Amazon Owns Goodreads… What Now?

So far, the official press releases and arranged interviews about Amazon’s purchase…

France Helps Out Its Bookstores, Can the US Follow?

In the climate of digital-versus-print publishing and the effects that ebooks and…

CourseSmart: “Connecting Content, Curriculum, and Delivery”

While some sectors of the education industry are still waiting for the…

eBook Review: The Sunset Western Garden Book

Verdict: 5 Stars 2013 has been predicted to be the year of…

Tensions Between Barnes and Noble, Simon and Schuster Hurt Authors

The publishing industry is full of surprises, and the latest conflict is…

Grassroots Effort by Teachers Discovery Creates Low Cost Digital Textbooks

The winning combination in education is to produce high quality, creative material…

eBook Review: Making It by Helen Klein Ross

Verdict: 5 Stars There are some jobs you just don’t want to…

What Kirtsaeng v. Wiley Means for Consumers

The US Supreme Court handed down a landmark ruling this week. No,…

Finding the Best eBook, Print Price Point for Optimum Sales

When computer how-to book publisher In Easy Steps, founded in 1991, looked…

Kindle Singles Editor-in-Chief David Blum on the Popularity of eShorts

Amazon launched an innovative platform in 2011 that some have heralded as…

Amazon Publishing Speeds Up Royalty Payments to Authors

In the I-want-it-now, fast paced environment brought about by the advent of…

Bowker Report: eBook Retailers Outbuying Print Retailers

According to a Bowker report first published by Digital Book World, ebook…

Pottermore and Sony to Launch New Gaming Experience

After the success of JK Rowling’s interactive fan site Pottermore, based on…

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Kno Partner on K-12 Digital Textbooks

While digital textbooks abound throughout the country at the college level and…

Amazon Publishing Announces Two New Imprints

After the original surge of growth from the online retailer and digital…

Royal Irish Academy, Adobe Release App for St. Patrick’s Day

Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, the Royal Irish Academy has…

Storia Adds Titles from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Scholastic, Inc.’s interactive e-reading application Storia has been a godsend for teachers…

ebrary Launches International eBook Lending in Germany

ebrary, a ProQuest company that specializes in providing streamlined digital content to…

Top eBook Lenders Selected as OverDrive Library Leaders

As more and more public and academic libraries institute ebook lending for…

Random House Revamps the Unpopular Model of Its eBook-Only Imprints

News circulated this week on Random House’s digital imprints Hydra, Flirt, Alibi,…

Short List for the ABNA Awards Announced

The Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards, which opened to the maximum 10,000 entries…

EL James to Publish Journal for Aspiring Writers

While critics may rightfully scoff at the writing quality of the 50…

ForeWord Reviews Names Its Book of the Year Finalists

As independently published authors continue to gain new ground with readers and…