Is the penetration of ebooks in the US market 'flattening out?' And will bookstores thus have a merrier Christmas? Live Twitter debate December 18, 11 a.m. ET. at #EtherIssue. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The ebook market share in Germany shows slow growth in 2015, according to the German Publishers Association and research company GfK. The post Ebook Market Share in Germany Shows Slow Growth appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dosdoce, Bookwire and Publishing Perspectives are offering an exclusive ebook licensing guide for global public libraries and publishers. The post Free Guide to Ebook Licensing for Public Libraries and Publishers appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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If publishers hope to grow ebook sales, they must find ways to innovate in actionable, tangible ways that will increase sales, argues Sol Rosenberg. The post Innovation is the Only Way to Increase Ebook Sales appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The new bimonthly magazine seeks to provide Southwest Missouri with "networking in print." The post Business-Focused 417 Magazine Spin-Off Publishes First Issue appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2015-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Global brands may appear to dominate ebook subscriptions, but nimble, local publishing startups across Europe are winning authors’ hearts and minds. The post When It Comes to Ebook Subscriptions, One Size Does Not Fit All! appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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French railway SNCF has launched an ebook library on its mainline trains, offering 100,000 titles to be downloaded by smartphone, tablet or computer and read offline when there is no internet connection. Access to the full selection of books offered by SNCF e-LIVRE is free for 45 days and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Microsoft’s November updates to the Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book appear to be designed to fix complaints that users have had about the screen flickering on both devices. According to Microsoft, the Surface Book received five updates, while the SP4 received four. The only difference is that... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2015-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bookseller and The Sunday Times are to run weekly ebook bestseller charts, with data supplied by all of the main trade publishers to The Bookseller. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Interactive Advertising Bureau today said the digital publishing industry has cared too much about revenues and too little about user experience and needs therefore to accept blame for the rising popularity of ad blockers. So it's launching an effort called L.E.A.N. Ads, with the acronym... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2015-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple’s ebook division will no longer be overseen by a court-appointed monitor after the US Justice Department ruled that the company had made improvements to its antitrust compliance program. Despite the positive outcome for Apple, the Justice Department was critical of the company’s... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2015-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three years ago, the Department of Justice brought Apple, and major publishers, to book for trying to maintain the prices at which ebooks could be sold. As part of its punishment, the firm had to suffer the presence of a court-approved monitor, Mi... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2015-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We couldn't wait until the Frankfurt Book Fair to release our first show daily issue this year! Read our event lists, interviews and need-to-know info. The post Our First Frankfurt Show Daily Issue is Out Early! appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oyster, one of the first and most prominent ebook subscription services, is shutting down, with much of its team moving on to Google Play Books. The post Ebook Sub Service Oyster Closing Shop, Google Takes Its Talent appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The world of ebook subscription services lost one of its earliest proponents late Monday evening, when Oyster—the so-called “Netflix of ebooks,” which also recently opened an online book store—announced it was shutting down “over the next few months.”The surprise announcement comes less than two... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2015-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oyster's experiment with a Netflix-like subscription service for ebooks appears to be coming to a close... at least, in its current form. The startup is warning customers that it will shut down its all-you-can-read service over the course of seve... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2015-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon has come under fire from the NSPCC after a 12-year-old girl stumbled across explicit material on its website while searching for free ebooks. The girl’s mother, referred to only as Nicola, has complained to Trading Standards and The BBC her daughter typed “free Kindle books for... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple's long-running court battle over manipulating the pricing of ebooks is getting even more dramatic. Next stop, the Supreme Court, Fortune reports. Back in June, Apple failed to get a Manhattan appeals court to overturn a 2014 ruling that woul... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2015-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"Just as portable paint tubes revolutionized the act of making art for painters like Monet and Renoir, the digital revolution is transforming the art book," writes critic Carol Strickland. The author of a digital book for iPad on impressionism in Erudition's Masterpieces of Art series,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comma Press is publishing In Another Country: Selected Stories and The Life-Writer by David Constantine to coincide with the release of the film “45 Years”, which is based on Constantine’s short story of the same name. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BitLit and Lightning Source have struck a new agreement allowing publishers using Ingram's CoreSource Plus programme to offer ebook bundles to readers. Mary Alice Elcock (pictured), BitLit vice-president for content, told The Bookseller that this means more than 200 new publishers have been... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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