OverDrive is the world’s leading provider of audio and ebook titles for public and school libraries, giving those institutions the ability to offer ebook borrowing for their patrons on a variety of e-reader devices, tablets, and PCs. More than 1,000 publishers rely on OverDrive to provide a wide variety of digital content to over 15,000 institutions.Make that just over 999 … [Read more...] about Penguin Removes Its New Titles from OverDrive’s Lending Library Catalog
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Ebook of the Week: Susan Wingate
This week’s GoodEReader.com Ebook of the Week, recently named the 2011 Forward National Literature Award winner for Drama, is Drowning by Susan Wingate. She is also the author of the bestselling Bobby’s Diner (2010 International Book Awards finalist) series.“Drowning is a story about mothers and daughters and those who have loved them,” says the author of this title. “It’s … [Read more...] about Ebook of the Week: Susan Wingate
Juvenile E-Reading: The Kids Are Ready, But Are The Parents?
We may have hopefully put the days of the heated “print vs. digital” debates behind us. The consumers, the retailers, and even the publishing industry have all pretty much declared that digital reading is not a flash-in-the-pan fad, but that paper isn’t going away any time soon. The two formats have been predicted to live side-by-side for the foreseeable future.But one … [Read more...] about Juvenile E-Reading: The Kids Are Ready, But Are The Parents?
The First-Ever Good e-Reader Online Ebook Signing Was a Success!
Over one hundred fans attended the online ebook signing with author HP Mallory, thanks to Autography’s ebook signing software and Spreecast, the social video platform. Fans were able to ask questions live, receive their signed ebooks instantly via email, and interact with the author as she answered interview questions from our members of the Good e-Reader community.Many of … [Read more...] about The First-Ever Good e-Reader Online Ebook Signing Was a Success!
Live Online Ebook Signing via Spreecast Tonight
We are only hours away from GoodEReader’s first-ever live ebook signing via the world wide web. Urban fantasy author H.P. Mallory will be signing digital copies of her recent release, Great Hexpectations, using Autography’s ebook autographing capability.Autography, a development that GoodEReader first covered at BookExpo America in May of this year, allows authors to … [Read more...] about Live Online Ebook Signing via Spreecast Tonight
Penguin Group Provides Self-Publishing Tools
Penguin Group (USA) launched an online community for writers earlier this year with the creation of the site Book Country. The goal of Book Country was to foster authors’ craft while providing them with information and networking opportunities.Now, Book Country has unveiled a full complement of online tools for authors which include digital publishing opportunities, as well … [Read more...] about Penguin Group Provides Self-Publishing Tools
First-Ever GoodEReader Live Online Ebook Signing via Spreecast
Tomorrow at 9:00pm EST/6:00pm PST, GoodEReader and Autography will host a live ebook signing event via the new social connection website Spreecast. The event is a first for both of the sponsors, bringing the personalized capabilities of Autography ebook signing software to readers who don’t have access to their favorite authors.For this event, author HP Mallory, whose title … [Read more...] about First-Ever GoodEReader Live Online Ebook Signing via Spreecast
National Newspapers may be Doomed but Local Editions will Live on
Many newspaper publishing companies who traditionally print national, regional and local editions have some interesting insights on the future of publishing. Many companies we have spoken with at various conferences this year have decreed that the death of the National newspaper is imminent due to online news being more current and blogs being more specialized for … [Read more...] about National Newspapers may be Doomed but Local Editions will Live on
Side-By-Side: Digital Music and Digital Reading
FutureBook, a blog of Bookseller, has released a mutli-part piece on the growth of digital entertainment, specifically music and books. This series explores some of the similarities in both industries, paying particular attention to some of the pitfalls that the mainstays of both industries fell into. Those mistakes can speak volumes on where the music and book industries go in … [Read more...] about Side-By-Side: Digital Music and Digital Reading
Zinio now offered in the Amazon App Store
Zinio, one of the largest purveyors of digital magazines just launched their app on the Amazon App Store. It is fully compliment with the recently launched Kindle Fire and the company is offering new subscribers a free 25$ voucher to buy new magazines.Zinio offers Kindle Fire and other tablet readers access to more than 5,000 magazine titles from around the world, including … [Read more...] about Zinio now offered in the Amazon App Store
Big Six Are Out of the Kindle Lending Library
Amazon announced its plans to launch its flat-fee Kindle Lending Library earlier this month to coincide with today’s release of the Kindle Fire Tablet. Immediately, the critics came out to rail against the concept, a model which works very similarly to Netflix’s basic subscription: Amazon Prime members will be allowed one book loan per month from a catalog of more than 5,000 … [Read more...] about Big Six Are Out of the Kindle Lending Library
Ebook of the Week: HP Mallory
GoodEReader.com recently profiled self-published turned traditional author H.P. Mallory, who attributed a lot of her success in writing to the ease of the digital indie publishing platforms. Mallory, whose Jolie Wilkins series has been picked up by Random House and whose Dulcie O’Neil series is available via PubIt! from Barnes&Noble and Kindle Direct Publishing, has enjoyed … [Read more...] about Ebook of the Week: HP Mallory
Penguin Shorts to be launching in the UK December 1st
Penguin is testing the waters with its new E-Singles program entitled Penguin Shorts launching in the United Kingdom on December 1st 2011. They will be competing in that space against the new project ushered in by The Guardian in August. Nine titles are set for the initial launch in the Fiction and Non-Fiction realms. The company has been haphazardly been experimenting with … [Read more...] about Penguin Shorts to be launching in the UK December 1st