Sainsbury’s has launched a month-long promotion offering ebooks for 99p each. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Campaign group Europe-v-Facebook received Facebook's response to complaints about the social networks' privacy policy on Tuesday, but was barred from publishing them by the Irish Data Protection Commissioner. Europe-v-Facebook wrote to the DPC over two years ago alleging that a lack of... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2013-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
A feature that allows Facebook users to edit their updates after publishing could be utilised to "stitch up" friends, an expert warns. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2013-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook users, rejoice: You can now edit posts after they've been published. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
If you've ever written "poo" instead of "pool" or "duck" instead of, er, "suck" in your Facebook status updates, then we've got good news for you. At long last, you can finally edit your post after it's been published, a feature that was previously only reserved for the comments. As you can see... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook’s website and its Android app now will allow users to make changes to posts after they have been published. iOS users, coming soon for you. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2013-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google has expanded Play ebook sales to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, and New Zealand. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
@Horse_ebooks is the Twitter account that, until today, spewed frequent bouts of eerily poetic nonsense to more than 213,000 followers: @Horse_ebooks was widely believed to be a Twitter bot whose tweets were sent out by a robot that scraped text from obscure parts of the Internet. That is, until... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
In Mexico City librarians from Colombia, Mexico and Spain agreed there remained numerous challenges to libraries offering digital content and lending ebooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Bill Bryson calls on publishers to give away ebooks with printed copies in order to tempt readers back to buying physical books. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2013-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Twitter is quite the medium. An endless source of looping GIFs, "viral" videos, and, sadly, bad advertising. Most of the latter category is quickly dismissed by the block and report spam features of Twitter, but the occasional spambot elevates its "craft" to a level of surreal bliss which begs... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
In Mexico, the attitude towards ebooks has shifted from one of wariness and worry to one of enthusiasm, as evidenced by this year's International E-book Symposium. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
According to AAP’s monthly StatShot report, adult ebooks rose only 4.8% in the first six months of 2013 compared to the same period in 2012, hitting $647.7 million. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Warehouse clubs, mass merchandisers, and other big-box retailers remain important to publishers because they not only sell books, they are places where books can be discovered. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
An Ofcom study into consumers' digital consumption has found that Amazon has a dominant 79%... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook marketing specialists Qwaya offer tips on making the most of marketing and advertising for publishers on the ubiquitous social media platform. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
In Ether for Authors, Porter Anderson looks at the Oyster ebook subscription service, at a CONTEC session ahead in Frankfurt, at book marketing, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tech companies continue their push to reveal more details about how often the U.S. government collects user information for national security purposes. Yahoo and Facebook have now filed motions with the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, asking for the right to publish more... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2013-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The federal judge presiding over the U.S. electronic books case against Apple has barred the company from striking deals that would ensure that it could undercut prices of other retailers in the ebook market.(macworld.com) Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2013-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple must pay for an independent antitrust monitor as part of a permanent injunction handed down on Friday by a federal court in New York. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]