Random House is starting a new imprint entitled Random Romance to launch a series of digital first ebooks. The exclusive focus will be the Australian market and will feature a myriad of authors that are homegrown. Random Romance is all set to unleash its first five titles in February of 2013. The books will comprise of two erotic novellas and a scintillating outback romance, … [Read more...] about Random Romance Goes Digital First in Australia
Archives for 2012
Amazon Kindle Update for iPad Unleashes New X-Ray Feature
The Amazon Kindle App for the Apple iPad got a huge update today! X-Ray is now available for most iOS users and gives them a taste on what dedicated Kindle users have been enjoying for quite sometime. X-Ray was first unveiled with the advent of the Amazon Kindle Touch and is a major feature found in their HD line of tablets. X-Ray basically gives a layout of all of the major … [Read more...] about Amazon Kindle Update for iPad Unleashes New X-Ray Feature
The Times Offers Subsidized Nexus 7 for Digital Subscription
The Times has resorted to offering the Nexus 7 with a deep discount so as to push its digital subscription plan for The Times and The Sunday Times newspaper apps. The newspaper is offering the 32 GB Nexus 7 for just £50, which is £149 less than the £199 that the Google tablet sells for in the UK. The catch is that users will have to agree to an 18 month subscription that … [Read more...] about The Times Offers Subsidized Nexus 7 for Digital Subscription
Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Starts Next Month
Amazon's Breakthrough Novel Award starts next month and this will be the sixth year it has been running. There is a huge increase in prize money and new categories to reflect the changing tides of digital publishing. Beginning in 2013, the grand prize winner will receive a $50,000 advance and a shiny new publishing contract with Amazon Publishing. There will also be finalists … [Read more...] about Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Starts Next Month
Digital Magazine Creation Made Easy with Glossi
Digital Magazine creation, up until recently, has been mainly utilized by traditional publications making the leap from print to digital. Indie companies often are relegated to the timeless "Zine" format that is a fixture at many small bookstores. Glossi seeks to address this issue to give smaller companies a fighting chance in an explosive digital segment. Glossi is a … [Read more...] about Digital Magazine Creation Made Easy with Glossi
Top Tablet News – December 4th, 2012
Microsoft reportedly working on three new Surface tablets Microsoft's future tablet plans with the Surface lineup just got a degree of confirmation thanks to a twitter feed by MSNerds that has a history of some fairly accurate leaks pertaining to the Richmond based company. There indeed seems to be a smaller tablet based on the Windows RT platform, one that will have an … [Read more...] about Top Tablet News – December 4th, 2012
Feature: Why e-Reader and Tablet Companies Fail – Another View
On December 2, Michael Kozlowski wrote a feature about Why e-Reader and Tablet Companies Fail. To make a long article short, Michael posited that companies fail because of lower-quality devices, sub-par hardware, the lack of savvy marketing and press relations and cutthroat competition, among other factors. While I completely agree with Michael in everything he says, I think … [Read more...] about Feature: Why e-Reader and Tablet Companies Fail – Another View
Barnes and Noble: Taking the Nook to Foreign Markets
It's been five weeks since Nook's launch in the UK, and according to Patrick Rouvoillois, International Director for Barnes and Noble, it went very well. Part of the strategy when introducing the device to a new audience was to work directly with the department store retailers—specifically John Lewis, Foyles, Blackwell’s, Argos, Waitrose and Sainsbury’s—and the booksellers. It … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble: Taking the Nook to Foreign Markets
How to Configure Parental Controls on the Amazon Kindle Fire HD
The Amazon Kindle Fire HD comes with a number of parental control options that make the tablet very family friendly. You can lock out specific aspects, such as email, store, videos, web-browser, and many others. In this Good e-Reader Video, we document the entire experience. You can receive step by step instructions on how to set this all up correctly and how it functions. … [Read more...] about How to Configure Parental Controls on the Amazon Kindle Fire HD