Kobo is to expand into Holland as it announces a partnership to sell its e-readers through Dutch... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kobo is releasing a new e-reader, the Kobo Aura H2O – Edition 2, which it says has transformed the best features of the Kobo Aura One into a lighter and smaller size device. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publisher SAGE has extended its partnership with online platform Publons, following a successful trial. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chandler education technology company StrongMind has moved into a larger, custom office, expanded by 60 percent over the last year, and plans to continue hiring this year. StrongMind develops technology and content curriculum for 6th to 12th graders that online schools and blended-learning... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2017-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With the culinary and lifestyle categories booming, HMH has created a new position to oversee an expansion of its publishing program in those areas. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kobo, the Canadian e-reader titan, has snapped up a little-known ebook platform called Shelfie and will incorporate its features into its apps. Shelfie was a service that sold digital copies of print books you already own at a discount before it shu... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2017-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rakuten Kobo has acquired Shelfie, a service which enables customers to get free or discounted ebook versions of their print books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kobo has acquired the technology platform and staff of Shelfie, a now defunct service that offered consumers the ability to get free or discounted ebook editions of print titles that they already owned. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rakuten Kobo will use Shelfie's tech to identify reader preferences for recommendations and to offer ebook editions of print books owned by users. The post Canadian Retail: Rakuten Kobo Acquires Shelfie Technology appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the USA, BookExpo includes audiobook events. In Canada, ebook design is stressed in a competition. And in the UK, a bookseller features a self-published novel. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Audiobook ‘Tea’: Alda, Patterson, Meyer, Older eedPOP, which is producing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Audiobook streaming service Storytel is to open in four new markets this year: Russia, Spain, India and the United Arab Emirates. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With 23 categories, the newly re-introduced British Book Awards are an uber suite of combined honors, known to some as the Nibbies. The post Long on Shortlists at London Book Fair: The Expanded British Book Awards appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fine editions publisher Little Island Press is to launch its 2017 list with fiction from Gordon Lish, touted as “one of America’s greatest men of letters” by Little Island founder and m.d. Andrew Latimer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers and creators might soon be able to make more money off their Facebook video content. Facebook is introducing or expanding three types of video ads for both the social network and publishers' websites: in-stream video ads for publisher websites, expanding ad breaks for Facebook Live... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The coauthors of 'Black Comix,' a pioneering 2010 African-American comics compilation, have tapped Kickstarter to fund an expanded version of the book, and teamed with Magnetic Press to release it to the trade. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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All-you-can-read ebook subscriptions are nothing new (just ask Amazon), but Kobo is just now joining the fray. It's launching Kobo Plus, a service that offers unlimited reading of eligible books (currently 40,000 titles) for a flat monthly fee. Wh... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2017-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In another deal that expands its international reach, Canada's Kobo is taking on the ebook customers of South African bookseller Exclusive Books. The post South Africa’s Exclusive Books Customers Move to Canada’s Kobo appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber is launching new educational editions of its books for students at GCSE, IGCSE and A Level in close collaboration with authors Kazuo Ishiguro, Alan Bennett and Michael Frayn. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Exclusive Books has struck a deal to direct its customers to the Kobo website to buy ebooks. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sourcebooks has struck a deal with March 4th that will add 25 frontlist and backlist titles from March 4th's Little Pickle Press imprint to its children's nonfiction publishing program. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a move likely meant to stay on publishers' good side, Facebook is trying out a new way to help users discover more news (real news). Starting Thursday, Facebook will let nearly a dozen publishers—including BuzzFeed, El Pais, Fox News and The Washington Post—include more than one Instant... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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