The digital publisher grew fat off the back of Facebook’s fickle algorithm. Battered and bruised, it’s now going back to where it all began. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2023-04-24 11:00:00 UTC ]
Populated with photographs, emails, speeches and interviews, "Make Something Wonderful" is a chronological exploration of the life of Steve Jobs. Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2023-04-12 22:11:45 UTC ]
OverDrive, the service you can use to borrow ebooks, audiobooks and other digital media from your local library, school or university, is shutting down. In a blog post spotted by TechCrunch, OverDrive announced last week it would shutter the app on May 1st, 2023. The company first shared it was... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2023-03-28 19:48:07 UTC ]
A federal judge has ruled against the Internet Archive in its high-profile case against a group of four US publishers led by Hachette Book Group. Per Reuters, Judge John G. Koeltl declared on Friday the nonprofit had infringed on the group’s copyrights by lending out digitally scanned copies of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2023-03-25 16:46:29 UTC ]
A year after a federal judge struck down Maryland's groundbreaking library e-book law, library advocates are backing revised legislation they say can help ensure “fair and equitable licensing terms" for library e-books while avoiding the thorny copyright issue that doomed Maryland’s effort. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-23 05:00:00 UTC ]
Andy Hunter, Bookshop.org CEO, told 'PW' that the online retailer is developing an e-book platform for indie bookstores from scratch, and will launch it in beta late this year. In addition, the company is publishing its first book, a collection by Lydia Davis, who did not want her book available... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-23 05:00:00 UTC ]
Beginning next week, the first of an anticipated 500,000 indie and self-published e-book titles from Draft2Digital and Smashwords (which merged last year) will be made available for library lending via the Palace Marketplace, the upstart Palace Project’s digital content platform. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-09 05:00:00 UTC ]
A Chicago-based independent publisher has responded to the recent attack on Black History by offering free books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-02-08 16:46:55 UTC ]
Sourcebooks' remote intensive training program for BIPOC interns from nontraditional backgrounds is easing entry into the industry for its graduates while fulfilling the Chicagoland company's DEI objectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-01 05:00:00 UTC ]
DBW's final day looked at a recent study of publishing industry startups and found that innovation takes all forms, from wildly successful ideas that took time to take off, like Audible, to cutting edge innovations, like blockchain book retailing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-18 05:00:00 UTC ]
DBW's final day looked at a recent study of publishing industry startups and found that innovation takes all forms, from wildly successful ideas that took time to take off, like Audible, to cutting edge innovations, like blockchain book retailing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-18 05:00:00 UTC ]
According to multiple presenters at the Digital Book World conference, ChatGPT has potential to remake the way people write and streamline production and editing, while AI voice replication promises affordable audiobook adaptations. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
According to multiple presenters at the Digital Book World conference, ChatGPT has potential to remake the way people write and streamline production and editing, while AI voice replication promises affordable audiobook adaptations. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
Digital Book World, a conference focused on innovation in publishing, opened in New York City with a talk from the International Publishers Association about a two-year project focusing on data collection, as well as the need for more accessible books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
Digital Book World, a conference focused on innovation in publishing, opened in New York City with a talk from the International Publishers Association about a two-year project focusing on data collection, as well as the need for more accessible books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
At the start of the pandemic, several publishing professionals from around the world launched a Facebook group called Publishers Without Borders to stay connected to the broader global publishing community during lockdown. Today, the group has grown to 4,800 members and become a hub for... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-06 05:00:00 UTC ]
At the start of the pandemic, several publishing professionals from around the world launched a Facebook group called Publishers Without Borders to stay connected to the broader global publishing community during lockdown. Today, the group has grown to 4,800 members and become a hub for... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-06 05:00:00 UTC ]
You can read ebooks, write notes, or mark up PDFs on this new slate, but your wallet will feel a lot lighter. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2022-12-08 14:00:00 UTC ]
Lawyers for Amazon and the Big Five publishers say that a revived class action suit accusing them of colluding to fix e-book prices is not significantly different from the case that was dismissed in September for lack of evidence, and should not be allowed to go forward. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
For Cyber Monday, a ton of Dungeons and Dragons hardcover rulebooks are on sale for about 60% off, from the basics to the more advanced. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-11-28 20:52:33 UTC ]