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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
The Toronto Star is testing the ebook market with a dedicated subscription model. Launched in November 2012, Star Dispatches is the brainchild of the Toronto Star's marketing department. The Star already has more than 20 titles of long-form jour ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-04-10 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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]