The government is expanding the Public Lending Right (PLR) to include ebooks and e-audiobooks, meaning their authors will be eligible for payment in the same way as those whose physical books are borrowed from libraries. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Scribd's ebook subscription service seems to be making some inroads on Amazon's turf, and now the company is looking to take a swipe at Audible's lunch. From today, subscribers will be able to access a library of 30,000 audiobook titles that include... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2014-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The subscription service is adding 30,000 recorded books to the half-million ebooks it already offers.Thirteen months ago, San Francisco startup Scribd launched a service which aims to do for books what Netflix does for movies and TV shows. It offers a large-but-not-utterly-comprehensive... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2014-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The rise of the Subscription Economy continues. Little more than a year after launching its all-you-can-read ebook service, the San Francisco startup Scribd has announced that the service now offers more than 30,000 audiobooks, including titles from big-name publishing houses HarperCollins and... Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2014-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ebook readers reveal the most highlighted passages in Harry Potter, the Bible, Lord of the Rings and many more Its an odd sensation to be reading an ebook and to suddenly notice that thanks to the providers data-tracking software youre on a passage that other people have already highlighted. I... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The popularity of the digital subscription model continues to grow with the announcement that ebook subscription service Scribd will now offer unlimited access to more than 30,000 audiobooks. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cornerstone today releases an enhanced digital edition of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Lee’s book was released as an ebook for the first time in July, after Cornerstone acquired UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, to the ebook and digital audio. The special enhanced digital... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The music, film and TV industries have all undergone radical transformations over the last fifteen years. In contrast, the publishing industry is only now feeling the full force of technological change. Ebooks and ereaders are changing consumers' reading habits and throwing up serious questions... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2014-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We need innovation, and Kindle Unlimited might not be publishers’ best option, argues 24symbols co-founder, Justo Hidalgo. The post A “Critical Moment” for Ebook Subscription Services appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How do authors create their digital book files and what influence does that process have on the final content? Speakers at Books in Browsers 2014 address this topic. The post Consider the Ebook Format: Books in Browsers V appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Twitter campaign to encourage more authors to sign up to Public Lending Right has been successful, according to Tracy Chevalier. Seventy authors registered for PLR in the first week of the campaign, led by Chevalier - an increase of 400% on the same period the year before. Chevalier, chair... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Online retailer Amazon reaches a deal with publisher Simon & Schuster over the pricing of ebooks. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2014-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Krzysztof Kowalczyk has released SumatraPDF 3.0, a major new release of his lightweight and portable PDF and eBook reader for Windows. Version 3.0 adds support for tabs, allowing users to view multiple documents side-by-side, plus extends support for eBooks and adds a new document measurement... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2014-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Authors Guild met with Justice Department officials to ask the agency to launch an investigation into Amazon, expressing concern that the retail giant might be violating antitrust law in its fight with Hachette over ebook terms. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harlequin, the world's most famous English-language romance fiction publisher, is joining the "Netflixication" of ebooks. For the next year, Scribd will be the exclusive subscription partner for Harlequin and its various imprints. The deal will bring 15,000 titles from the Harlequin backlist to... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2014-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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If you've been following the protracted war between Amazon and Hachette, you know that Amazon's been stymieing sales of certain books by making it impossible to pre-order them, and pushing back delivery of others all over a ebook contract dispute.... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2014-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The amount of personal information held by firms like Google and Facebook has made them ripe targets for data-hungry governments and intelligence agencies. But the bull’s-eye on Yahoo’s back may be losing its appeal.Government data requests served on Yahoo have been falling. The firm received... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2014-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Whether we like it or not, Amazon nearly always launches its new products and services in the US first. It happened with its Fire-branded tablets, set-top box and smartphone. The same can be said for its all-you-can-read ebook service, Kindle... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2014-09-24 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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Guardian children's book editor Julia Eccleshare has been appointed to the new part-time role... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At the 2nd ASEAN Ebook Conference, held in Kuala Lumpur, publishers discussed ways to catalyze the regional ebook industry, particularly in education. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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