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First Round of ComiXology Submit Comics Goes Live

ComiXology announced its move into the self-publishing market back in October, at…

Atlantic Media Goes into the eBook Business

Atlantic Media publishes, among other things, the 150-year-old magazine The Atlantic. It…

Peanuts Comes to eBooks

I must admit that I didn’t realize that Peanuts has not been…

ComiXology Ends the Year with a Flurry of Activity

Mark Waid is finding comiXology irresistible. Waid, the writer of the Eisner…

University of Western Sydney to Hand Out 11,000 iPads

That’s a nice boost for Apple!  The University of Western Sidney was…

Helicon Books Gyan Reader – Claims to Be First to Support All EPUB3 Features

EPUB3 is out there, but not all of its new features are…

DPLA and Europeana Launch Joint Virtual Exhibition on Immigration

The Digital Public Library of America and Europeana are launching Leaving Europe: A…

RosettaBooks Releases Arthur C. Clarke eBook Collection

For the first time, 35 titles by science fiction master Sir Arthur…

Apple iBookstore Top Sellers for 2012

    Apple has released its top sellers for 2012 in the…

Beta Version of Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited Now Available for Tablets

Marvel’s Digital Comics Unlimited is an all-you-can-read service that offers unlimited access…

Simon & Schuster Agrees to Sell One eBook to a Library

One of the things that Simon & Schuster is noted for is…

New Complete Sherlock Holmes Edition from Simon & Schuster

Of course, Sherlock Holmes is in the public domain and available from…

Baker & Taylor Launches Acoustik Audiobooks

Baker & Taylor, a major distributor, has announced the launch of a…

DC Digital: Timing Is Everything

A few weeks ago, DC Comics began selling single-issue comics via iTunes,…

Hans Christian Andersen’s Lost First Story Now on the Internet – The Tallow Candle

A historian in Denmark has found a previously unknown fairy tale by…

Cambridge University Library Releases Digital Version of Important Religious Manuscripts

Last year, Cambridge University released digital versions of Isaac Newton’s manuscripts and…

A Different Model for e-Lending in Sweden

The Literary Platform has an absolutely fascinating article about how ebook lending…

Google Ends Feud with Belgian Press

Google has ended its long-running argument with the Belgian press, which asserted…

Marvel Makes Graphic Novels Available in the Kindle Store

Digital comics have been expanding outside the boundaries of the specialized comics…

Ape Entertainment Launches Squids Comic on iOS

Squids is a tablet game in which the players flick and stretch…

eBooks for Libraries Website Opens

eBooks for Libraries is a site run by a librarian and sponsored…

Can e-Readers Benefit People with Glaucoma? Help for Children with Disabilities to Access Tablets

That’s the question asked in a new study, “Difficulty with Out-loud and…