By Tim Conneally, Betanews The Android Market has never had any specific ban on carrying and selling straight up text documents, and users could search through the market and find apps that were, in effect, standalone ebooks. Now, however, there is a section dedicated specifically to ebooks which currently features around 500 titles from publishers such as Simon and Schuster, Macmillan, W.W. Norton and Co., Hachette, and more.The URL for the site, market.android.com/books, was discovered by Android Guys last week, and the site noted that URLs for /music, and /movies worked and resolved to the Android Market. Thursday is the first day the /books URL began landing on a real market page. Copyright Betanews, Inc. 2010 Continue reading at 'Betanews'
[ Betanews | 2011-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tim Waterstone, the founder of the Waterstone's book shop chain, predicts that the "ebook revolution" will soon go into decline in the UK. Continue reading at BBC World
[ BBC World | 2014-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A New York judge has given the go-ahead for a group to collectively sue Apple for damages over its collusion with publishers to fix the price of electronic books.Denise Cote, a judge at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, wrote in her approval of class status that... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2014-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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5 fifteen, a premier supplier of consulting services and cloud-based software solutions designed for newspaper and magazine publishers, has appointed Bluefin Technology Partners, a leading provider of online classifieds and self-service advertising s ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Humanoids, the famed French comics house now based in Los Angeles, has released the Humanoids Comics app for iOS and Android. The app offers retail access to more than 60 Humanoids titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Customers of Amazon.com Inc. found credits in their inboxes Tuesday from the settlement of an antitrust lawsuit over ebook prices. Amazon, in a Customer FAQ posting on its website, said the credits are partial refunds and will be applied automatically to the accounts of those eligible: people... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2014-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New York's attorney general says buyers of electronic books will get account credits this week from five publishers from settlements reached after 33 states sued in federal court alleging they... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2014-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When print was thriving, advertisers would simply use brands as a proxy for the audience they wanted to reach. Want moms? Buy People magazine. Now marketers know more about their targets, have better tools to find them and more ways to reach them. And traditional publishers stood by as... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2014-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Remember that antitrust suit concerning publishers, ebooks and price rigging? The good news, at least if you bought one of the affected titles between April 2010 and May 2012, is that Amazon is sending some money your way. If the book you purchased... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2014-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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If you bought a lot of bestsellers, you could see a hefty credit on your Amazon account on Tuesday. Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2014-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The industry can learn about quality, and maintaining readers' loyalty, from the arrival of the Guardian and New York TimesThe recent, dramatic arrival of tanks – in the form of some of the world's biggest news organisations, including of course the Guardian – on the content marketing industry's... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chancellor announces new laws making sure internet downloads are taxed in the country where they are purchasedGeorge Osborne's latest budget could spell an end to 99p song downloads by closing a tax loophole that meant consumers were paying VAT at very low foreign rates on online purchases of... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A visit to the Gwanghwamun branch of Kyobo, Korea’s largest bookstore chain, provides many clues to the country’s present book market. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House Merger with Santillana will force the Brazilian operation to choose whether to stay or leave the powerful DLD digital distribution platform. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week, the Inkstuds podcast hits the road, the second volume of Bold Riley, Hi-Fi Color for Comics, P. Craig Russell's final Guide to Graphic Storytelling, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sceptre editorial director Drummond Moir has acquired a literary debut by 34-year-old poet and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Random House is going after film buffs. The publisher's Vintage Books imprint has created Vintage Movie Classics to release backlist books that served as the basis for iconic films. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Poland’s second-largest bookstore chain, Matras, is set to be sold. Potential buyers include book distributor FK Olejesiuk and a consortium of publishers, led by Prószyński. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Anna Soler-Pont of Barcelona's Pontas Literary & Film Agency discusses the her dual careers in books and movies, and role as an agent, writer and producer. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Peter James's Host, published on two disks, was an early example – but exactly where the medium started life is surprisingly tricky to identifyWhat was the first ebook? Debate rages … When Peter James published his thriller Host on two floppy disks, in 1993, it was billed as the "world's first... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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House, a design, decoration, food and lifestyle website, aims to reach 500,000 monthly users in four yearsCondé Nast is launching a online lifestyle offering closely resembling Pinterest, House, replacing its House & Garden and Easy Living websites.The publisher is launching House on... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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