The global publishing industry should generate close to $358 billion by 2020. The bulk of the revenue should derive from the digitization of consumer books. E-book technologies will increase the awareness of titles and stimulate book sales, while e-readers, tablets and apps will boost digital sales in Japan, the US, and United Kingdom.The bulk of physical book sales are … [Read more...] about Global Publishing Industry will Generate $358 billion by 2020
Kobo Writing Life is Revising Their Sales Reporting System
Kobo has announced that Kobo Writing Life will be launching a consolidated sales reporting template in February 2017. This new sales reporting template will allow enhanced visibility into your sales by combining both your sales reports and credit memo into one consolidated report. The company will also be providing indie authors with more tax information.There are a number … [Read more...] about Kobo Writing Life is Revising Their Sales Reporting System
DMCA Takedown Requests Set a New Record
The publishing industry outsources their anti-piracy efforts to 3rd parties such as Rightscorp. They target file sharing websites, forums and blogs that give audiobooks and e-books away for free. Google has just reported that they processes 24 million links to "pirate" pages per week, which is more than double the amount it received around the same time last year.Five … [Read more...] about DMCA Takedown Requests Set a New Record
Tolino Unveils New e-Reader App for Android and iOS
Tolino has been releasing dedicated e-readers for the past four years and the company also has a digital bookstore where users can purchase audiobooks and e-books. The company has just released reading apps for Android and iOS. It will allow users to not only buy e-books from Tolino but also Thalia, Weltbild, Hugendubel, eBook.de, bücher.de, Mayersche, Osiander, Orell Füssli, … [Read more...] about Tolino Unveils New e-Reader App for Android and iOS
The Best e-Readers of 2016
The e-reader industry is starting to mature and a number of companies continue to release new products. Today, we are going to take a look at the best devices that are currently available to purchase and some of the reasons why we really like them.Amazon Kindle OasisThe Amazon Kindle Oasis is very unique e-reader and the design is quite different than the Paperwhite or … [Read more...] about The Best e-Readers of 2016
Rogers Media is pivoting their magazine business to digital
Rogers Media is shutting down the print editions of Flare, Sportsnet, MoneySense and Canadian Business. They are also scaling back on Maclean’s magazine and only publishing it once a month, while Chatelaine and Today’s Parent will appear in print six times a year.The print editions might be shut down, but Rogers is going to pivot their editorial staff to publishing content … [Read more...] about Rogers Media is pivoting their magazine business to digital
New Zealand is Now Charging 15% GST on e-Books
New Zealand has just implemented a 15% GST policy for non-resident companies selling more than $60,000 of goods and services to New Zealand consumers.  Previously only companies resident in New Zealand were required to collect GST, although imported physical goods over $400 were taxed at the border.Companies that sell audiobooks and e-books are increasing their cost by … [Read more...] about New Zealand is Now Charging 15% GST on e-Books
Storytel is focusing on original content
Storytel is the largest audiobook company in Scandinavia and they are going to be focusing on original content. Every two weeks they will be publishing serialized audio series that was written exclusively for the platform.The title of the new initiative is going to be called Storytel Originals and will be launched next year.The first series will be written by Martyn van … [Read more...] about Storytel is focusing on original content
Samsung Galaxy Tab A Nook is Getting Android 6.0
The Samsung Galaxy Tab A Nook is going to be receiving an operating system update in the next few weeks. The device initially shipped with Android 5.1 Lollipop and it will be upgraded to Android 6.0, otherwise known has Marshmallow.The Tab A Nook was the only new tablet that Barnes and Noble released in 2016. It features a 7 inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen display with … [Read more...] about Samsung Galaxy Tab A Nook is Getting Android 6.0
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite White vs Paperwhite Black
Does color make a difference when you are reading an e-book or is it purely subjective? Amazon is betting you won't be able to tell the difference because they have the Kindle Paperwhite available in white, in the past their modern lineup have always been black. Today, we will look at the two colors and see if there is a different with the clarity of the screen. The primary … [Read more...] about Amazon Kindle Paperwhite White vs Paperwhite Black
Amazon is aggressively discounting hardcovers and paperbacks
The Association  of American Publishers released their monthly report on the state of the publishing industry and the news is dire. E-book sales have fallen 22.7% in the month of April, but print is enjoying a resurgence. Trade books grew 3.4% in April, with double-digit growth in April 2016 vs. April 2015.Despite the fact that print sales are starting to increase, … [Read more...] about Amazon is aggressively discounting hardcovers and paperbacks
Kobo e-books are now available in Taiwan
Kobo has announced that they have just opened up a digital bookstore in Taiwan. Thousands of Chinese e-books will be available on the platform from local publishers such as Cite Publishing, Yuan Liou Publishing, Book Republic, Eurasian and Readingtimes Publishing.Taiwanese readers are very enamored with reading.  700 publishers pumping out a whopping 40,000 new titles every … [Read more...] about Kobo e-books are now available in Taiwan
Here is the New Google Play Books Discovery Feature
Google Play Books has received a new update that brings a new feature called Book Discovery. This feature recommends books to you based on your library collection.Book Discovery is trying to hype up books and graphic novels so you purchase them from Google Play. You can download a free sample or flag a particular book as "not interested" and it will disappear from your … [Read more...] about Here is the New Google Play Books Discovery Feature