Hummingbird Digital Media has reached a non-exclusive marketing partnership with the ABA under which ABA members will have another option to sell ebooks from their websites. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Later this year, you'll be able to buy ebooks and audiobooks straight from Walmart's website. The big box retailer has teamed up with Japanese e-commerce titan Rakuten to launch a business that can take on Amazon's Kindle offerings. Walmart will give... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2018-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
European booksellers have launched a petition asking the European Council not to “force” bookshops to sell ebooks across borders, for fear it will drive them out of the digital book business. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rakuten Kobo has partnered with D&R, Turkey’s largest book and media retailer, to sell ebooks and devices to Turkish readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hummingbird Digital Media is the latest company to try to develop a system that will allow booksellers to sell ebooks and digital audio directly to consumers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jordan's EkTab and Egypt's Kotobi are sell ebooks and print books online in the Middle East and Africa, where distribution poses a constant challenge. The post Ebookselling Innovation in the Arab World appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Playster, a digital multimedia streaming platform, will now sell ebooks from Simon & Schuster on a subscription basis. The post Playster Streaming Service to Offer Simon & Schuster Ebooks appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
SelfMadeHero has become the first publisher to sell ebooks through BitTorrent Bundle, a peer-to-peer downloading network. The publisher is selling Jörg Tittel and John Aggs' graphic novel Ricky Rouse has a Gun in PDF, CBR and CBZ formats, priced at $5 (£3.36). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
In an effort to defy difficulties at home, Argentine e-bookseller BajaLibros is aiming to sell ebooks throughout Latin America as well as the United States. The post Argentina’s BajaLibros Aims to Sell Ebooks to All of America appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Twitter is quite the medium. An endless source of looping GIFs, "viral" videos, and, sadly, bad advertising. Most of the latter category is quickly dismissed by the block and report spam features of Twitter, but the occasional spambot elevates its "craft" to a level of surreal bliss which begs... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
In Ether for Authors, Porter Anderson looks at the Oyster ebook subscription service, at a CONTEC session ahead in Frankfurt, at book marketing, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new scheme to sell ebooks through schools could benefit school libraries, according to Bilbary... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google will end its Google eBooks reseller program which allowed independent bookstores to sell ebooks through Google's platform. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google said the program, which allowed independent bookstores to sell ebooks through their Web sites, was not a success. Bookstores said it was a valuable platform that allowed them to give customers something they wanted. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2012-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Justice Department is reportedly preparing to go after Apple, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, Penguin, Macmillan and HarperCollins following its investigation into alleged ebook price-rigging. The case centers around a deal to switch to agency pricing, where the vendor takes a 30 percent cut... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
China's biggest online book retailer E-Commerce China Dangdang plans to begin selling ebooks... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Barbara Casassus Publication Date: Wed, 06/07/2011 - 07:32 La Martinière is the latest French publisher to sign up to sell ebooks through Apples iBookstore. About 150 La Martinière and Seuil titles are available so far, with another 300 expected to follow by the end of the summer,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booksellers attending the Canadian Booksellers Association's National Conference in Toronto, May 1315, were introduced to innovations from two Canadian companies designed to help bricks-and-mortar stores sell ebooks. Transcontinental Printing demonstrated its ebook distribution system, which... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Mon, 07/02/2011 - 16:12 ASDA has launched the UKs cheapest e-reader at £52. The View Quest Mediabox 5in Media Tablet went on sale today through its Asda Direct website. The Asda site does not sell ebooks with the supermarket chain instead... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]