BeWrite Books launched at the turn of the millennium as a publisher of exclusive, new, and high-quality fiction and nonfiction. It releases at least a dozen titles a year in paperback, each covered by an ebook edition. It also releases three sole-author poetry collections each year. By the end of 2011, BB had brought more than 250 exclusive new titles to recognized and … [Read more...] about BeWrite Books to Close March 31st
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Zinio Announces Nokia Lumia Exclusive Magazine App
Zinio has announced that it is developing a Nokia Lumia exclusive digital magazine app. It will take advantage of Microsoft Live Tiles to show you new editions that are automatically synced and delivered to your phone. There are a number of new enhancements found in this new app that are not found anywhere else. There is a preference picker that allows users to define the … [Read more...] about Zinio Announces Nokia Lumia Exclusive Magazine App
Amazon Announces the Acquisition of Goodreads
Amazon has announced today that the company will acquire ebook discovery and social community site Goodreads. The entire deal will be finalized sometime during the second quarter of 2013 and all staff and the headquarters will be property of Amazon.Goodreads was founded in 2007 and currently has over 16 million members and over 30,000 bookclubs. Users have added 530 million … [Read more...] about Amazon Announces the Acquisition of Goodreads
New PressReader App Released for BB10
PressReader has had a storied relationship with Blackberry, with the entire line of Playbook tablets having the newspaper app bundled on all units. NewspaperDirect has been fairly supportive of the entire Blackberry ecosystem and has debuted a new native app for BB10.PressReader for BB10 allows customers to have replica editions synced to Blackberry HUB, to give you … [Read more...] about New PressReader App Released for BB10
Penguin Revises Digital Library eBook Terms – New Titles Available Immediately
Penguin was one of the last companies to launch a program to allow their eBooks to be available through services like 3M and Axis 360. Today, Penguin announced that they were revising the terms of their agreements to allow new book titles to be available immediately. The new eBooks will be available for libraries to purchase on April 2nd and should give a dramatic boost in the … [Read more...] about Penguin Revises Digital Library eBook Terms – New Titles Available Immediately
EU Approves Random House and Penguin Merger
The merger between Pearson and Bertelsmann is right on track with the summer 2013 timeline established when it was first announced last year. The companies have received the quintessential OK from Australia, New Zealand, US, and now the European Union, leaving only Canada and China to approve everything.The upcoming merger between two of the largest publishing companies in … [Read more...] about EU Approves Random House and Penguin Merger
Book.ish Suspends eBook Sales
Book.ish has announced it is putting the kibosh on ebook sales and will suspend them completely on June 30th. The company has acknowledged Readings, Fullers, Avid Reader, Mary Ryan’s, Imprints, Books for Cooks, and Gleebooks as being valued partners. Any ebooks that customers have purchased will still be available to read for the near future. Book.ish was sold to Overdrive last … [Read more...] about Book.ish Suspends eBook Sales
Barnes and Noble Partners with Fortumo for In-App Purchases
Barnes and Noble has announced by April 2013 that the company will introduce a new in-app payment system for Android apps housed in its app store. The company plans on introducing new developer tools that will allow customers to purchase in-app currency, boosts, and anything else that tickles their fancy. B&N only has 10,000 apps currently in its ecosystem, which is blown … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble Partners with Fortumo for In-App Purchases
Scott Liu Steps Down as CEO of e-Ink
We all know and love e-ink, due to the screen technology being prevalent on Kindle, Nook, and Kobo e-readers. There has been a shakeup of management at the company as Scott Liu has resigned as the Chairman and CEO of e-Ink and Vice Chairman Felix Ho has been named interim Chairman and CEO.Scott Liu was the primary driver behind the success of e-Ink, when it was originally … [Read more...] about Scott Liu Steps Down as CEO of e-Ink
Google Has Ceased Publication of Frommer’s Guidebooks
In August 2012, Google had purchased all of the assets from John Wiley for the Frommer's Guidebook franchise. The deal cost the big G almost 22 million and the move was made to have a hot property to publish and call its own. Google sold the books in physical bookstores and also published the digital editions online. Today, it is official that Google has ceased publication on … [Read more...] about Google Has Ceased Publication of Frommer’s Guidebooks
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to Launch Books for Young Readers
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is intending on scrapping the individual divisions for Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, Harcourt Children’s Books, Sandpiper paperback, Graphia, and HMH Books novelty imprints. Instead, the company is doing it under one publishing umbrella entitled Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers. This move basically condenses all of the … [Read more...] about Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to Launch Books for Young Readers
Worldreader Expands Ghana Footprint with a $300,000 Grant from USAID, World Vision, and AusAID
Worldreader has been one of the biggest success stories for non-profit companies promoting digital reading in third world countries. The company tends to hook schools and other institutions up with Kindle e-Readers and even managed to get $500,000 from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Today, Worldreader announced the formation of a new project in Ghana titled “All Children Reading” that … [Read more...] about Worldreader Expands Ghana Footprint with a $300,000 Grant from USAID, World Vision, and AusAID
The Txtr Beagle Now Available at Shop e-Readers
The Txtr Beagle is the low-cost e-Reader that gained a ton of attention when it was first announced a few months ago. Many people were visibly excited about a low-cost alternative e-reader to the mainstream brands. Shop e-Readers has announced today that they are taking orders for the Txtr Beagle.The Txtr Beagle features a five inch e-Ink Vizplex screen with a resolution of … [Read more...] about The Txtr Beagle Now Available at Shop e-Readers
Over 1 Billion eTextbooks Downloaded from iTunes U
iTunes U was launched as a dedicated app last year with the launch of the iPad 3. This portal garners educational content from established companies and also self-published works. Apple announced recently that the service has seen over one billion downloads and over 60% of them originate from outside the US.iTunes U originally launched in 2005 with a partnership with … [Read more...] about Over 1 Billion eTextbooks Downloaded from iTunes U