Sainsbury is offering a film and ebook bundle offer which it claims is the first of its kind in the world – download the film Captain Phillips for £9.99 and get the ebook that the film is based on completely free. The offer though is valid only until Feb 16th."Whenever a major feature film based on a book is released naturally lots of people want to read the book that … [Read more...] about Sainsbury Offering Free eBook ‘A Captain’s Duty’
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Traditional Publishers Learn What Indie Authors Have Known All Along
Ask any traditionally published author what frustrates him most about the industry, and the list of complaints might be rather varied. A survey of 9,000 authors conducted by Digital Book World and Writer's Digest cited lack of creative control, royalties, and editorial decision making on the list, but one other factor that still plagues authors is the seemingly random and … [Read more...] about Traditional Publishers Learn What Indie Authors Have Known All Along
Can Digitization Go Too Far?
A massive digitization project involving the cooperation of two governments and the crusading efforts by several individual stakeholders led to the donation of the Hemingway Collection to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in 2008. This donation included digitized editions of papers that had been stored in the basement of Hemingway's farm house in Cuba, papers that even … [Read more...] about Can Digitization Go Too Far?
Libraries Fight Back Against Planned Closings
With libraries around the world coming under almost as much threat of demise as brick-and-mortar bookstores, one UK library system is taking legal action to fight back against proposed budget cuts in their county that will mean the planned closing of a number of local public libraries.According to an article in The Bookseller, the library system in Lincolnshire has mounted … [Read more...] about Libraries Fight Back Against Planned Closings
Microsoft Developing Windows 8 e-Reading App
Microsoft is developing an XBox e-Reading App for Windows 8 that will be able to read eBooks, comics and magazines. This news stems from a recent job posting that Microsoft posted today.The Job post basically summarizes that "As an SDE, you will be on the team building a groundbreaking interactive reading app on Windows, which incorporates books, magazines, and comics. In … [Read more...] about Microsoft Developing Windows 8 e-Reading App
Open Road Acquires eBook Publisher E-Reads
An announcement today shared that the oldest ebook publisher and the largest independent ebook publisher have now joined forces to combine their catalogs of high-interest and genre specific titles from some of the most well-known authors in their fields. Open Road Integrated Media announced that it has acquired E-Reads, formed in 2009 by literary agent Richard … [Read more...] about Open Road Acquires eBook Publisher E-Reads
Barnes and Noble Making Massive Changes at Nook
Barnes and Noble has fired most of their hardware engineering division last Thursday, according to one source. This follows Barnes & Noble dismissing the VP of Hardware, Bill Saperstein in January. The head of Nook Accessories, Jacqueline Corso, was also let go last week. It looks like B&N is initiating the Clean Sweep protocol, as new CEO Michael Huseby is likely appointing … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble Making Massive Changes at Nook
DreamWorks Animation to Hold Its Own Children’s eBook Imprint
One surefire way to get kids reading--especially low-ability and reluctant readers--is to give them characters and story lines that they already know and love. By having access to high interest characters from television shows and movies, as well as incorporating existing story lines for which the readers already have a strong from of reference, students who struggle to read or … [Read more...] about DreamWorks Animation to Hold Its Own Children’s eBook Imprint
Vampire Diaries Author Publishes Her Own FanFic of the Work
For those who only know the sexiness and paranormal tension of the current-day television series The Vampire Diaries, it may come as a surprise to learn that the books were originally published more than twenty years ago, only to see them revived and repackaged for a new audience in conjunction with the series.What may also come as a surprise to fans--even a shock, to … [Read more...] about Vampire Diaries Author Publishes Her Own FanFic of the Work
Adobe Announces it Will Continue to Support old eBook Formats
Adobe has announced that it will continue to support the older DRM encryption formats for PDF and EPUB eBooks.  This flip-flopping on this specific matter was due to the firestorm that erupted due to  our recent post on Adobe killing the e-reader industry. We had so much feedback, that Adobe themselves commented on our original story and announced that they will continue to … [Read more...] about Adobe Announces it Will Continue to Support old eBook Formats
Poorly Translated Public Domain Titles Removed from Amazon
Now that anyone can self-publish an ebook, critics have argued that the overall quality of books being published has plummeted. And despite the outrage from indie authors over criticism like that, Amazon made a move this week that seems to actually prove the point.A number of books uploaded by an individual going by "M Angelo" were nothing more than Google translate-style … [Read more...] about Poorly Translated Public Domain Titles Removed from Amazon
Amazon Begins Selling Kindle e-Readers in Brazil
Amazon has been selling eBooks in Brazil since 2012 and the only way you can buy the e-readers is if you purchased them through a 3rd party. Today, Amazon has announced they will begin selling their entire line of Kindle readers in Brazil.The Brazilian Kindle division is being run by Alex Szapiro, a former Apple executive who is charge of deployment. According to industry … [Read more...] about Amazon Begins Selling Kindle e-Readers in Brazil
Canada Institutes Its Own eBook Terms with Publishers
Following the court drama of the Department of Justice investigation of five of the Big Six publishers, attorneys then lined up to file their own class action lawsuits on behalf of consumers who overpaid by millions of dollars for ebooks as a result of a conspiracy to arrange the prices on titles. While the battle is still not fully finalized in the US in terms of how much … [Read more...] about Canada Institutes Its Own eBook Terms with Publishers