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 ]
Houston-based Kbuuk is one of the latest in a long line of file conversion and self-publishing ebook platforms to emerge in the wake of the digital explosion. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
By the end of last summer, I was worn out. It seemed like every week brought a new, awful incident of plagiarism or fabrication at news organizations large and small. My job was to write about all of them, to try and get more information about wh ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Association of Writers and Writing Programs annual conference (AWP) began decades ago as a meet-up for academic creative writing departments, students, and writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The ebook market has begun to slow, with the post-Christmas peak in ebook sales less pronounced... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers breathed a sigh of relief last week as federal judge Richard Sullivan dealt a setback to any potential resale market for digital books. In a forceful ruling in Capitol Records v. ReDigi, Sullivan held that the doctrine of “first sale,” which allows consumers to redistribute lawfully... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Slicebooks offers tools for producing re-mixable ebooks. But the implications of this go far beyond generating more sales, explains co-founder Jill Tomich. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
An old cliché goes: You can have it good, fast or cheap, pick any two. But all three? When it comes to ebooks, new tools might be able to deliver all three. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new report on the ebook market in 2012 shows the continuing dominance of fiction, with fiction... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
We've come a long way since an IBM 704 first croaked its way through Daisy Bell. Now we've got Siri copping an attitude when we ask a stupid question and Google Now feeding information in an incredibly realistic sounding voice. AT&T has its own initiative, dubbed Natural Voices. At this... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
The tale of Google and Frommer's famed travel guides has taken another twist this evening. Associated Press writer Beth Harpaz reports Arthur Frommer confirmed over the phone that he has retaken control of the brand from Google, and plans to continue publishing them in ebook and print formats,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Discussions at this year's Leipzig Book Fair proved that ebooks and self publishing are gaining wider acceptance in Germany, and readers are more open to digitization. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Were we really expecting a different outcome? Several months after Google bought Frommer's to bolster its location efforts, Skift hears that the iconic travel guide maker has completely stopped publication of print editions as its focus swings to the online realm. Authors say that many of their... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
It's only March, but 2013's already proving to be quite the wild ride for music distribution trailblazer, eMusic. A month after eschewing its long time subscription-only model by adding direct music purchases, the site has merged with Ray Kurzweil-founded ebook distributor, K-NFB Reading Inc.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Doubleday has announced that free copies of Dan Brown's famous 'The Da Vinci Code will be available as a promotion for Brown's new novel 'Inferno.' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Doubleday has announced that it will be giving away free ebooks of Dan Brown's international bestseller "The Da Vinci Code" this week. Doubleday has announced that it will be giving away free ebooks of Dan Brown's international bestseller "The Da Vinci Code" this week. The free digital download... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
A snapshot of the ebook industry today shows more than 1,000 ebooks with sales of 25,000+. And while our survey of publishers is by no means complete, it's more than enough to prove that the book business is quickly moving to digital. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Twitter is being used as a "commissioning channel", Random House digital publisher Dan... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has added ebooks to the basket of goods and services... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-books have been added to the basket of goods used to calculate the UK's rate of inflation, but Freeview set-top boxes are out. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]