The Association of American Publishers released a veritable snapshot of the industry with its January 2012 sales tally. Every month the company is going to release new statistics from its industry partners in the form of AAP Monthly Statshot. One of the facets that makes this report relevant is the number of publishers who are participating in sharing their sales and data. In … [Read more...] about Digital Publishing Industry Sees Massive Growth in January 2012
Archives for March 2012
New Audio Dock for the Kindle Fire Out Soon
The Amazon Kindle Fire is getting a audio dock very soon in the form of Grace Digital's FireDock. It will allow your Fire to connect up and not only charge your unit with an accessory, but also give you enhanced audio features. It has the ability to switch between landscape and portrait mode, which is solid for watching movies and the audio sounds amazing with the stereo … [Read more...] about New Audio Dock for the Kindle Fire Out Soon
F+W Media Brings Specialized Subscriptions to Digital Publishing
As tablet reading becomes more mainstream, publishers are meeting the consumers’ demands for more and more specialized content that is able to take advantage of the full-color screens of most handheld devices. Initially, a surge in popularity of digital cookbooks allowed tech-savvy chefs to bring their digital recipe boxes with them into the kitchens, but F+W Mediais taking an … [Read more...] about F+W Media Brings Specialized Subscriptions to Digital Publishing
Breaking News – Kobo to Start Its Own Publishing Division
Kobo CEO Michael Serbinis has confirmed that his company today is going to start a publishing division to deal with authors and compete against Amazon. Kobo plans to publish books to be sold in all Chapters and Indigo stores and be available in digital form.Kobo plans to make it easy for authors to publish with the company and will offer a wide array of services. Kobo plans … [Read more...] about Breaking News – Kobo to Start Its Own Publishing Division
First Look at the Zinio iPad 3 Retina Display 2.2.2 Update
Zinio is going to be releasing a new update for the New iPad that takes advantage of the retina display and graphics processor. It should be hitting the Apple App Store in a few days and we got the exclusive first look at all the new features.Zinio for the iPad 3 gives you super high quality pictures and text in their magazines. The company simply edited their pipeline to … [Read more...] about First Look at the Zinio iPad 3 Retina Display 2.2.2 Update
James Patterson to Release 13 Books This Year
James Patterson is a workhorse like none other and writes a copious amount of young adult and adult fiction. In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, he explains his hectic writing style and how he finds it hard to keep track of everything.James Patterson is 65 years old and shows no sign of slowing down with age. He intends on releasing close to 13 books during … [Read more...] about James Patterson to Release 13 Books This Year
RIM State Of Affairs: A Million PlayBook Tablets and a $125 Million Loss
The quarterly earnings report presented by RIM has hardly anything to cheer about. That is unless you glean great pleasure in knowing there are only a million PlayBook tablets out in the wild, and the company has slipped into the red by bleeding out about $125 million.However, unlike HP (that killed its TouchPad project after it met with a lukewarm response), RIM isn't … [Read more...] about RIM State Of Affairs: A Million PlayBook Tablets and a $125 Million Loss
Motorola Xoom Wi-Fi Gets Major Improvements in Android 4.0.4
An update with build number IMM76 will soon be made available for the Motorola Xoom tablet, claims Droid-Life citing authentic information. The build they say, would be applicable only for those sets of Motorola that are Wi-Fi enabled. This would be the second update after the Android 4.0.3 update has already been issued to the Xoom devices.Among the features that the … [Read more...] about Motorola Xoom Wi-Fi Gets Major Improvements in Android 4.0.4
Kobo WIFI on Sale at ASDA for only £49.00
The Kobo WIFI was the second model the company ever made and has enjoyed fairly robust sales in Canada and overseas. This model of course is not the newest Touch model but a fairly budget friendly e-reader that is controlled by the D-Pad and manual page turn buttons. ASDA was one of the first companies in the UK to do business with Kobo and sell their devices in a retail … [Read more...] about Kobo WIFI on Sale at ASDA for only £49.00
Kobo Updates iPad App to support Retina Display
The official Kobo iOS app has undergone massive changes since it first debuted a few years ago and serves as their staging ground to test new features that eventually trickle done into other devices. Today the company updated their iPad firmware to version 5.4.1 which makes it place nice with the iPad 3 Retina Display.One of the main changes found in the new update was the … [Read more...] about Kobo Updates iPad App to support Retina Display
Digital Publishers and iStorytime Develop Content Specifically for the New iPad
As digital publishers battle it out to produce the most innovative content in order to compete for consumers’ reading dollars, one developer of children’s content has found that the key to dynamic material lies in the new iPad retina screen. iStoryTime, creators of a number of top-selling iTunes app books for children and the definitive source for material utilizing DreamWorks’ … [Read more...] about Digital Publishers and iStorytime Develop Content Specifically for the New iPad
SolarFocus SolarKindle Lighted Cover Review
SolarFocus is quickly becoming a major player in the Amazon Kindle scene with their recent solar powered offering. This device will actually charge your Kindle with sunlight, function as a protected cover and allow you to read at night with its built in light source. Really the SolarKindle has it all!The one thing I really liked about this case was how light and durable it … [Read more...] about SolarFocus SolarKindle Lighted Cover Review
Print-On-Demand: The Future of Publishing? A Talk with Richard Curtis
Richard Curtis, literary agent and founder of the oldest independent ebook publishing company E-Reads, recently posted an article for Digital Book World on where print-on-demand can potentially take the publishing industry and what price barriers are currently stopping it from faring as well as it potentially can. Curtis spoke with GoodeReader today about where POD can lead the … [Read more...] about Print-On-Demand: The Future of Publishing? A Talk with Richard Curtis
Softlink and Overdrive brings Harry Potter books to Australia
Softlink is the leading content distribution system in Australia and formed a relationship with Overdrive last year to bring digital eBook lending to schools and libraries. Softlink announced today that they are now offering the entire line of Harry Potter eBooks in Australia.Following the Harry Potter lending announcement last month, Softlink has keenly anticipated the … [Read more...] about Softlink and Overdrive brings Harry Potter books to Australia