Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Mon, 27/06/2011 - 08:53 Pottermore has responded to retailers' frustrations over being unable to sell the Harry Potter ebooks, saying the idea was to "ensure ease of availability across all reading devices". read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The publisher Algonquin is offering digital books at a discount or free to customers who buy certain trade paperback or hardback books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2011-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
After years of refusing to release her boy-wizard books in electronic format, Harry Potter mastermind J.K. Rowling is finally taking the digital plunge, launching an online store that will sell Harry Potter ebooks directly to consumers and a social-networking site designed to keep the Potter... Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2011-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Philip Jones and Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 23/06/2011 - 11:53 J K Rowling has confirmed that she will release paid-for ebook versions of her incredibly successful Harry Potter books from her new website Pottermore "in partnership with J K Rowlings publishers... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Barnes & Noble on Tuesday said it sold three times as many digital books through its website compared to physical books during the fourth fiscal quarter. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2011-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 23/06/2011 - 07:26 Vintage Publishing has released the first ebooks from Nigella Lawson, with her Kitchen and Nigella Express books now available in digital format. Lawson's Nigella Quick Collection app has also been updated with 30... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fiction is the leading sales driver of ebooks, and just how dominant that segment has been is clearly seen in a new market study just released by Bowker. According to "20102011 U.S. Book Consumer Demographics & Buying Behaviors Annual Review," fiction accounted for 61% of unit sales in 2010... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google has launched an affiliate program for its eBooks service, offering to pay commissions to Web publishers who promote titles on their sites and send buyers... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2011-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 15/06/2011 - 08:07 Random House Children's Books has released its first four-colour picture ebooks, marking the start of its ebook publishing programme for picture books. Digital editions will from now on be released alongside the physical... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
By restricting purchases unnecessarily, ebooks and e-readers are a bad deal, says free software guru Richard Stallman. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2011-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple's contact information page in the iOS 5 address book has a field not just for Twitter, but also offers space to add friends' handles on Facebook, Flickr, LinkedIn and Myspace. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2011-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Unbridled Books is partnering with the American Booksellers Association to promote the organization’s IndieCommerce program. For three days Unbridled is offering 25 of its titles in ebook format for 25 cents exclusively through the approximately 250 independent bookstores that are set up to sell... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Fri, 03/06/2011 - 14:47 Canongate is planning to give a limited number of free ebook copies of Grow Up, the debut novel by 19-year-old Ben Brooks, ahead of its paperback publication in July. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 27/05/2011 - 08:45 Bloomsbury's ebook sales topped £1.1m in the first three months of 2011, as the company reported its unaudited preliminary results for the fourteen months ended 28th February 2011. Revenue across the group was £103.4m for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
A pricing war among the big guns of the book industry is causing pain at the checkout screen, but sprouting new opportunities for writers and readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2011-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
By Tim Conneally, Betanews Nature Publishing Group and California State University (CSU) on Tuesday announced a three-year partnership that will eliminate paper textbooks from certain classes, and replace them with interactive ebooks instead. Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2011-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google's eBooks electronic bookstore now contains about 3 million free titles, up from 2 million when it was launched in December. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2011-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booksellers attending the Canadian Booksellers Association's National Conference in Toronto, May 1315, were introduced to innovations from two Canadian companies designed to help bricks-and-mortar stores sell ebooks. Transcontinental Printing demonstrated its ebook distribution system, which... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
It happened. Amazon says ebook sales have surpassed physical book sales on Amazon.com. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2011-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon.com said that it sold 105 ebooks for every 100 printed books, a milestone that its chief executive, Jeff Bezos, said had occurred sooner than expected. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2011-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]