Kobo has inked a deal with Nickelodeon Publishing to bring popular properties into a digital format. More than 250 top eBook titles from iconic children’s series including Bubble Guppies, Blue’s Clues, The Backyardigans, Dora the Explorer, SpongeBob SquarePants, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are now available via Kobo.Kobo launched their Kids store late last year. It … [Read more...] about Dora the Explorer and 250 Nickelodeon eBooks Available at Kobo
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RIP Diesel eBooks
Diesel eBooks has been selling digital content for the last ten years. They have seen the industry grow from simple PDF file sharing to the boom period of 2011. The company is unable to compete against the juggernauts of the industry, such as Amazon, Apple, B&N and Kobo. Diesel has announced that starting April 1st, the store will close.Diesel eBooks originally launched in … [Read more...] about RIP Diesel eBooks
Kobo Starts to put a Priority on Customer Service
Kobo has never had a stellar customer service record when it comes to support for their digital bookstore or their line of tablets and e-readers. This is starting to change as the Canadian based company is putting a heavy priority on developing new technologies and changing the way they go about solving customer issues.International expansion has been the primary focus at … [Read more...] about Kobo Starts to put a Priority on Customer Service
Lonely Planet eBooks Now Available on Scribd
There was a time when Lonely Planet was the definitive travel guide when you would travel to a new city or country. The company has lost some of their luster as many people are using online services like Expedia and other travel websites to read reviews and find out the local scoops. Still, in the last few years Lonely Planet has been undergoing a resonance in the digital … [Read more...] about Lonely Planet eBooks Now Available on Scribd
Renewed Focus on Books from BBC
The high interest in comparing print and digital book sales has led to a renewed interest in looking at the reading habits of consumers around the world. While one recent survey found that 25% of US consumers reported not having read a single book in 2013, digital publishing--specifically with an emphasis on the ability to read on mobile phones and tablets--has been credited … [Read more...] about Renewed Focus on Books from BBC
Tesco Unveils Blinkbox Books
Tesco is one of Britain's largest supermarket chains and they have just opened up a brand new digital bookstore. Blinkbox Books is primarily aimed at existing customers who buy groceries, as they earn Tesco Club Cards with every eBook purchase they make.Blinkbox has hundreds of thousands of titles available from most major publishers. There seems to be a 30% deal going on … [Read more...] about Tesco Unveils Blinkbox Books
Kindle Credits Now Available from eBook Settlement
Amazon has dispatched eBook refunds to millions of readers living in the USA. Anyone who has purchased a digital book from Hachette, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Penguin or Macmillan between April 1, 2010 and May 21, 2012 gets a credit of $3.17 if that book was a New York Times bestseller and a credit of $0.73 if the book was never a NYT bestseller.Amazon is the … [Read more...] about Kindle Credits Now Available from eBook Settlement
The Big Five Settled Out of Court and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt
The wheels of justice do, indeed, turn slowly. Turtles stampeding through peanut butter kind of slowly. Because the end result of an investigation by the Department of Justice that first began back in 2010 has finally resulted in emails going out to customers informing them of the credits on their Amazon accounts. While I'm not sure that consumers are supposed to disclose the … [Read more...] about The Big Five Settled Out of Court and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt
British Library Digitizes More Historical Manuscripts
After the successful digital makeover to the Mewar Ramayana, the British Library plans to apply that treatment to other historical documents. It took three years for the British Library to create the digital copies of the Mewar Ramayana, considered to be one of the best illustrated manuscripts of the great Hindu epic. Marina Chellini, curator of North Indian languages at the … [Read more...] about British Library Digitizes More Historical Manuscripts
BookNet Canada 2013 Report: Print Book Sales Declined
New data comes in each year about the viability of the print and ebook markets in different regions around the world, and BookNet Canada has now released its findings for the print market in 2013. While it's data is only on print sales (no digital editions) and does not incorporate the sales from online retailers either from within the country or abroad, it does still offer … [Read more...] about BookNet Canada 2013 Report: Print Book Sales Declined
eBook Prices to increase by 20% in the UK in 2015
Residents of the United Kingdom will see an increase in tax for apps, eBooks and audiobooks in 2015. Amazon, Apple, B&N and Kobo will be forced to charge 20% VAT, which will drastically increase the overall cost.Major eBook retailers currently charges less tax for customers in the UK because they are based in Luxembourg, where the VAT is on average 3%. The UK government … [Read more...] about eBook Prices to increase by 20% in the UK in 2015
Nielsen BookScan is Providing Faulty Data in their Bestselling Book Lists
When it comes to bestseller lists, the average reader will base their decisions on what to buy through them. The New York Times started to include ebooks in print and online editions back in 2011 when the Kindle and Nook first became popular.  The dominant force in generating bestseller lists is Nielsen BookScan, who harvests their data from major online booksellers. Many of … [Read more...] about Nielsen BookScan is Providing Faulty Data in their Bestselling Book Lists
Now that Anyone Can Publish, Anyone Can Be a Publisher, Too
The publishing industry--and certain commentary articles--have spent the last few years bashing the quality of self-published novels, taking out their ire on the authors themselves. But what is not so often exposed is the number of "publishers" who've sprung up almost overnight to utilize the same exact tools that are available to authors, but do so under the guise of being a … [Read more...] about Now that Anyone Can Publish, Anyone Can Be a Publisher, Too