Library lending of ebooks and other digital content is finally gaining a foothold in the industry as publishers and lending institutions come to some measure of agreement on how to make it work. While libraries need access to up-to-date but affordable content, and publishers need some guarantee they they will be compensated for allowing their titles into lending catalogs, the … [Read more...] about Hoopla Digital Redesigns the Digital Library Model
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iOS8 Means eBook Discovery for Indie Authors
Apple's fall release of iOS 8 was unveiled in a press conference yesterday, and for people who are used to big things from Apple, there's bad news: this is no iPhone launch. It wasn't world-changing stuff, just a run down of new features and enhancements that will make everything consumers love about Apple run a little better.If you're a self-published author, though, your … [Read more...] about iOS8 Means eBook Discovery for Indie Authors
Book Review: Sharky Marky and the Big Race
Verdict: 4 StarsI first came across the creatives behind Sharky Marky and the Big Race at this year's BookExpo America event. It's a great thing when someone walks up, engages you in conversation, and then offers you a copy of a book. That's exactly how publishing industry events are supposed to work. It happened a number of other times during the event, such as when Pam … [Read more...] about Book Review: Sharky Marky and the Big Race
School’s Out…What Are Your Kids Reading?
Now that school is out for most of the country, there's a honeymoon period of sorts in which many kids don't have to get up early and can watch as much TV as humanly possible. But somewhere along the way, parents look at their kids--whose bodies seem to have actually fused to the couch--and want them to spend a little time engaged in something else.Summer reading programs … [Read more...] about School’s Out…What Are Your Kids Reading?
Overdrive Inundates Libraries with 200,000 Horrendous Indie eBooks
Smashwords is a self-publishing service that allows authors to submit eBooks and list them for sale on Amazon, Apple, Kobo, Barnes and Noble and other major retailers. Smashwords has managed to convince the largest digital distributor Overdrive, to start offering 200,000 sub-par indie titles to all of their partners. This is a terrible move for the library buying … [Read more...] about Overdrive Inundates Libraries with 200,000 Horrendous Indie eBooks
BookExpo 2014 In Pictures
Author Rick Riordan and Hachette's Vanessa Vazquez met up with the team from Disney Digital Publishing while the author was discussing an exciting new project coming up that will coincide with Riordan's bestselling Percy Jackson series.FastPencil's Steve Wilson displaying their IDPF Innovation Award for their streamlined ebook creation and distribution … [Read more...] about BookExpo 2014 In Pictures
FarFaria to Give Away 10,000 Subscriptions to Teachers
Children's ebook subscription platform FarFaria exhibited at this year's BookExpo event to demonstrate the powerful effects of their product, but also to ensure that attendees know about the company's pro-teacher initiative. As of last week, FarFaria instituted a summer giveaway which will offer 10,000 teachers a free one-year subscription to their service, allowing those … [Read more...] about FarFaria to Give Away 10,000 Subscriptions to Teachers
Library For All Brings eBooks to Low-Bandwidth Regions
Good e-Reader has interviewed a number of non-profit and charitable organizations that are committed to increasing global literacy rates and building access to reading content in areas of the world that still seem pretty cutoff from this type of engagement. Some of those factors are geographical, in which publishers simply cannot get content in the hands of readers, but it's … [Read more...] about Library For All Brings eBooks to Low-Bandwidth Regions
The eBook Subscription Model is Here to Stay
At an IDPF and BISG panel today as part of its Making Information Pay event, speakers addressed one of the key changes the publishing industry is undergoing: ebook subscriptions. When 24Symbols launched in 2010 as a Netflix-style model for ebook consumption, publishers weren't quick to jump on board, at least not in the US. One reason may have been that the company was simply … [Read more...] about The eBook Subscription Model is Here to Stay
BiblioBoard, Self-e and the Curation of Self-Published Titles
At yesterday's IDPF event, BiblioBoard's Mitchell Davis sat down with Good eReader to talk about the new feature that was just launched with Library Journal that will offer libraries a way to feel confident about including self-published ebooks in their lending catalogs. This feature, called Self-e, will offer libraries a curated list of titles that not only have some standard … [Read more...] about BiblioBoard, Self-e and the Curation of Self-Published Titles
IDPF: Publishing Outside the Big Five
In a panel moderated by Porter Anderson of Publishing Perspectives, the IDPF stage hosted a cluster of professionals who are making tremendous advancements and innovations in the industry, but are in the world between major traditional publishing houses and self-publishing. Some of these so-called independent publishers, not to be confused with the current concept of indie … [Read more...] about IDPF: Publishing Outside the Big Five
IDPF: What the Future Holds for Libraries
The first two keynotes at this year's IDPF Digital Book conference were focused on looking to the future for books. Peter Brantley, of the non-profit startup Hypothes.is Project whose goal is to develop a deeper dialogue between libraries and publishers, spoke from the library and ebook lending perspective, specifically what digital implications there will be for these … [Read more...] about IDPF: What the Future Holds for Libraries
OverDrive to Showcase EPUB3, HTML5 Books at BEA
The International Digital Publishing Forum works at the forefront of digital publishing technology; the stand-alone Digital Book event, hosted in conjunction with BookExpo America, has now grown into a two-day event with a full slate of keynotes and breakout sessions on where technology is headed in the publishing industry.When the IDPF was formed, OverDrive was there to … [Read more...] about OverDrive to Showcase EPUB3, HTML5 Books at BEA
Hoopla Digital Adds New Digital Titles for Libraries
Long before digital content made its way into academic and public libraries, content providers supplied the book, movie, music, and periodical needs of these institutions with physical editions. Ahead of this year's BookExpo event, one of the largest library media providers, Midwest Tape, has announced it will begin providing digital content to libraries through its hoopla … [Read more...] about Hoopla Digital Adds New Digital Titles for Libraries