.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook has been in the news over the past few days after a report suggested that the social network is spreading in a similar way to a virus. Like all epidemics, the report suggests, the rate of infection will ultimately drop off, leading to the suggestion that by 2017 the social network will... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2014-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The new site, read.dukeupress.edu, is powered by the Folio eBooks solution, developed by Stanford University’s HighWire Press. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]