A number of companies will be piggybacking off the buzz and attention of this year's London Book Fair to make important announcements of their own. One such company, Ganxy, will release information on how its unilateral sales platform can help authors and publishers not only with the streamlining that comes from compartmentalizing all of their potential sales channels into one … [Read more...] about Ganxy Updates Features to Steamline Sales, Promotion for Authors and Publishers
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Random House Experiments with Media Convergence via Black Crown
When big movie titles come out, there is often a video game released to build synergy between the two products. A new television show Defiance is getting a ton of buzz with a science fiction plot that translates to an online game world. Random House is hoping to capitalize on this growing trend of media convergence with a new story based video game to run in parallel with a new … [Read more...] about Random House Experiments with Media Convergence via Black Crown
Paradoxes from Digital Minds
\At publishing events as recently as only a handful of years ago, the mood was often derisive towards ebooks, digital publishing, self-publishing, and anything else that challenged the status quo. The sentiment slowly melted into cautious optimism as ebook sales began to account for more and more of publishers' profit margins and as self-published authors began to make … [Read more...] about Paradoxes from Digital Minds
London Book Fair Kicks Off with Digital Minds Conference
While the London Book Fair has historically been a rights' conference, in which media of a variety of types are negotiated among publishers, studios, and more, the wider adoption and importance of digital publishing have led to a pre-Fair event that is an outstanding conference in its own right. The Digital Minds Conference, which began today in London and kicks off the LBF, … [Read more...] about London Book Fair Kicks Off with Digital Minds Conference
Reading Rainbow Launches Nat Geo Kids Island
Reading Rainbow was a very popular kids show that starred LeVar Burton. Over the course of the last year, the franchise has gravitated towards the internet and provided an interactive experience for the iPad. In January, RRKidz (the parent company of Reading Rainbow) struck a new relationship with National Geographic. Today, the partnership has come to fruition and the new Nat … [Read more...] about Reading Rainbow Launches Nat Geo Kids Island
Google Play Books for iOS Updated to Support Japanese eBooks
The official Google Play eBooks app for Android seems to get the most new features and enhancements. The iOS version seems to be the least supported, but got a major update today.The new Google Play Books 1.5 update brings Japanese vertical layout support, which makes manga and traditional ebooks more accessible. Speaking of books, the app now has support for Fixed Layout … [Read more...] about Google Play Books for iOS Updated to Support Japanese eBooks
HMH Buys Tribal Nova Game Developer to Increase Digital Learning Offerings
When one of the world's leading textbook publishers and a well-known educational game developer decide to work together, it can only mean that more dynamic learning tools will soon be hitting the market. That's certainly the hope for the news that Houghton Mifflin Harcourt bought Montreal-based learning game creator Tribal Nova, with forthcoming plans to increase online game … [Read more...] about HMH Buys Tribal Nova Game Developer to Increase Digital Learning Offerings
Bowker, ebrary, Choice Partner on RCL
Digital publishing, especially in the academic arena, has opened the door for some collaborative efforts that have increased the reach and productivity of many of the tools that schools and libraries consistently use. Bowker and ebrary, both ProQuest companies or affiliates, have teamed up with the ALA's academic library review Choice in order to improve the accessibility and … [Read more...] about Bowker, ebrary, Choice Partner on RCL
Newest McGraw-Hill Innovation Aimed at Advanced Placement Students
Digital textbook companies like CourseSmart and Kno recently launched innovative, interactive dashboards that help increase student learning outcomes by providing valuable feedback on how students engage with course material, but McGraw-Hill High Education announced today that its launch of such a dashboard is aimed at a very specific demographic of students.SCOREboard, the … [Read more...] about Newest McGraw-Hill Innovation Aimed at Advanced Placement Students
3M Cloud Library Gains More eBooks from New Publishing Partners
The 3M Cloud Library is quickly becoming the second largest player in companies that do business with libraries. The company facilitates the entire digital distribution system, so libraries can easily purchase and loan out ebooks to their patrons. Recently, 3M has expanded on its relationship with Penguin to include all of its titles in their repository. Today, the 3M Cloud … [Read more...] about 3M Cloud Library Gains More eBooks from New Publishing Partners
eBooks Account for 22% of US Publishers Sales in 2012
The Association of American Publishers has issued a new report that has given us an indication on the growth of ebooks during the last year. In 2012, digital books have accounted for nearly 1/4 of the total books sold. This is a fairly large jump from 2011, when ebooks only had 17% of the entire market and a paltry 3% in 2009.The entire US book industry is thought to have … [Read more...] about eBooks Account for 22% of US Publishers Sales in 2012
RWA, Shindig to Host RITA Award Finalists for Romance Fans
Just as the concept and definition of a book has changed dramatically due to recent technology, so have the concepts of being an author and a reader. It's not uncommon to be Facebook friends with a famous author or to enjoy back and forth exchanges on Twitter with someone in a favorite genre. But the personalized connection via technology is about to get a whole lot … [Read more...] about RWA, Shindig to Host RITA Award Finalists for Romance Fans
eBook Review: Orange Karen, A Tribute to a Warrior
Verdict: 5 StarsHow do you rate a book that is filled to overflowing with amazing stories by talented writers, while knowing that it was created to bring inspiration and support to someone facing dark times? Recent troubles have seen authors and publishing industry professionals band together for good like superheroes. The collaboration of experts who donated publishing … [Read more...] about eBook Review: Orange Karen, A Tribute to a Warrior
BajaLibros Launches Spanish eBookstore in the US
BajaLibros has been operating in Latin America by way of Argentina for a number of years. The company is opening up a new online store in the US to take advantage of the large Spanish speaking audience. The new portal allows Spanish-language readers to download more than 50,000 books, novels, and textbooks. These including classics and bestsellers to enjoy on a variety of … [Read more...] about BajaLibros Launches Spanish eBookstore in the US