Unlike Blinkbox Movies and Blinkbox Music, Tesco hasn't found a buyer for its underperforming Blinkbox Books service. We expected the ebook platform to quietly fade into the night, along with customers' purchases, but it seems Tesco has a parting gi... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2015-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tesco will close its ebooks service blinkbox Books at the end of February after talks with Waterstones to buy the platform broke down. All 60 core staff who work on the blinkbox Books platform are now expected to enter a consultation period over their jobs and are likely to be made... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
ePubDirect has developed a proprietary digital ebook platform especially for its local primary school, St. Columba’s, in Cork, Ireland. The post ePubDirect Offers Irish School Own Ebook Platform appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
JukePop, an ebook platform that provides book discovery for self-published authors by offering libraries and traditional publishers the ability to identify popular indie works, has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $15,000. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ingram announced that it has added content from Hachette Book Group, O'Reilly Media and Kensington Publishing to MyiLibrary, its ebook platform for academic and public libraries. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
With its eye firmly fixed on a return to profitability, Sony's been making extensive cuts to its business arms in recent days (bye bye, VAIO!). So it's no surprise the company would train that cost-cutting eye onto another underperforming unit -- its... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2014-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
German Thalia, Weltbild, Hugendubel, as well as Bertelsmann and Deutsche Telekom, have launched Tolino, a new ebook platform to compete with Amazon. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Book supplier Browns Books for Students is to launch an ebook platform especially for schools... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
China's biggest online book retailer Dangdang has launched its ebook platform in China, with... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]