E-book price fixing will cost consumers more than US$200 million this year, and U.S. antitrust authorities should take action against Apple and a group of... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2012-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Society of Chief Librarians (SCL) is to have meetings with individual publishers over e-... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Yahoo files papers outlining ways of scattering adverts through digital books based on what is being read. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2012-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Are you ready for a bombshell? Turns out people who read ebooks read more books than those don't. That tidbit comes from the number crunchers at Pew. According to a new report titled "The Rise of E-Reading," the ebook readers read an average of 24 books in the past year, versus the 15 books read... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two new reports released in the past 10 days document the ebook market’s rapid growth in the U.S. and the U.K., and suggest that a significant global spike is close at hand. Among the major takeaways from the “Bowker Market Research Global eBook Monitor” or GeM, study, ebooks are beginning to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
One in five American adults read an electronic book in the last year, as gift-giving sped the shift away from the printed page, a Pew Research Center survey showed on Wednesday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2012-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
$1.5 million worth of Harry Potter books sold in Pottermore's first three days online. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The European and US investigation into ebook pricing may be approaching resolution, say US press... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Talks to resolve U.S. and European price-fixing probes into ebooks are heating up, with three international publishers inclined to settle the matter, according to people familiar with the matter. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
A study by the Pew Internet Project finds that consumers who use e-readers are buying more books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
One in five Americans say they've read an ebook in the last year, according to a new poll from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project. Those numbers come from a late January survey, they're up sharply from a December 2011 survey. Pew says the jump coincides with a jump in... Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Buenas noticias para todos los amantes de los libros que viven en Estados Unidos. Amazon acaba de anunciar una nueva tienda llamada eBooks Kindle en Español. El nuevo servicio dará acceso a más de 33,000 libros que se podrán leer en los diferentes dispositivos Kindle. Esta biblioteca virtual... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-books are catching on quickly, with more than one in five U.S. adults having read an electronic book in the last year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Justice Department is nearing a settlement with publishers over allegations of ebook pricing, but finalizing the deal is proving problematic as Apple and two publishers are balking at the terms of the deal. Amazon will be permitted to once again discount ebooks to its customers as a result.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2012-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lonely Planet is launching two new ebook series, one offering guidance to the enjoyable... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The overall value of consumer book purchases has dropped 9% since 2008, according to the annual... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Australia and India have joined the UK and the US as world leaders in ebook adoption rates,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pottermore was due to go live in October, but it missed its launch. The is expected to open to the public early next month. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2012-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Hunger Games may have had a heck of an opening weekend, but let's not forget who the top box office spot belongs to: a certain bespectacled boy wizard. Roughly a decade and half after the publication of the first book in the series -- and after several months of promises -- the ultra-popular... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The "Harry Potter" series, which has conquered mediums from books to movies, is finally available in ebook format. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]