Many readers have fond memories of Scholastic Book Fair time when they were in school, getting the chance to browse new books and discover a new character, series, or author. But the world's largest publisher of children's books and content is bringing the book fair to mobile devices, thanks to its free app that lets young readers find out even more information about the … [Read more...] about Scholastic Book Fairs Go Mobile with New App
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3M and eBook Lending Make an Appearance at Frankfurt Book Fair
eBook lending is in a state of frustratingly slow adoption, which is still a vast improvement from the initial phases when libraries struggled to adopt digital lending in light of back list or empty virtual shelves. A number of measures and the work of companies like OverDrive and 3M have allowed huge inroads in the lending market, and as 3M Library System's Matt Tempelis … [Read more...] about 3M and eBook Lending Make an Appearance at Frankfurt Book Fair
Story2Go AppBuilder Makes Digital App Books Easy
Even as self-publishing continues to open doors for authors without the permission of a gatekeeper, there are still some realms of publishing that are not as easy for authors as uploading a Word document to Kobo Writing Life or Kindle Direct Publishing. Creators of children's books, photography and art books, and even some forms of poetry that require a unique level of … [Read more...] about Story2Go AppBuilder Makes Digital App Books Easy
Aptara’s Drive to Get eBooks in US Schools
Aptara, a long-time technology provider to the global digital publishing community, sent representatives to speak before a US trade committee last week about the vital need for digitization in US schools. Citing everything from cost to the Common Core standards, the company outlined the issues that digital can effectively address.“Education is the greatest growth … [Read more...] about Aptara’s Drive to Get eBooks in US Schools
YUDU Updates Interface for Digital Publishing
Since 2007, UK-based cloud publishing support provider YUDU has been offering solutions for a wide variety of content creators in the digital sphere, creating both web-based and app solutions for their clients. But one running theme at this year's event is the shift towards a more user-friendly and publisher-focused platform, changes that have been incorporated from a wide … [Read more...] about YUDU Updates Interface for Digital Publishing
SPi Global and the Changing Face of Digital Publishing in Education
For so many consumers, it's a given that turning on a mobile device will equate to the ability to find engaging content to use, especially in educational and academic publishing. But without really giving a lot of thought to how that content landed on a personal use device, many consumers may be unaware of not only the technology companies who make the content happen, but also … [Read more...] about SPi Global and the Changing Face of Digital Publishing in Education
Scholastic Talks Children’s Publishing and Digital Content at Frankfurt Book Fair
One of the great paradoxes of digital publishing and children's content is that children and teens were the demographics who were at one point the least likely to consume digital content. Whether over the original concerns from parents of expensive device damage and enhanced ebooks being likened to video games, or the young adults' own feedback that reading was for paper, … [Read more...] about Scholastic Talks Children’s Publishing and Digital Content at Frankfurt Book Fair
Red Shelf Distribution Platform Targets University Bookstores with Digital Content
Good e-Reader first caught up with ebook distribution platform Red Shelf at the BookExpo America publishing event in New York, and sat down today with co-founder and CEO Greg Fenton to discuss what changes and updates the company has undergone in the last six months. Apart from a shift of only working from PDF files of ebooks, the market focus of Red Shelf has also shifted to … [Read more...] about Red Shelf Distribution Platform Targets University Bookstores with Digital Content
Snapplify, Macmillan Launch eReader App for Educational Content
As device penetration takes place in more and more international markets, especially where education is concerned, publishers and content developers are discovering new issues that must be addressed in order to avoid the falsehood of the "one size fits all" approach to technology. South African app developer Snapplify was recently tapped to create an ebook reading app … [Read more...] about Snapplify, Macmillan Launch eReader App for Educational Content
Digital Textbooks a Major Focus at #CONTEC13
Today's CONTEC event, held in conjunction with the Frankfurt Book Fair, is all about innovation. The Startup Showcase showed us what is possible, while the metadata presentation showed us exactly what the industry knows about how books sell. If it can be related to digital understanding correlated to books, it's probably being discussed here today.Two back-to-back panels on … [Read more...] about Digital Textbooks a Major Focus at #CONTEC13
Scholastic’s Storia Digital Reading Platform Wins Parents’ Choice Award
A recent study in the UK that found that children are often less likely to read if given a broad-use device for consuming ebooks was alarming to both parents and educators. Considering the obvious fact that children who don't read will not make significant gains in reading ability, many felt that digital reading was contributing to a lowering of reading comprehension test … [Read more...] about Scholastic’s Storia Digital Reading Platform Wins Parents’ Choice Award
Children’s Book Illustrators and Scholastic Come Together to Promote Reading
Award-winning illustrators of some of the best known children's book series have come together with Scholastic to support a new literacy initiative, "Read Every Day. Lead a Better Life." Thirteen illustrators each made their own artistic representations of Scholastic's theme, all focused on the love of reading.“This year’s Read Every Day artwork exemplifies the joys and … [Read more...] about Children’s Book Illustrators and Scholastic Come Together to Promote Reading
BISG Annual Meeting Addresses Digital Challenges
The Book Industry Study Group held its annual meeting last Friday in New York, and the focus of this year's event was to address some of the many challenges still facing the publishing and bookselling industries now that digital publishing has taken hold. The BISG also introduced its new mission statement, which shifts more attention on digital publishing.“Book Industry … [Read more...] about BISG Annual Meeting Addresses Digital Challenges