Walmart teams up with Kobo to sell ebooks and audiobooks

Later this year, you'll be able to buy ebooks and audiobooks straight from Walmart's website. The big box retailer has teamed up with Japanese e-commerce titan Rakuten to launch a business that can take on Amazon's Kindle offerings. Walmart will give... Continue reading at 'Engadget'

[ Engadget | 2018-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin slinks back into ebook lending for New York City libraries, with a possible catch

You might say Penguin has had a rocky relationship with libraries. That looks to be on the tentative mend, as the publisher and 3M have together cut deals with the Brooklyn Public Library and New York Public Library to bring Penguin's ebook catalog back as part of a test program. Under the terms... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Audible hits WP 7.5: gesture controlled audiobooks, but no voice control

It didn't land in the Marketplace yesterday as announced, but Amazon's Audible audio book app for Windows Phone 7.5 is now available for download. This Metro-fied version of the app is free to install (including some short samples to get you started), and signing in with your Amazon account lets... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin returns its ebooks to New York libraries

After yanking their ebook titles from libraries last year, Penguin is launching an ebook pilot program for libraries in New York. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital audiobook service launches

A new subscription-based digital audiobook service has launched with ambitions to double the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Parragon Books teams with Nickelodeon

Parragon Books has acquired master publishing rights in the UK for Nickelodeon UK children's... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thomas Pynchon's novels are released in ebook format

The intensely private Thomas Pynchon has resisted the electronic format for his books – until now. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sainsbury's buys ebook retailer

Sainsbury's enters the digital books marketplace by buying HMV's stake in Anobii, an online retailer of ebooks, for just £1. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2012-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Japan firms to use ebook tax loophole

Japanese online booksellers are planning to circumvent sales tax collection by selling digital... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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IDPF, Kobo, and Imago’s iSee Guides at BEA 2012

There was plenty of digital activity at this year BookExpo America, starting with the IDPF Digital Book 2012, which emphasized what IDPF executive director Bill McCoy said was the results of the “experimentation” and the “doers.” IDPF featured such “doers” as marketer and publishing maverick... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Carly Simon sells long-awaited memoir

Carly Simon, the singer and songwriter who has had a rocky life and a storied career, has sold her autobiography to Random House for a sum in the seven figures, according to a person familiar with the deal. Ms. Simon, the author of several children's books, is writing the memoir herself. It's... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2012-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New roles across senior team in Pan Mac restructure

Pan Macmillan has restructured its senior management team, appointing Jeremy Trevathan (pictured... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ebook Maker Inkling Jumps to the Web

Ebook-maker Inkling, which had previously confined its books to the iPad, is moving to the Web - a move the company has been promising for some time. The move means Inkling's books should be available on most laptops, though the company says it will work best on Google's Chrome and Apple's... Continue reading at AllThingsD

[ AllThingsD | 2012-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury: ebooks at 9% of adult trade sales in 2010/11

E-books accounted for 9% of Bloomsbury's adult trade sales overall across the 12 months to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK bookseller Waterstones to start selling Kindles

The UK's biggest bookstore chain has announced that it will start selling Kindles alongside other digital services from Amazon. Waterstones stores will let Kindle owners digitally browse books in-store and link up with special offers, tying into the chain's plans for substantial renovations that... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones to sell Amazon Kindle

UK bookseller Waterstones plans to sell Amazon's Kindle ebook reader and other Kindle digital services. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2012-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Turns text files into 3D-animated ebooks

Plain, ordinary text files aren’t normally the most interesting ways to convey information, but if you’d like to change that then Toolwiz FlipBook may be able to help. Just point the program at a particular TXT file, and in a click it’ll be converted into an executable file. And launching this... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2012-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber releases ebook only screenplay

Faber is releasing its first ebook-only edition of a screenplay, for the forthcoming film "... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comma sells Blasim tales to Penguin US

Manchester-based independent Comma Press has sold short story collection The Corpse Exhibition by... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple loses motion to dismiss ebook antitrust suit

Apple was unable to have an antitrust lawsuit over the price of ebooks dismissed. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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