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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]