UK’s Waterstones Talks About Forging A Deal with Amazon The BBC website published an interview this week with James Daunt, the… Mercy Pilkington25 October 2012One comment2 minute read
OverDrive CEO Addresses UK Parliament on eBook Lending The Libraries All Party Parliamentary Group held an ebook summit in London… Mercy Pilkington25 October 2012One comment1 minute read
New Bowker Study on eBooks Shows Self-Publishing Growth Bowker, the ProQuest group that supplies book information to publishers, libraries, and… Mercy Pilkington24 October 2012One comment2 minute read
Digital Publishing Software FlippingBook Offers Options GoodeReader was recently introduced to an international company, FlippingBook, and its software… Mercy Pilkington24 October 2012One comment2 minute read
New Study Explores Teens’ Reading, Library Use Initial indicators from the Book Industry Study Group more than a year… Mercy Pilkington23 October 2012One comment2 minute read
Cloud-Based Publishing Startup Booktype Allows Author Collaboration Booktype Pro, the book publishing arm of non-profit, open source media parent… Mercy Pilkington23 October 2012One comment2 minute read
eBook Review: Pierced by Thomas Enger Verdict: 4 Stars It’s difficult to jump into a sequel or series… Mercy Pilkington22 October 2012One comment1 minute read
Amazon Contracts Call for Discount to Cover VAT As most of the “Amazon Tax” battles have been resolved in the… Mercy Pilkington22 October 20122 comments2 minute read
Random House Has Positive News for Libraries and Their eBooks An article in Library Journal affirms what librarians have known but what… Mercy Pilkington19 October 20122 comments2 minute read
Periodical Reading on Tablets on the Rise, Kindle Fire in the Lead comScore, a global leader in measuring statistics on digital content consumption, released… Mercy Pilkington19 October 2012One comment2 minute read
Amazon Looking to Acquire Brazilian Publisher? According to an article by Cristiane Lucchesi and Francisco Marcelino for Bloomberg,… Mercy Pilkington18 October 2012One comment1 minute read
How Fifty Shades Continues to Boost eBook Sales Despite the assurances that the success of E.L. James’ once-self-published erotica trilogy… Mercy Pilkington18 October 2012One comment2 minute read
New Provider, New Customers on the Digital Reference Front Credo Reference, a mainstay in offering reference content to libraries since 1999,… Mercy Pilkington16 October 2012One comment1 minute read
New Reports of a Health Risk to Authors According to a new article by BBC’s health reports, authors may face… Mercy Pilkington16 October 20122 comments2 minute read
Unglue.it Back In Action After Finding New Payments Provider Unglue.it, whose launch earlier this year was only recently overshadowed by its… Mercy Pilkington16 October 2012One comment2 minute read
StarWalk Kids eBook Platform Aimed at Educators Created by two educational industry veterans, StarWalk Kids digital book platform is… Mercy Pilkington15 October 2012One comment1 minute read
Amulet Brings to Digital Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney’s bestselling middle grade series Diary of a Wimpy Kid, closely… Mercy Pilkington15 October 2012One comment2 minute read
Chicago Tribune Revives Content on Digital Platform The award-winning Chicago Tribune, one of the nation’s most respected newspapers, has… Mercy Pilkington15 October 2012One comment2 minute read
eBook Review and Giveaway: National Gallery Releases Poetry Enhanced eBook Enhanced ebooks have opened up new publishing possibilities in nearly every genre,… Mercy Pilkington14 October 20129 comments1 minute read
Amazon Customers to Receive Account Credits from eBook Settlement As part of the settlement terms in several states’ Attorneys General lawsuits… Mercy Pilkington13 October 2012One comment2 minute read
JK Rowling: Return to Kids’ Lit? JK Rowling, author of the highly acclaimed bestselling Harry Potter series, spoke… Mercy Pilkington12 October 2012One comment2 minute read
