The world’s richest man promises more than he has delivered. His social network purchase is likely to go the same wayElon Musk is a fan of the science fiction writer Isaac Asimov. When his spacecraft company SpaceX successfully sent its Falcon Heavy rocket payload into orbit around the sun in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-11-01 18:50:19 UTC ]
Get a digital copy of the Spring 2018 Publishing Perspectives Magazine, out in print at the London Book Fair next week. This issue puts a focus on diversity in book publishing. The post Download the Spring 2018 Publishing Perspectives Magazine appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon’s been steadily expanding the list of benefits you receive with a $99 Prime membership—two-day shipping, a library of music and movies to stream, the ability to “borrow” Kindle books—and today it added video games to the list. Sort of. Prime members now get 20 percent off video game... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2016-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
When Amazon launched AutoRip, we looked at our bookshelves and wished that us readers would get something similar. Fortunately, the company had the same idea, and is now announcing Kindle Matchbook. In short, if you've bought one of 10,000 selected titles from Amazon, you'll be entitled to snag... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin will refresh its ebook lending system later today, according to a report from the New York Times. The publisher will start lending out its titles in Los Angeles and Cleveland, mimicking the program that trialled (despite some DRM issues) in New York. Public library users can even expect... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) and Google today announced an agreement that marks the end of nearly seven years of litigation, kicked off in 2005, when five members of the organization filed an infringement suit against the online giant. The deal helps bring digitized books and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Readers can buy a digital copy of James Herbert’s latest novel for only 20p, despite the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]