With the rise in popularity of digital magazines, consumers have still missed out on the perks that go along with print subscriptions. Aside from the ability to bundle their subscriptions, digital subscribers can now take advantage of some of the offers like subscription gifting, renewal incentive pricing, and discounts on other titles for being a subscriber of a similar … [Read more...] about Digital Newsstand Zinio Offers Customers Bundles, Incentive Pricing
Digital Publishing News
Chicken Soup for the Soul Available as eBooks
Open Road Integrated Media has partnered with the publishers of the widely successful Chicken Soup for the Soul series to digitize the popular essay books. Forty of the first 160 books in the series will be released today."The Chicken Soup for the Soul series is perfectly suited to our milestone marketing campaigns. Open Road is delighted to be the digital publisher for … [Read more...] about Chicken Soup for the Soul Available as eBooks
Bilbary Now Carrying Random House eBook Titles
Bilbary floats under the radar in terms of online viability for selling electronic books in a very crowded marketplace. Founded in 2011, it is currently still in beta but boasts a growing library of over 430,000 titles. Today the company announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with Random House to carry its ebooks.The company right now is just getting its act … [Read more...] about Bilbary Now Carrying Random House eBook Titles
SnugNugget Makes DRM-free eBooks Charitable Giving
With an ever-growing catalog of ebook titles available to digital readers from major distribution platforms, readers have more choices than ever for browsing and purchasing ebooks. But one distributor is determined to help readers make their book purchases count for more than just entertainment.Recent startup SnugNugget allows consumers the option to purchase DRM-free … [Read more...] about SnugNugget Makes DRM-free eBooks Charitable Giving
Kno Partners with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for K12 e-Textbooks
Kno originally launched its company to market educational tablets aimed at schools. After scrapping that idea, the company gravitated towards digital content distribution systems that were compatible with any tablet or PC. Kno has been doing quite well with the college crowd and now has a solid presence with the K12 kids, too.Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Kno have engaged … [Read more...] about Kno Partners with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for K12 e-Textbooks
Amazon Launches Its Own Games Development Studio
Amazon has been running its Android Market for over a year now and has seen critical success by offering apps and games. Today the company announced that it has formed its own game development studio called "Amazon Game Studios."The first project Amazon rolled out is a new casual Facebook game called "Living Classics." The essence of the title is a “moving object game.” In … [Read more...] about Amazon Launches Its Own Games Development Studio
Amazon Launches Textbook Rental Program
Amazon has been lending out digital textbooks for over a year now and diligent young scholars could save between 30% to 60% by renting them, instead of buying. Due to the success of the digital strategy, Amazon has just implemented a new program to lend out physical textbooks as well.The new textbook rental system allows students to borrow books for a quick semester, which … [Read more...] about Amazon Launches Textbook Rental Program
Barnes and Noble Weighs in On the DoJ Lawsuit, Predicting an Apple Victory
Last week, GoodeReader posed a rhetorical question, essentially asking why so many individuals and organizations have voiced their opinions in favor of Apple and several publishers who have been accused of colluding on ebook prices in order to drive consumer traffic away from Amazon. While there is no doubt that some parties may just see a way to bring the online retailer down … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble Weighs in On the DoJ Lawsuit, Predicting an Apple Victory
Amazon eBook Sales Have Overtaken Print in the UK
Amazon UK has reported today that for the first time, online ebook sales are surpassing print. This is a huge growth, considering Amazon only entered the United Kingdom two years ago and started to offer e-readers and ebooks.According to unaudited figures issued by Amazon today, since the start of 2012 customers downloaded 114 ebooks for every 100 hardback and paperback … [Read more...] about Amazon eBook Sales Have Overtaken Print in the UK
Good e-Reader Week in Review
During this last week many of the top six publishers released their 2nd Quarter financial results and bodes well for the eBook industry. Lots of new Android devices have been launched and there is tons of news as always! Welcome to the Good e-Reader Week in Review weekly publication, covering the essential stories you need to know about.The Dutch eBook Industry is Rising - … [Read more...] about Good e-Reader Week in Review
eBook Review: Trickster’s Point by William Kent Krueger
Verdict: 5 StarsI don’t really like mysteries. Basically, I just never care whodunit and even if it was the butler, I can’t really figure out why he did it.Fortunately, Krueger is such a masterful storyteller that he made me care. You can’t not care, especially when a beloved political figure is lying on the ground, gasping for breath with his best friend’s arrow … [Read more...] about eBook Review: Trickster’s Point by William Kent Krueger
Authors Guild Asks Google for $750 for Each eBook It Digitized
There is a new chapter unfolding in the eight year lawsuit brought against Google for digitizing ebooks. Google proposed a settlement a few weeks ago and the Authors Guild had only a few months to accept or deny it. Today the president of the Authors Guild, Scott Thurow, urged the court to rule that Google's digitization project does not constitute "fair use" under copyright … [Read more...] about Authors Guild Asks Google for $750 for Each eBook It Digitized
eBooks Now Account for 21% of All Sales at Simon & Schuster
Digital eBook sales at Simon & Schuster are seeing strong growth in the second financial quarter of 2012. They have risen by almost 44% and now account for 21% of the company's total book sales. Revenues increased by 3% and garnered the company a cool $189 million from $183 million over the second quarter in 2011. Some of the ebooks that saw the most sales during this … [Read more...] about eBooks Now Account for 21% of All Sales at Simon & Schuster
Get Your Manga Fix with 10,000 Titles on the iPad via Manga Rock 2
Manga and Apple? The two normally did not go hand and hand but Manga fiends can throw up a collective cheer with the new app Manga Rock 2! It is a great portable app that has close to 10,000 scanned titles from MangaReader, MangaFox, and MangaEden.Digital Titles can be accessed via the free app, but only one can be saved at a time. If you are going on vacation or want to … [Read more...] about Get Your Manga Fix with 10,000 Titles on the iPad via Manga Rock 2