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Tennessee marketing startup BookGrabbr directs readers to free ebooks in exchange for their sharing the titles through social media services. The post BookGrabbr Offers Free Ebooks for Social Media “Shares” appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Online piracy is usually associated with music, movies, and software. But the ever-growing popularity of ereaders such as the Amazon Kindle has also led to a burgeoning ebook piracy scene. The UK has been trying to clamp down on piracy recently, and the latest target is a raft of sites offering... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers in the US including Hachette Book Group, Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster are making $250m (£163m) in free ebooks available to low-income students as part of a scheme announced today (30th April) by President Obama. The new ebook commitments, to cover a three-year... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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President Barack Obama announced a new program on Thursday aimed at delivering access for more than 10,000 ebooks to financially strapped schoolchildren throughout the United States. The $250 million program will feature titles from numerous publish... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2015-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Proposed plan for morning, lunchtime and afternoon editions is part of wider initiative called Project DThe Times is developing a new edition-based digital publishing model that would see its website refreshed at set times throughout the day, rather than updating as news breaks. The proposed new... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Marcello Vena of AllBrain's recent survey of the Italian book market estimates Italian ebook sales nearing €60m, and growing 30-40% in 2015. The post Italian Ebook Market Estimated to Grow 30-40% in 2015 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Radical publisher Zed Books is to publish extracts from Yanis Varoufakis' The Global Minotaur as a free ebook tomorrow (28th January), after the author's appointment as finance minister of Greece. Varoufakis has been given the post by new prime minister Alexis Tsipras, following the electoral... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Low-cost ebook conversions enabled massive growth of the market, but there were many errors. It's now time to upgrade those ebooks to a higher quality. The post If Ebooks are Software, It’s Time for Version 2.0 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Elsevier has become the latest publisher to partner with Vancouver start-up BitLit to offer discounted ebook editions of a part of its book catalog. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Love it or hate it, you can't deny that Apple is a phenomenally successful company. But how has it managed to achieve this from a business that started in a garage? Mostly it hasn’t been by innovation but by taking technology that already existed and turning it into the devices that people want... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2014-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The big publishers lock down their ebooks to their own detriment, according to a new study. Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2014-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Get ready to drink deep from the fountain of knowledge. As he's done in years past, Microsoft senior sales excellence manager Eric Ligman has compiled a veritable flood of free Microsoft ebooks and other resources, offering up nearly 300 gratis guides for your reading pleasure.To be fair, most... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2014-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Specs Who Albert Tsai Age 9 Accomplishments Stars as Bert on ABC’s Trophy Wife (Tuesdays at 9:30/8:30c) Base Los Angeles I’ve read that you take all of your classes online. What’s that like? Yeah, I’m homeschooled. When I’m on set, there’s a studio teacher who helps me with my work. I like it,... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2014-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oyster's unlimited ebook service has been more of an exclusive club so far; you've had to read on an iPhone, and request an invitation just to get in. Both of those barriers are disappearing today. The company has just launched an iPad app that offers a more comfortable reading experience, with... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 2013 National Book Award finalists were announced on Wednesday, and for the first time, the National Book Foundation has offered a free ebook series with samples of the finalists' work.The 2013 National Book Award finalists were announced on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" Wednesday, and for the first... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The federal judge who last month found Apple Inc. liable for fixing ebook prices said she plans to limit the remedies sought by the U.S. to ensure they "rest as lightly as possible" on the way the company does business.U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan Tuesday said she intends to... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2013-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The US Justice Department was insistent that its proposed injunction against Apple for alleged ebook price fixing was the proper remedy earlier this month, but it's now willing to budge on that somewhat. As Reuters reports, the DOJ has offered to cut the length of the injunction from ten to five... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Summer’s winding down, but there’s still time to score free ebooks for any vacation reading. In this video, we’ll show you you where to go online to get free books, which are often classic novels now in the public domain. You’ll want to start with Project Gutenberg’s site, which offers the most... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2013-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Could limiting the period for fixed book prices give a needed boost to backlist sales by allowing retailers to discount after the initial buying frenzy is over? Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bestselling novel The Time Traveller's Wife is to be made available as an ebook for the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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