Line, the popular messaging platform based in Japan, is challenging ebook vendors like Amazon and Rakuten with a new service to download and view manga, or Japanese comic books. The company has launched "Line Manga," a mobile app for Android and iOS phones. Line's initial offering consists of 30,000 manga titles, making it one of the largest online comic stores in Japan. Manga are extremely popular in Japan with men and women across a wide range of ages and consumer groups. They are seen as a key part of the fledgling ebook market in Japan—Amazon's long-awaited launch in the country included 15,000 manga, just under a third of its total library. Rivals include Rakuten and Sony, services run by Japan's mobile operators, and a host of third-party apps. Line can leverage its vast and growing user base in Japan, where it has become the default chat app for many users. The company has built a growing suite of services around chat, including online games and a camera app. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Continue reading at 'PC World'
[ PC World | 2013-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comic-Con, which attracts more than 125,000 people over four days, is a pop culture showcase where fans of comic books and science fiction movies gather. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2012-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Traditional trade publishers have been testing the digital-first/digital-only publishing waters for more than two years now, and the pace is accelerating. This month alone, Penguin is reviving the Dutton Guilt Edged Mysteries line as a digital only imprint, Kensington has launched eKensington as... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookshops are being offered 40% commission on the sale of books simply by hanging a poster in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers are "missing out" on ebook sales to schools because of the lack of a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury's global ebook sales were up 70% year on year between 1st March and 31st May 2012... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder and Stoughton is asking readers to write a companion ebook to its autumn title, Miranda... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new app discovery campaign has been launched for Kobo by mobile marketing agency Yodelmobile.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Herald Sun, Australia´s favorite daily newspaper – read by 1.3 million Victorians every weekday – has selected WoodWing´s multi-channel publishing system Enterprise and its Digital Publishing ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-books, plus the consumer downturn, have taken a £50m bite out of the print book market... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The European Commission has launched an "infringement procedure" against France and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new app based on Pan Macmillan's The London Encyclopaedia is to be launched this week... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Romance specialist Mills & Boon is to resissue 12 backlist titles as digital shorts with new... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Angry Robot has set up an ebook initiative to support independent bookshops, with the scheme... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Five of the six parties under investigation by the European Commission over ebook prices... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As the app market evolves, a publisher’s success is measured less by the number of downloads and more by the engagement level and number of returning customers. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon has partnered with Co-operative Food to install collection-lockers in some of its stores... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While big-name magazines have held a presence on Apple’s Newsstand since its inception, small to medium-sized publishers have had a harder time breaking through. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber's latest app, The Sonnets by William Shakespeare, has been released worldwide today via... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The vice-president of the European Commission, Neelie Kroes, has backed a call by European... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Russo says his new work is a "tribute to the printed book" and will not be sold online. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2012-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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