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BooXtream Promotes Social DRM for Kindle eBooks

BooXtream is in a unique position to appeal to both the big…

Overdrive Releases New Statistics on eBook Lending

Overdrive is currently the premier option that libraries and K12 schools turn…

Google Play Books Now Available in Japan and Adds New Client Features across the Board

Google opened its ebook stores all across Europe during the last six…

Macmillan Announces New eBook Lending Model for Libraries

Macmillan has announced a new pilot project that will see a limited…

Kobo Brings e-Readers and eBooks to Portugal

Kobo has expanded its relationship with FNAC to bring ebooks and e-readers…

Feature: How Important Is eBook Cover Art in 2013?

Traditional print book covers draw many parallels with billboards and conventional marketing…

Do Books Need a Rating System?

Here’s a sensitive topic bound to elicit twenty different opinions from twenty…

eBook Review: Cascade by Maryanne O’Hara

Verdict: 5 Stars It’s my job to read a book with every…

Countdown to The Casual Vacancy

One of the most eagerly anticipated books of the year—short of any…

A New Semester Starts at Pottermore with Chamber of Secrets Expansion

Many kids are finding themselves back in the classroom wallowing in the…

Digital Publishing Start-up Payhip Appeals to Indie Authors

A few weeks ago a new digital publisher has hit the scene…

eBook Publisher “One Bite Reads” Aims to Make Mini-Novels Fashionable

The digital ebook publishing start-up company One Bite Reads is trying to specialize…

Kindle Highlighting Coming Under Fire

Laura Hazard Owen for GigaOm posted an interesting article this week that…

Amazon Expected to Launch Kindle in Japan Next Month

Amazon had been expected to release its Kindle line of e-readers and…

The Penguin Group Launches Graphic Novel Imprint InkLit

Penguin Publishing is launching a new imprint that is focusing exclusively on…

BookRix Absolves Pay to Self-Publish Business Model and Offers New Free Service

BookRix initially started in 2008 and has become one of the largest…

Bard and Book Publishing CrowdSources Which eBooks Will Get the Print Treatment

Bard and Book Publishing announced today a new initiative that puts the…

Scholastic Storia Adds eBooks by Albert Whitman

Scholastic announced a new deal with Albert Whitman & Company (one of…

How to Turn Wikipedia Articles into eBooks

Wikipedia has introduced a cool new feature that will allow anyone to…

Celebrating New Children’s Digital Apps

While parents might hesitate to hand Junior a $600 tablet to read…

Simon & Schuster to Tap Roku and Blinkx for More Exposure of Book Videos

Publishers Simon & Schuster has already experienced success with its book and…

Schools Benefit from Digital Bookmobile

OverDrive, one of the nation’s leading ebook lending platforms that supplies the…

Breakdown of Aptara’s Ebook Publishing Study

Digital Book World posted a comprehensive peek at Aptara’s and Publisher’s Weekly’s…