The London-based Alliance of Independent Authors announced today that it has partnered with Kobo to release a guide to its newest author campaign, the Opening Up to Indie Authors guide. ALLi will use Kobo's extensive global retail reach to make the guidebook available to its 190 international marketplaces. Mark Lefebrve, director of Self-Publishing and Author Relations at … [Read more...] about ALLi, Kobo Team Up on Indie Author Campaign
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Updates at Readmill Provide Genuinely Social Reading
The concept of social reading has been kicked around by various companies over the last few years, but no platform has really had the Facebook-like explosion of fans connecting through a book. That has largely been due to the need to leave the book in order to discover who else is reading it from the user's own circle of friends. Think of it this way, as you sit and read … [Read more...] about Updates at Readmill Provide Genuinely Social Reading
YO JOE! Kindle Worlds Irons out New Agreement with Hasbro
The GI-JOE franchise has enjoyed a resonance the last few years due to two blockbuster movies and the seminal success of the Mobage game GI-Joe Battleground. If you were a child of the 80's, chances are you had a few Joe action figures and if you were a fiendish collector, you ever had the Terror Drome. Today Amazon has just reached a new agreement with Hasbro to usher in a new … [Read more...] about YO JOE! Kindle Worlds Irons out New Agreement with Hasbro
McGraw-Hill Education Launches Update to Digital SRA Number Worlds
If you attended public school in the US, you probably have memories of working your way through the colored rainbow of those SRA reading labs and math labs, big boxes of work-at-your-own-pace laminated tabbed sheets of leveled exercises. And sure, thirty years ago, that was as innovative as the typical classroom got by acknowledging that not every student will learn at the same … [Read more...] about McGraw-Hill Education Launches Update to Digital SRA Number Worlds
O’Reilly Media Donates over $100Million in Content under ConnectED Initiative
Through its Safari Books Online division, O'Reilly Media announced today a donation of over $100 million in content and tools for K-12 schools to use free of charge as part of the Obama administration's ConnectED initiative. The donation, which will reach 15,000 US public schools, is part of a larger strategy to ensure technology literacy among today's primary and secondary … [Read more...] about O’Reilly Media Donates over $100Million in Content under ConnectED Initiative
Amazon Boycott May Have Resulted in Drop in UK Sales
Amazon UK posted a significant reduction year-over-year in its sales figures, demonstrating a clear lag in growth. While still highly profitable and certainly not a cause for concern at the Seattle-based company's headquarters, there is speculation as to what may be behind the slower than normal increase in customer spending. Two factors that made global headlines led to a … [Read more...] about Amazon Boycott May Have Resulted in Drop in UK Sales
Adobe has Killed e-Readers
Adobe has issued a proclamation that starting in July, the vast majority of e-reader apps and hardware devices will not be able to read purchased eBooks anymore. This announcement stems from a massive upgrade to the encryption system Adobe has implemented in their new Digital Editions 3.0 and will have reverberating effects on ePub books all over the world. Unless thousands … [Read more...] about Adobe has Killed e-Readers
PressReader Unveils Unlimited Curated News Service
PressReader has unveiled a new service on their main website that gives readers news from around the world. Basically, what it does is pull content from every major newspaper in the PressReader network and gives readers the ability to read headlines and then pull up a feature story. It is a new way for people on the go to read bite sized news snippets and the responsive design … [Read more...] about PressReader Unveils Unlimited Curated News Service
Simon & Schuster Unveils New Book Industry Site 250 Words
One of the most crucial changes that savvy publishers are making stems from the understanding that readers do not want to be disconnected from authors and books. The days of discovering book simply by walking past the sought after front window display are over; now, authors want early access to new titles, insider information on what's coming next, and a much more personal … [Read more...] about Simon & Schuster Unveils New Book Industry Site 250 Words
German eBook Distributor XinXii Rolls Out New Author Tools
One of Europe's leading ebook distribution sites, XinXii, has quietly been making indie authors' works available in markets that very few e-retailers are reaching, quickly growing to be one of the major forces in self-publishing across a variety of languages and borders. In an effort to continue to make the platform available to authors throughout the EU, the platform unveiled … [Read more...] about German eBook Distributor XinXii Rolls Out New Author Tools