We have a breaking news update today! Amazon has just stealthily added Canada to the approved list of supported countries for Kindle Publishing for Blogs. Until now, the USA and UK were the only countries that had the Kindle feature where you actually get paid for distributing your content. Today, it seems Canada was added to the list and publishers can now add a Canadian … [Read more...] about Breaking: Amazon Kindle Publishing for Blogs Now Open for Canadians
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Classics Illustrated Comes to Tablet
Many a student's grade in high school English was saved by the comic book-style Classics Illustrated, and even more student simply enjoyed the link drawing illustrations and original graphic novel adaptation of some of the most famous works of literature ever written. Unfortunately for fans who are fond of the nostalgia of the pocket-sized books, the collectors items are now … [Read more...] about Classics Illustrated Comes to Tablet
Hachette Reaches New Agreements for Discounted eBooks via Amazon and B&N
The Hachette Book Group has reached a new agreement with Barnes and Noble and Amazon. This paves the way for immediate discounts on first run ebook titles and the online retailers are able to discount the prices as they see fit.Hachette joins HarperCollins and other big six publishers in disbanding the agency model. The justice department investigated Apple and all the … [Read more...] about Hachette Reaches New Agreements for Discounted eBooks via Amazon and B&N
Bookseller’s FutureBook Innovation Awards 2012
The final presentation at this year's FutureBook event, hosted by The Bookseller and sponsored by Kobo, Ingram, Atwood Tate, Nielsen, and YUDU, was to give out the Innovation awards in a large number of diverse categories that spanned the major functions in digital publishing. Hundreds of nominations were made in each of the eight categories."One of the reasons that we got … [Read more...] about Bookseller’s FutureBook Innovation Awards 2012
Cosmopolitan and Harlequin Team Up for New eBook Series
Cosmopolitan and Harlequin are two publications that aim their content exclusively towards women, and now they have teamed up for a new ebook project to be launched next year called Cosmo Red Hot Reads. The two companies have not released any names of the first few books debuting next year, but a number of authors are confirmed— Lauren Dane, Jenna Bayley-Burke, and Alyssa … [Read more...] about Cosmopolitan and Harlequin Team Up for New eBook Series
What Does a Literary Agent Do Anymore?
Nigel Roby, managing director and owner of The Bookseller, made an interesting statement in his welcome remarks to this year's FutureBook event: "About six months ago, we stopped thinking of this as a digital publishing conference."He's very right. The entire concept of a "future book" must include all aspects of where the publishing industry as a whole is headed, and where … [Read more...] about What Does a Literary Agent Do Anymore?
Lonely Planet and Niche Specific eBooks
Dominic Rowell, Managing Director Digital of Lonely Planet, gave a dynamic presentation at FutureBook about the business of interactive ebooks. Lonely Planet, started in 1972 and later growing into an entire brand to include an online community, pocket guides, city-by-city guides, and more."Travel is a good thing if we can learn to interact with people, share stories, share … [Read more...] about Lonely Planet and Niche Specific eBooks
Kindle FreeTime Unlimited Gives Access to Thousands of Kids eBooks
Amazon has just introduced Kindle FreeTime Unlimited! It gives parents and kids access to ebooks, games, educational apps, movies, and TV shows all in one simple, unlimited, easy-to-use service for kids ages 3-8. For a special monthly price of just $2.99 per child or $6.99 for the whole family, Prime members get unlimited access to thousands of popular kids titles. Customers … [Read more...] about Kindle FreeTime Unlimited Gives Access to Thousands of Kids eBooks
Random Romance Goes Digital First in Australia
Random House is starting a new imprint entitled Random Romance to launch a series of digital first ebooks. The exclusive focus will be the Australian market and will feature a myriad of authors that are homegrown.Random Romance is all set to unleash its first five titles in February of 2013. The books will comprise of two erotic novellas and a scintillating outback romance, … [Read more...] about Random Romance Goes Digital First in Australia
Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Starts Next Month
Amazon's Breakthrough Novel Award starts next month and this will be the sixth year it has been running. There is a huge increase in prize money and new categories to reflect the changing tides of digital publishing. Beginning in 2013, the grand prize winner will receive a $50,000 advance and a shiny new publishing contract with Amazon Publishing. There will also be finalists … [Read more...] about Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Starts Next Month
Digital Magazine Creation Made Easy with Glossi
Digital Magazine creation, up until recently, has been mainly utilized by traditional publications making the leap from print to digital. Indie companies often are relegated to the timeless "Zine" format that is a fixture at many small bookstores. Glossi seeks to address this issue to give smaller companies a fighting chance in an explosive digital segment.Glossi is a … [Read more...] about Digital Magazine Creation Made Easy with Glossi
Barnes and Noble: Taking the Nook to Foreign Markets
It's been five weeks since Nook's launch in the UK, and according to Patrick Rouvoillois, International Director for Barnes and Noble, it went very well. Part of the strategy when introducing the device to a new audience was to work directly with the department store retailers—specifically John Lewis, Foyles, Blackwell’s, Argos, Waitrose and Sainsbury’s—and the booksellers. It … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble: Taking the Nook to Foreign Markets
Pottermore CEO Explains the DRM-Free Decision
Charlie Redmayne spoke on two panels today in London at the FutureBook conference, the third annual conference put on by The Bookseller. Aside from the morning presentation in which he spoke on the importance of establishing a global brand for an author or a book series, Redmayne spoke quite vehemently in the later panel about how the practice of DRM-free ebooks can be better … [Read more...] about Pottermore CEO Explains the DRM-Free Decision
Bilbary Launches eBook Rentals
Digital bookseller Bilbary launched last year with an ebook sales platform, making over 800,000 titles available for sale to customers across the UK and other markets. Now, Bilbary has announced that its ebook rental service will hopefully launch before the end of the year. Unlike rental platforms that tried with limited success to create a Netflix-like subscription based … [Read more...] about Bilbary Launches eBook Rentals