Bookshout has announced that they have partnered with South by Southwest this year. Conference attendees and remote online followers will be able to purchase e-books from key speakers, authors, and panelists.Attendees can purchase e-books exclusively through the BookShout platform. Throughout the week of SXSW, attendees will be able to text-to-buy as well as share … [Read more...] about Bookshout Partners with South by Southwest for eBooks
E-Book News
Italy and Malta Slash e-Book VAT
Starting in early 2015 the VAT readers will pay will be dependent on the country they live in, rather than the originating country of the online bookstore. This will dramatically increase the amount of money people are spending to read eBooks. Italy and Malta though, are rising to the challenge and preemptively lowering the VAT before 2015.Italy has lowered the VAT on … [Read more...] about Italy and Malta Slash e-Book VAT
Bookbaby Discontinues Free & Standard eBook Publishing Package
BookBaby is a company that specializes in digital publishing and allows their authors to distribute their content to Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, Copia, Kobo, and Scribd. The have built a large following partly because of their inexpensive and free account options. They also provide ease of use for your own e-Book files. Starting December 9th, Bookbaby will be suspending … [Read more...] about Bookbaby Discontinues Free & Standard eBook Publishing Package
Kobo Starts Selling e-Readers and e-Books in Saudi Arabia
Kobo has opened up a digital bookstore with over 4.2 million titles and started to sell their latest generation e-readers in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.Kobo is selling the Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura and Kobo H2o in 34 stores in the G.C.C. region in the Dubai Duty Free Stores, Virgin Megastores and Xcite. If you feel like forgoing the … [Read more...] about Kobo Starts Selling e-Readers and e-Books in Saudi Arabia
Kids Experiencing Massive Problems with Book Discovery
Book discovery is a pressing issue in the print and digital world. Major online stores are hard pressed to keep up with the sheer amount of new content being published on a daily basis and the brick and motor locations tend to focus on bestsellers and adult content. Kids have the hardest time in discovering new authors and new books to read because no one exclusively caters to … [Read more...] about Kids Experiencing Massive Problems with Book Discovery
The Global e-Book Market Valued at $14.5 Billion
The global e-Book market has been valued at $14.5 billion dollars and is expected to reach more than $22 billion by 2017. These figures are courtesy of Kobo who published their inaugural Book Report.“The advances that we’re seeing year-over-year are incredible, with more publishers, users and new technology changing the face of the industry at an unprecedented pace,” Kobo … [Read more...] about The Global e-Book Market Valued at $14.5 Billion
Barnes & Noble and Microsoft Suspend Nook Partnership
Barnes and Noble announced at a recent earnings call that they have ended their partnership with Microsoft. The nations largest bookseller will pay Microsoft $120 million in cash and stock.In 2012 Microsoft invested $300 million for a 17.6% stake in Barnes and Noble, to aid the ailing Nook division. The initial plan was to assist the bookseller in spinning off the Nook … [Read more...] about Barnes & Noble and Microsoft Suspend Nook Partnership
Findaway World Debuts the Aero e-Reader
Findaway World has developed a severely locked down e-reader that they have been marketing to the US armed forces. The big selling points is that there are no USB ports or wireless internet access to limit security breaches. Instead, the readers are loaded up with bestselling books and shipped out to submarines and other vessels. Today, Findaway World has announced the Aero … [Read more...] about Findaway World Debuts the Aero e-Reader
The Future of Used eBooks will be Determined December 23rd
The entire concept of a used eBook store will be determined on December 23rd 2014. This is the date that a Netherlands court will make its decision whether the publishers or online store Tom Kabinet is in the right. The future of used eBooks hangs in the balance of this upcoming judgement.The Amsterdam District Court ruled in July that Tom Kabinet can stay open for business … [Read more...] about The Future of Used eBooks will be Determined December 23rd
Nook UK Launches Online Christmas Shop
Barnes and Noble has unveiled a new program for their United Kingdom online Nook bookstore. It primarily focuses on the curation and editorial aspect of book discovery, ensuring that you will find your next big great read quickly.The Nook Online Christmas Shop features curated book lists and great offers to help customers discover the best books for the Christmas season. … [Read more...] about Nook UK Launches Online Christmas Shop
Penguin Develops Cloud Reader for Pelican eBooks
Many people in the publishing industry claim that the primary reason Penguin and Random House merged was to not only account for 1/4 of all books printed in the world, but to have better negotiating power with Amazon. We have all read the stories about the feud between Amazon and Hachette and this is a situation that will likely never occur with the new publishing … [Read more...] about Penguin Develops Cloud Reader for Pelican eBooks
eBook Publishers May Soon Sue ISP Providers over Pirate eBooks
BMG Rights Management and Round Hill Music have sued Cox Communications for music piracy. They did this because the internet service provider did not do enough to punish 200,000 users who downloaded illegal music. These two companies are clients of Rightscorp, a copyright enforcement agent whose business is based on threatening ISPs with a high-stakes lawsuit if they don't … [Read more...] about eBook Publishers May Soon Sue ISP Providers over Pirate eBooks
O’Reilly Gives 50% off all eBooks until Dec 2nd
O'Reily is best known for their large library of technical eBooks and the fact they are all DRM-Free. This allows users to copy them to all of their devices, without the need of the unwieldy Adobe Digital Editions. If you are in the market for books about programming in Android, HTML5, Java or C++ you are in luck. All eBook and video tutorials are 50% off until December 2nd … [Read more...] about O’Reilly Gives 50% off all eBooks until Dec 2nd
The Future of Computer Generated Novel Writing Begins Here
National Novel Writing Month is an annual tradition for writers looking to compete a body of work within one month. Former winners have actually secured lucrative publishing contracts and its an interesting way to force yourself to write a torrent of prose everyday. Last year, a small alternative movement has been gaining momentum called NaNoGenMo, for National Novel Generation … [Read more...] about The Future of Computer Generated Novel Writing Begins Here