Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 20/09/2011 - 08:17 The Natural History Museum has launched its first ebook for the iPad, created from the most expensive book ever sold. The ebook of The Birds of America by John James Audubon features all 435 illustration plates of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Caroline Horn Publication Date: Tue, 20/09/2011 - 08:30 Macmillan Children's Books has created an animated cover for the ebook of Frank Cottrell Boyce's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again, which it hopes will attract the interest of bloggers. The covers can be seen at... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Swiftly and at little cost, newspapers, magazines and sites like The Huffington Post are publishing their own version of ebooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2011-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page and Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 15/09/2011 - 09:51 Publishers are being kept waiting for the conclusion of the Office of Fair Trading's investigation into ebook prices, begun at the start of this year, with the OFT now in the process of assessing all the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Wed, 14/09/2011 - 09:54 Google is close to launching an Australian version of its ebookstore, the first time the digital company has expanded the service outside the United States. The move raises speculation that a UK launch could be imminent.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Even as readers grow more comfortable with digital books, some continue to question why so many of the most popular new ebooks are priced so high. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2011-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon's "Netflix for E-Books" lending program is still a rumor, and not popular with book publishers, but here are some ways it could work. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2011-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Thu, 08/09/2011 - 08:43 The Huffington Post has turned digital publisher, releasing its first ebook, A People's History of the Great Recession by reporter Arthur Delaney, yesterday (7th September). The title is available on the UK Kindle store... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Smiths News, the newspaper and magazine wholesaler, has completed the purchase of the remaining assets of Dawson Holdings, which include its ebook unit and its newspaper and magazine airline distribution business. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2011-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Tue, 23/08/2011 - 09:10 Several US law firms have now filed lawsuits against Apple and major US publishers alleging what one described as a "horizontal conspiracy" to fix and increase the price of ebooks in the US. One firm also now moved for the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Michael Fitzpatrick Publication Date: Tue, 23/08/2011 - 08:26 A confusing maze of ebook stores, a difficulty in rendering text and high costs of purchase are dissuading Japanese customers from buying into ebooks. The chaotic melee now taking place in Japan, as publishing makes room... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Mon, 22/08/2011 - 15:00 Simon & Schuster US has signed a deal to publish the physical editions of John Locke's Donovan Creed novels in North America. In June, Locke became the first self-published author to sell more than one million ebooks... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 18/08/2011 - 15:01 Hodder has today (18th August) released an enhanced film tie-in ebook of David Nicholls' One Day, titled One Day Plus. The ebook is priced £5.49 and features footage from Nicholls' appearance at the iTunes Festival this... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Fri, 19/08/2011 - 08:50 High street stalwart Argos is planning to launch ebooks on its website in a bid to grow its recently launched book offer. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booker Prize winning author Graham Swift believes digital publishing could threaten the livelihood of authors in the future because they are being paid too little. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2011-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Tue, 16/08/2011 - 09:15 UK ebook buyers are expecting heavier discounting on digital titles than their counterparts across the Atlantic, a new survey has found. The survey, undertaken in April by consultants Simon-Kucher and Partners among 250 book... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
A class-action lawsuit accuses Apple of working with publishers to raise the cost of ebooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2011-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 11/08/2011 - 09:08 The British Library has launched its E-book Treasures series for the iPad, with ancient manuscripts now available for download on the Apple iBookstore. The first manuscripts to be available are Leonardo da Vinci's Codex... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Thu, 11/08/2011 - 09:10 HarperCollins ebook sales now comprise 11% of its total revenue, the company has said following parent NewsCorp's latest results. As has now become customary, figures for HarperCollins were not stripped out. There was no... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scam artists are selling fake early access to the Pottermore Web site or asking for personal data to register an "account." Either way, you're going to be sorry if you interact with them. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2011-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]