Apple is holding its first virtual event of the year on March 8th, and to be honest, I’ve heard rumors about this date for weeks. And don’t get me started on the leaky product selection expected to debut tomorrow at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT / 6 PM GMT.EngadgetThe first major announcement is likely to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2022-03-07 12:28:10 UTC ]
Over half a decade later, a new Kickstarter campaign has finally eclipsed Pebble's crowdfunding record on the website. Fantasy and sci-fi author Brandon Sanderson set up a campaign to raise $1 million within 30 days to fund four secret books he intends to release every quarter next year. It... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2022-03-04 12:57:00 UTC ]
Self-published authors share what they wish they’d known from the beginning. If you haven’t written a book yet, you probably know someone who has—particularly if you’re an entrepreneur. A recent industry report found ISBN registrations for self-published titles have grown more than 375% since... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2017-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Philip Jones analyses Amazon's new ebook offer, what led to it and what it could mean for the future of the ebook market. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon’s dominance in the UK ebook market is so huge that other competitors are left "fighting for scraps” tech entrepreneurs have said. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sainsbury’s is pulling out of the ebook market and closing its digital entertainment offer. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
It is a measure of how strange the ebook market is that in death Oyster may create more ripples in the digital market than it ever achieved while it lived. It will be missed by publishers more than by writers, and its passing will be pored over by pundits eager to have their say about the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
A timely inquiry today, something for small publishers to consider. As my colleague Philip Jones wrote here at The FutureBook last week, the ebook market "that once was booming is now maturing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Charging VAT on digital books is “holding back the development of the ebook market in general, and especially in non-English and small-language markets”, the International Publishers Association’s (IPA) José Borghino has said. A global survey of VAT rates, conducted by the IPA and the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
An appeals court upheld a lower-court ruling that Apple violated antitrust laws to upset Amazon's control of the ebook market. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon's position in the market is damaging progress in the book trade, according to the president of the Booksellers Association, Tim Walker. Speaking on a panel about publishing and technology at the Nielsen BookInsights conference yesterday (25th March), Walker said that Amazon's dominance... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The indie SF publisher Wonderment plans 20 ebook titles exploring a universe of characters enduring world-shattering eventsWriting can be hard – not hard like mining diamonds in Zimbabwe or making cheap clothes for westerners in Bangladesh, of course, but anyone in the 21st-century knowledge... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The US judges hearing Apple's appeal against its price-fixing conviction have asked questions about the role of Amazon in the ebook market, giving hope for the appeal, it has been reported. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tim Coates has blamed uncertainty over the ebook market for the collapse of his ebook site Bilbary. The ebookseller went into liquidation in April, with a final creditors’ meeting to be held in December. Coates is now working on The Freckle Project, a new ebook venture aiming to bridge the gap... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Can a one-size-fits-all, low-price, consumer-dominated sales model support a diverse, innovative, challenging literary output?It is either an existential threat to intellectual freedom or a rustbelt media industry meeting its comeuppance at the hands of disruptive technology. The battle between... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple has reached an out-of-court settlement in the ebooks price-fixing lawsuit with U.S. states and a consumer group ahead of a trial for damages scheduled for July 14, according to records in a New York federal court.The iPhone maker will, however, continue its appeal of a verdict in July last... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2014-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
As Foyles closes the doors of its world famous, 111-year-old London store and opens a new one share words and images that stir your memories of independent bookshopsShare your photos and stories via GuardianWitness With Amazon still throwing its considerable weight into the ongoing dispute... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mark Coker, founder of Smashwords, has made the prediction that self-published books will account for 50% of ebook sales by 2020. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple will continue to be watched by an antitrust monitor during its appeal of a court order creating the position, a court ruled.While a setback for Apple, which had asked for a stay of the appointment of an external compliance monitor in an ebooks price-fixing conspiracy case, the ruling by... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sony, one of the first companies to enter the ebook market, will close its ebookstore in March and allow its American and Canadian customers to migrate their accounts to Kobo. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]