Endeavour Press has rushed out an ebook on the topic of which players would make up Manchester... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Recent reports from Korea, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia indicate growth in indigenous ebook development and dealmaking across the region. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Start-up company ReDigi had planned to allow users to sell used ebooks but were told by a judge that doing so would be illegal. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette, the last holdout among America's "big six" publishers, will make its full ebook catalog available to nonprofit public libraries and school libraries across the nation on May 8th. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
If you're still balking at the cost of download-to-own ebooks, and would rather stick to the tried-and-true library lending system, then this Hachette news is for you. Come next Wednesday, the entirety of Hachette's ebook catalog -- over 5,000 titles -- will be made available to nonprofit... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
A price war earlier this month between two of China’s biggest online booksellers has... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dubai's Rufoof e-bookseller offers 5,000 titles in Arabic and has attracted 100,000 users, 50% from Saudi Arabia, starting with free Islamic titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The devout of all faiths adore their books. They mark their most cherished passages and pass them on to the next generation. Can the same ever be said for a digital edition? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
In 2012, Brazil became the latest battleground for the big international ebooksellers. Ebook sales have since skyrocketed, with Apple in the early lead ahead of Amazon. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
World Book Night gives away 500,000 print books. Wouldn't it make good sense to extend the promotion by offering free ebooks as well? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
A German court has ruled that digital books cannot be resold by purchasers. The German District... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon is hiring for positions in Russia, suggesting its Kindle ebookstore will open there soon and where they will take on several established, but not yet dominant, competitors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomsbury has created an ebook to mark of the 150th edition of the Wisden Cricketers'... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Last week two of China's leading ebookstores Dangdang.com began offering nearly all of their ebooks for free, a move criticized by authors and publishers alike. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Visitors to London's Science Museum will be offered a free ebook from author Tony White, to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
It's well off the triple year-over-year growth that ebooks saw a few years ago, but the latest report from the Association of American Publishers shows that ebooks did inch up even further in 2012 to account for a sizeable chunk of overall book sales. According to its figures, ebooks now... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House has appointed ePubDirect to manage distribution of ebook assets and provide retail support for the UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and India. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
With ebook and total digital sales posting steady—if generally smaller—increases in 2012, sales of print books held up fairly well across the book trade and at most major houses. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ebooks accounted for 22.55 percent, or nearly a quarter, of U.S. book publishers’ sales in 2012, according to a full-year report released by the Association of American Publishers Thursday. That’s up from 17 percent of sales in 20 ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Line, the popular messaging platform based in Japan, is challenging ebook vendors like Amazon and Rakuten with a new service to download and view manga, or Japanese comic books. The company has launched "Line Manga," a mobile app for Android and iOS phones. Line's initial offering consists of... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2013-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]