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Our big feature this week is about the emerging market of Millennial readers. They're young; they're cool; they were born into a world of omnipotent, hyper-fast technology; their eyes are glued to their phones. But do they read ebooks? Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Charging VAT on digital books is “holding back the development of the ebook market in general, and especially in non-English and small-language markets”, the International Publishers Association’s (IPA) José Borghino has said. A global survey of VAT rates, conducted by the IPA and the... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-book sales in the adult and children's/young adult categories fell a combined 8.1% in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the first period of 2014, according to AAP's StatShot program, Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Authors Guild is asking bestselling authors to push back against the industry's reigning 25% ebook royalty rate "on behalf of all authors, as well as themselves.” Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Last week, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, by a 2–1 margin, affirmed Judge Denise Cote’s 2013 finding that Apple orchestrated a 2010 conspiracy with five major publishers to fix ebook prices. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A federal appeals court stood by a 2013 decision that found the tech giant guilty of fixing ebook prices with publishers.Apple's last-ditch attempt to avoid paying $450 million to ebook buyers was just quashed, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in... Continue reading at 'Fast Company'
[ Fast Company | 2015-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed Judge Denise Cote's 2013 finding that Apple orchestrated a scheme to fix the price of ebooks. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital Content Working Group co-chair Carolyn Anthony told members that ALA officials were "continuing to dialogue" with the Big Five publishers over ebook prices. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Star Wars' and 'Lord of the Rings' had a baby, it died badly, and this book is its reanimated remains. The post We Review a Self-Published E-Book About a Lady Clone War appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at 'Wired'
[ Wired | 2015-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The European Commission announced that it has opened a formal investigation into some of the ebook practices of Amazon. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The move continues a trend of cracking down on the operations of major tech companies in Europe.In recent months, European regulators increasingly have been scrutinizing the practices of U.S. tech giants that dominate their respective industries, focusing their investigatory efforts on Amazon,... Continue reading at 'Fast Company'
[ Fast Company | 2015-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-book share of the UK book market has decreased marginally in 2015. According to findings from Nielsen Book Research, Steve Bohme, UK research director, said that ebook share was up from one in five to one in three between 2012-2014, but down marginally to 29% in the first quarter of 2015. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Green’s "The Fault in Our Stars" was the top-selling ebook in 2014, according to data just released by PubTrack Digital, a unit of Nielsen BookScan. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Thursday afternoon panel was officially named "The Power of Partnerships," but as moderator Keith Michael Fiels, executive director of the American Library Association suggested, it should have been called "E-books: The Continuing Saga." Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Subscription ebook services have been a buzzworthy topic in recent years, but are they a good deal for authors and publishers? That was the topic of a standing room only panel, moderated by Smashwords founder Mark Coker who noted the promise of subscription models as well as the “legitimate... Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Green's The Fault in Our Stars was the top-selling ebook in 2014, according to data just released by PubTrack Digital, a unit of Nielsen BookScan. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital reading technology has been widely embraced by the Chinese reading public. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Say hello to Literata, Google's font designed exclusively for longer reads.In January of 2014, a Pew study showed that nearly a third of American adults had read an ebook in the last year, and 50% of adults owned some kind of tablet or e-reading device. Many of these readers are using the wide... Continue reading at 'Fast Company'
[ Fast Company | 2015-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Epic!, an ebook subscription service for kids, is adding titles from another Big Five publisher to its inventory of 10,000 ebooks. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Some books come to us when they're needed most. The post Self-Published E-Book Review: Frolic in Conservative Utopia appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at 'Wired'
[ Wired | 2015-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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