New research on subscription ebook models from BISG shows publishers are still reticent, while consumers who embrace the model continue to buy books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Preliminary sales estimates from the Association of American Publishers StatShot program showed that sales of digital downloads of audiobooks rose about 18% in 2013, while sales of physical audio were about even with 2012, a trend that is in keeping with what has been happening with physical and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
The harmonisation of VAT across print and digital books could move a step closer this week with... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
In 2012, global ebook retailers descended on Brazil. This year, the big story is about education and the shift to digital books in schools. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Effective immediately, Midpoint Trade will distribute Knox Robinson's print and digital books in the U.S. and Canada. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Spotify did it for music. Netflix did it for movies. And now, Trip Adler and Scribd are doing it for books. The 29-year-old entrepreneur and his six-year-old San Francisco startup just unveiled an online subscription service that gives you unlimited access to a large library of digital books for... Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2013-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
A German court has ruled that digital books cannot be resold by purchasers. The German District... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers breathed a sigh of relief last week as federal judge Richard Sullivan dealt a setback to any potential resale market for digital books. In a forceful ruling in Capitol Records v. ReDigi, Sullivan held that the doctrine of “first sale,” which allows consumers to redistribute lawfully... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite the advances in digital books and storytelling technology, Penguin executive Jeff Gomez says that publishers have so far focused on the wrong things. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jeff Bezos, in the U.K. to launch the Kindle Paperwhite and Amazon's Lending Library service, has told the BBC that his firm makes no money on its Kindles. "We make money from when people use our devices, not when people buy our devices," he told technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones. "That... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
National Book Tokens is to launch an e-gifting card for digital books with the content to be... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Not content at stopping with its recent European tour, Google Play Books has made the trip to Japan and brought back a handful of new features. In addition to support for reading Japanese books in a vertical, right-to left layout, Mountain view now lets users tap on names of geographical spots... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple Inc., the world's biggest technology company, and four publishers offered to overhaul pricing models for digital books to allay European Union concerns that they blocked competition. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple's Steve Jobs played a key role in a price-fixing plan with five ebook publishers, federal and state officials say in antitrust lawsuits.WASHINGTON — Former Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs was a key player in a conspiracy with five major book publishers to drive up the price of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Today's Wall Street Journal takes a look at a new lineup of "enhanced" digital books that incorporate music, video and high-tech graphics. But as one Wharton expert notes, the market for these elaborate productions remains to be seen. Continue reading >> [ Source: Knowledge@Wharton | 2012-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple can improve education and empower authors to create ever-better digital books without limiting customers. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2012-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Even as more consumers buy dedicated digital reading devices and tablets, a hybrid market for books is developing in which readers will buy both print and digital books. That was one of the main conclusions from Verso Digital’s “2011 Survey of Book-Buying Behavior,” presented by the company’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The wide world of publishing is changing; everyone will tell you that. But if you ask what about publishing is changing, youll likely hear about the decline of physical books or the growth of digital books. And while the loss of bookstores and the latest, lightest e-reader make for compelling... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
The wide world of publishing is changing; everyone will tell you that. But if you ask what about publishing is changing, youll likely hear about the decline of physical books or the growth of digital books. And while the loss of bookstores and the latest, lightest e-reader make for compelling... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 20/09/2011 - 14:30 Random House Group UK has made a series of promotions within its UK sales department, with changes at group level as well as at Ebury and Transworld. Deputy group sales director Ed Christie will now also be leading the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]