Penguin Australia has introduced a new "heat" rating system for its romance publications which will serve to let users have an early idea of how hot or cool the content will be like. The ebooks, thus categorized, will make it easy for the readers to pick up more of a particular category that they like the most.'The last thing we want to do is to disappoint - or offend - … [Read more...] about Penguin Australia Introduces New ‘Heat’ Based Rating System
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eBook Review: Four Summoner’s Tales by Armstrong, Golden, Liss, Maberry
Verdict: 5 StarsIf you asked four different world-renowned chefs to cook a duck, you would probably end up with four very different--but still wonderful--meals, each involving the chef's own unique talents. The same is true for Four Summoner's Tales (Gallery Books). Born out of a conversation between two skilled writers, the anthology required four writers to begin a story … [Read more...] about eBook Review: Four Summoner’s Tales by Armstrong, Golden, Liss, Maberry
OverDrive Announces New Deal to Bring Library eBook Lending into China
OverDrive is best known for their digital infrastructure that allows libraries to loan out eBooks to their patrons. The company has a massive footprint in Canada, Australia, US, Ireland, and the UK. Recently, OverDrive attended the IFLA annual conference, as well as the Beijing International Book Fair. The big news that broke out of these two events was a new contract that … [Read more...] about OverDrive Announces New Deal to Bring Library eBook Lending into China
The Majority of Kids in Russia Read eBooks
A new research report was conducted to ascertain the reading habits among children in Russia and has shown that more than half of the kids there have taken to reading ebooks. Conducted by Digital Parenting Russia and Tvidi.Ru, the survey that covered children in the 6 to 16 age group revealed that the majority (75 percent) of the students rely on ebooks for their … [Read more...] about The Majority of Kids in Russia Read eBooks
Amazon’s Interactive Map of Regional Food Based on Cookbook Titles
Periodically, Amazon compiles an interactive feature for its customers that chronicles data from certain genres of books, such as its romance map from February of this year. Last week, Amazon sent out its Great American Eats map, which provided customers with a listing of 360 different new and classic cookbook titles based on information compiled from its editorial staff about … [Read more...] about Amazon’s Interactive Map of Regional Food Based on Cookbook Titles
New Harry Potter Film with Author JK Rowling at the Screenwriting Helm
Author JK Rowling has been busy over the course of the last year. Besides her work on the wildly popular Pottermore interactive fan site and the re-release of her entire Harry Potter series with new commemorative covers--not to mention two published books and a third one on the way--the author recently announced that she will be screenwriting a new film in the Harry Potter … [Read more...] about New Harry Potter Film with Author JK Rowling at the Screenwriting Helm
Amazon Controls 79% of the eBook Market in the UK
A new survey was recently released by Ofcom, undertaken by Kantar Media and made possible by financial support from the UK Intellectual Property Office. It is very apparent that the vast majority of the UK's digital readers are doing business with Amazon and to a lesser extent all the other digital bookstores. 79% of the people polled from March to May 2013 have used Amazon’s … [Read more...] about Amazon Controls 79% of the eBook Market in the UK
Smashwords Launches Series Manager, Receives Award Nomination from BISG
As book discovery continues to plague authors of every ilk in a market that is saturated with content, platforms like Smashwords continue to look for new ways to help authors bring readers to their books easily. Today, the ebook distribution platform announced a new feature, Series Manager, aimed at helping authors lump their series titles together for easier search … [Read more...] about Smashwords Launches Series Manager, Receives Award Nomination from BISG
Kobo Users Can Now Find Book Baby eBooks in Bookstores
Even as indie authors and the entire self-publishing concept gain more and more acceptance among readers and the industry, one of the last great hurdles for these authors is placing their content in physical bookstores. Short of developing a relationship with individual proprietors, authors often have to rely on online retailers to sell their content.But BookBaby recently … [Read more...] about Kobo Users Can Now Find Book Baby eBooks in Bookstores
Rockstand Introduces Rock Connect Social Platform For Authors and Readers To Meet and Interact
Rockstand, one of India’s largest ebook and e-magazine applications, has announced the launch of the country’s first social reading network, Rock Connect. This will serve as a meeting ground for readers and authors where they can discuss issues pertaining to books they have read or are reading. The application will be simple to use in that it’s much like the other social … [Read more...] about Rockstand Introduces Rock Connect Social Platform For Authors and Readers To Meet and Interact
Google Submits New Patent for Triggered Sounds in eBooks
Google has just filed for a new patent that would make eBooks come alive with sounds. The sounds would be triggered by events within the book, such as lapping waves, an ominous crescendo, or maybe an outdoor market. The new application would have the sounds stored on a server and would be pushed out to the eBook users are reading at the time.The patent application outlines … [Read more...] about Google Submits New Patent for Triggered Sounds in eBooks
Data Conversion Laboratory Hosts Webinar for Education Stateholders
Data Conversion Laboratory specializes in creating digital editions of client-generated content, but also invests in hosting online learning opportunities that focus on digital publishing, conversion, and content. Tomorrow, DCL will be hosting a webinar for anyone considered to be a stakeholder in education, aimed at working on how to build a stronger digital classroom, … [Read more...] about Data Conversion Laboratory Hosts Webinar for Education Stateholders
Kobo to Launch eBooks and e-Readers in the Philippines
Kobo has just struck a deal with the National Bookstore in the Philippines to sell their entire line of e-Readers. Starting September 20th the Kobo Touch, Glo and Arc tablets will be available at select National Book Store locations, Powerbooks, and online at nationalbookstore.com. Through the partnership, Readers will have access to Kobo’s eBookstore, which has 4 million … [Read more...] about Kobo to Launch eBooks and e-Readers in the Philippines
Adobe Joins the Readium Foundation to help with EPUB 3
Adobe announced today that the company is joining the Readium Foundation with the intention to make a significant contribution to the development of the Readium SDK project, a full-featured EPUB 3 rendering engine optimized for native apps on tablets and other mobile devices.”Adobe has been a strong supporter of EPUB since its inception” said Tridib Roy Chowdhury, General … [Read more...] about Adobe Joins the Readium Foundation to help with EPUB 3