Over the last few months the tech industry has been inching toward ebook nirvana. For one thing, gadget makers keep improving e-readers while slashing prices. (I'm going to renew my bet that Amazon will begin selling the Kindle for less than $100 by the end of the year.) The bigger story,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2011-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
On February 15, Open Road Integrated Media will publish the first childrens titles in its author branded program: seven ebooks by Newbery Medal and National Book Award winner Virginia Hamilton, who died in 2002. Among the ebooks on the list are Newbery and NBA winner M.C. Higgins, the Great. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Philip Jones Apple has confirmed that it wants a cut of Amazon's Kindle sales made via its iPad and iPhone apps. The giant hardware company has said that it will no longer allow apps to sell content via a separate browser link, unless customers are also given the option of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
There was no shortage of debates and discussions at last week's second annual Digital Book World, where about 1,300 members of the trade publishing industry turned out in New York to explore ways to navigate the digital transition. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite pressure coming from a number of different areas on bricks-and-mortar bookstores, the American Booksellers Association's sixth annual Winter Institute, which took place January 1821 at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Va., was surprisingly upbeat. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
The ebook sales milestone "has come even sooner than we expected," CEO Bezos says. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2011-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Philip Jones The system of lending one ebook per library user works for authors, agents, booksellers and librarians, a session at Digital Book World discussing the sector heard yesterday. At the session, entitled 'Where Do Libraries Fit Into the Ecosystem?', publishers were... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Borrowers can create a wish list queue of books they would like to read and lenders earn 1 credit for every 5 books they list on the site as available for borrowing. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2011-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
By Tim Conneally, Betanews Wednesday, Web retailer Amazon launched its Kindle Singles line of literature designed specifically for consumption on e-readers. The works, priced between $1.00 and $3.00, include original works of prose, essays and theses, and the the first TEDBooks.Last October,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2011-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
TED, known for exclusive events and online videos of speeches by celebrities like Al Gore, Bono and Malcolm Gladwell, plans to publish its own short ebooks, beginning with three that went on sale Wednesday. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2011-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]