The 3M Cloud Library service has just inked a deal with Kobo to allow libraries to sell eBooks on their websites. When patrons click the BUY button, they will be taken to the Kobo Bookstore to finalize their digital book purchases. 3M will donate a portion of each book sale to the library for use in purchasing additional eBooks from the 3M Cloud Library. With library budgets … [Read more...] about 3M and Kobo Sign Partership for Paid eBooks for Libraries
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Trajectory And Zhejiang Publishing United Group Announce Global eBook Distribution Deal
Trajectory, Inc. and the state-owned Chinese publisher Zhejiang Publishing United have entered into a deal that will ensure greater exposure of Chinese ebook titles worldwide. The partnership was announced at the Frankfurt Book Fair and marks the largest agreement so far that will lead to exporting Chinese book titles elsewhere in the world. At the present time, it will be … [Read more...] about Trajectory And Zhejiang Publishing United Group Announce Global eBook Distribution Deal
Ingram Adds Russia Based EE Media as its New Global Connect Partner, Will Ensure Greater Availability of Books in Russia
Ingram Content Group today announced at the Frankfurt Book Fair they have entered into a partnership with EE Media, one of the largest publishing houses in Russia. Such an arrangement will lead to better distribution of content in Russia as well as the former Soviet countries. Russia is among the countries where ebooks have been gaining traction at an expansive rate, prompting … [Read more...] about Ingram Adds Russia Based EE Media as its New Global Connect Partner, Will Ensure Greater Availability of Books in Russia
Frankfurt Book Fair Officially Kicked Off Today
The first official day of the Frankfurt Book Fair has just come to a close, and if the remaining days are as packed with innovation and insight as today was, it will be one of the more memorable publishing events. One of the things that is setting this year's staging apart from some of the recent years is the larger focus on digital publishing, self-publishing, and … [Read more...] about Frankfurt Book Fair Officially Kicked Off Today
Barnes and Noble Simplifies eBook Error Checking
Barnes and Noble has announced today that they have implemented a number of enhancements to their EPUBCheck tool to help solve common eBook errors. This will assist indie authors and publishers to insure that their EPUB 2 and EPUB 3 titles don't have anything wrong with them, before they are put on sale.New features of the tool include tests for content accessibility … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble Simplifies eBook Error Checking
Self-Publishing Lab at Frankfurt Book Fair’s CONTEC Event
In a standing room only panel presentation at CONTEC, a fact that is very telling about how the traditional publishing industry is beginning to view self-publishing, nine industry professionals participated in an interactive panel on how self-publishing is affecting authors and traditional publishing.Some of the panelists included authors, literary agents, publishing … [Read more...] about Self-Publishing Lab at Frankfurt Book Fair’s CONTEC Event
Digital Textbooks a Major Focus at #CONTEC13
Today's CONTEC event, held in conjunction with the Frankfurt Book Fair, is all about innovation. The Startup Showcase showed us what is possible, while the metadata presentation showed us exactly what the industry knows about how books sell. If it can be related to digital understanding correlated to books, it's probably being discussed here today.Two back-to-back panels on … [Read more...] about Digital Textbooks a Major Focus at #CONTEC13
Should Books Be Priced the Same?
This morning's first breakout session at the Frankfurt Book Fair CONTEC conference was supposed to be the future of the book, led by several speakers who have innovated in social reading, online publishing and blogging, and more. But the conversation kept coming back around to what the future of the book store will look like, let alone what those book stores will sell.Much … [Read more...] about Should Books Be Priced the Same?
eBook Sales Remain Stable in the UK
Contrary to the general perception, ebooks are not all the rage in every part of the world. Take for instance the findings of Nielsen BookData compiled in its latest report, Understanding the E-book Consumer that has revealed a 9% decline in sales of ebooks in May over the same period a month ago in the UK. The drop in sales is recorded over almost all segments including … [Read more...] about eBook Sales Remain Stable in the UK
Paperight Spreads Book Access by Reverting from Digital to Paper
One of the startups featured at today's Startup Showcase at the CONTEC conference, part of the events surrounding the Frankfurt Book Fair, is Paperight, a company that seems to fly in the face of everything that is happening in publishing at the moment. Not only is Paperight working to put print editions in reader's hands rather than the more affordable, more accessible digital … [Read more...] about Paperight Spreads Book Access by Reverting from Digital to Paper
Preview Launch of Startup Sobooks at Frankfurt Book Fair
Sascha Lobo, blogger and startup founder, announced his new startup this morning at the CONTEC conference, one that will go live tomorrow. (He admitted being responsible for delivering a keynote address the day before launching a new venture may not have been the best use of his time.) His keynote outlined where his startup's concept was born, out of the frustration of a friend … [Read more...] about Preview Launch of Startup Sobooks at Frankfurt Book Fair
CONTEC Event Kicks Off the Frankfurt Book Fair
This year's Frankfurt Book Fair, one of the world's largest and oldest publishing industry events, kicks off with the pre-conference CONTEC event this morning. One of the more interesting aspects to CONTEC is the large number of publishing startups present, primarily in digital publishing."Within the publishing categories, it's completely cross-platform," explained program … [Read more...] about CONTEC Event Kicks Off the Frankfurt Book Fair
Simon & Schuster and Yilin Press Announce new eBook Deal
Simon & Schuster and Yilin Press today announced an unprecedented distribution and publishing agreement that will greatly expand the availability of electronic editions of works in Mandarin for digital readers worldwide. The official signing ceramony will take place at the Frankfurt Book Fair, and Good e-Reader will be live on the scene.Under the agreement, Simon & … [Read more...] about Simon & Schuster and Yilin Press Announce new eBook Deal