Google Books has been on an international trek lately, opening stores in Canada, UK, and now Australia. The company is offering millions of free open source books, hundreds of bestsellers, and recently released content. Google has partnered with local Australian authors for the launch, such as Kate Grenville, Thomas Keneally, Geraldine Brooks, and Christos Tsiolkas.The … [Read more...] about Google Books Officially Launches in Australia
Digital Publishing News
Time, Inc. Brings All of its Titles to Tablet
Sports Illustrated Golf Group announced Friday that its newest digital publication would be Golf Magazine, according to a press release issued by publisher owner Time, Inc. Time announced earlier this year that all twenty-one of its magazine titles would be available in digital format by the end of this year, making it the only magazine publisher to attempt such a lofty … [Read more...] about Time, Inc. Brings All of its Titles to Tablet
China’s Indie Publishing Opportunities
Amazon first threw a spotlight on China’s ebook future with the creation of the Amazon.cn site, with rumors that a Kindle was being developed for the Chinese market. Those unconfirmed rumors have had a lot of people wondering if the Chinese appetite for ebooks can sustain the development of a fifth Kindle store, the first of its kind for Amazon outside the U.S. and … [Read more...] about China’s Indie Publishing Opportunities
uTales Develops Digital Access for Children’s Content
Arguably the hottest demographic of reading consumers in digital publishing is the young readers of interactive storybook readers. GoodEReader.com has covered a large number of companies like iStoryTime that focus on fully-interactive illustrated and narrated book apps for children. These apps are the top-of-the-line reading option when it comes to juvenile content, … [Read more...] about uTales Develops Digital Access for Children’s Content
Amazon’s New Members-Only E-Library Upsets Publishers
GoodEReader.com has reported on several new features that will be included with the new Kindle Fire tablet, especially some of the features that Amazon plans to include with the $79-per-year Amazon Prime Membership. One of those members-only perks will be access to Amazon’s own lending library for ebooks, the Kindle Lending Library.Originally, Amazon approached several … [Read more...] about Amazon’s New Members-Only E-Library Upsets Publishers
Penguin Ebook Sales on the Rise
As more and more publishers learn just how valuable their ebook imprints are—and in some cases, how their ebook sales can translate into the difference between profit and loss—the numbers are slowly appearing from some of the largest names in the industry.Penguin Group announced today that its ebook sales for the third quarter were have more than doubled so far for 2011, … [Read more...] about Penguin Ebook Sales on the Rise
Autography Expands with Private Investor
Autography, LLC, creators of patent-pending software that allows authors to connect with their fans via personalized signings inserted into ebooks on many of the most accessible reading-dedicated devices, such as Kindle, Nook, Sony e-Reader, and Kobo, as well as iOS multi-function devices like the iPad.“The continuing shift to ebooks has created new opportunities,” said … [Read more...] about Autography Expands with Private Investor
HarperCollins Expands its Imprints with Thomas Nelson, Inc.
HarperCollins Publishers, one of the largest English-language publishers worldwide and a highly recognized name in the industry, is set to acquire an equally respected name in publishing, specifically inspirational titles, Thomas Nelson. While both companies have a long history—dating back to publishing in the late 1700s for Nelson—and this isn’t the first cooperative effort … [Read more...] about HarperCollins Expands its Imprints with Thomas Nelson, Inc.
Former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt joins Kno Board of Directors
Kno is an educational based etextbook company that has carved a great niche for itself by offering USA based customers digital books for college and universities. Most of the founders and executive team comes from computer and technology backgrounds. They have certainly gained a valuable asset today in the form of former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt joining the Board of … [Read more...] about Former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt joins Kno Board of Directors
John Wiley & Sons Go on the Offensive Against Torrent Sites
John Wiley & Sons have sued 28 BitTorrent users in New York Federal Court for pirating their popular "For Dummies" ebook series. This is one of the first times a well known publisher is attacking end-users directly.Suing users for pirating content is nothing new, the music and video industry have been doing it for years. Popular pirate torrent site Torrent Freak … [Read more...] about John Wiley & Sons Go on the Offensive Against Torrent Sites
Good e-Reader Ebook of the Week: Joshua Graham
This week GoodEReader.com is once again bringing you two unique authors’ works to add to your digital library. The first author, Joshua Graham, writes suspense thrillers and supernatural horror under his real name, and writes young adult fantasy under his pen name, Ian Alexander.“I’ve always enjoyed writing and did a lot of fiction for fun, but never really thought it was … [Read more...] about Good e-Reader Ebook of the Week: Joshua Graham
Good e-Reader Ebook of the Week Spreecast: Becky Banks
GoodEReader.com invited author Becky Banks to join us on a Spreecast, a new form of video social media, to talk about her Ebook of the Week title, The Legend of Lady MacLaoch. Her title can be found on all major ebook distribution platforms for readers who wish to purchase the book and download it directly to their devices, but Banks is making free copies available in PDF … [Read more...] about Good e-Reader Ebook of the Week Spreecast: Becky Banks
NaNoWriMo Kicks Off Today
NaNoWriMo, the nickname of the more aptly titled National Novel Writing Month, is a month-long challenge every November for the past thirteen years that draws would-be authors numbering in the hundreds of thousands. The goal is simple: to write a 50,000-word novel in thirty days or less.Growing from one individual and a handful of like-minded friends in 1999 to over 250,000 … [Read more...] about NaNoWriMo Kicks Off Today
Pottermore, Others Lay The Ground Work for Author Reader Opportunities
As we come up on the launch of one of the most revolutionary reading concepts since the dedicated e-reader device, a launch that blends the worlds of social media, digital content, and the story lines of one of the most successful literary series of all time, more authors and readers are starting to question: “What else can a book do for me?”While Pottermore is still in its … [Read more...] about Pottermore, Others Lay The Ground Work for Author Reader Opportunities