Google has officially announced that its Play Bookstore is now available for customers living in Mexico. English and Spanish digital books will both be available from Random House Mondadori and Planeta and also tons of other international publishers.Customers living in Mexico are now allowed to buy books directly to their Google account on the web or via the dedicated … [Read more...] about Google Play Books Now Available in Mexico
E-Book News
Kindle Singles Editor-in-Chief David Blum on the Popularity of eShorts
Amazon launched an innovative platform in 2011 that some have heralded as the salvation of long-form journalism and the renewal of reader content for short fiction. The Kindle Singles platform created a publishing home for stand-alone digital works that were between 5,000 and 30,000 words, a category far too short for traditional print publishing to invest in. David Blum, … [Read more...] about Kindle Singles Editor-in-Chief David Blum on the Popularity of eShorts
Amazon ‘Send to Kindle’ Function Now Available for WordPress
Amazon has announced today that it has introduced new developer tools that will allow Wordpress Bloggers to incorporate the "Send to Kindle" function into their websites. Customers can check out the "Send to Kindle" button today on The Washington Post, TIME, and the popular blog Boing Boing.The "Send to Kindle" program has official extensions for Google Chrome and other … [Read more...] about Amazon ‘Send to Kindle’ Function Now Available for WordPress
Amazon Now Allows Schools to Buy Apps in Bulk with Whispercast
Amazon launched its Whispercast for Kindle tablets a few months ago and this new program allows schools to deliver ebooks and content to an entire fleet of tablets. This is very useful for IT staff that need to deliver a specific ebook or e-textbook to a whole class of students. The Kindle Fire got an upgrade today that will allow schools to make bulk purchases of apps and have … [Read more...] about Amazon Now Allows Schools to Buy Apps in Bulk with Whispercast
Amazon Publishing Speeds Up Royalty Payments to Authors
In the I-want-it-now, fast paced environment brought about by the advent of digital publishing, one of the major frustrations that authors still face is the lag time involved in the traditional publishing industry. Slow-to-market publication dates and quarterly holds on royalty payments are just a couple of the reasons that even seasoned traditionally published authors are … [Read more...] about Amazon Publishing Speeds Up Royalty Payments to Authors
Bowker Report: eBook Retailers Outbuying Print Retailers
According to a Bowker report first published by Digital Book World, ebook sales overreaching print sales aren't limited to digital consumers anymore. eBook retailers in 2012 made nearly half of all book purchases, beating out print retailers, at least in the US where almost 44% of all books sold through November of that year were purchased via an online retailer.Jeremy … [Read more...] about Bowker Report: eBook Retailers Outbuying Print Retailers
Blio Restructures Company as Media Arc
eMusic and K-NFB Reading, the parent company of Blio, have joined forces and restructured the company today. The new entity is known as Media Arc and will condense all ebooks and audio content under one roof. Blio is well known for providing audio books and technologies that appeal to visually disabled people, and Baker & Taylor is a strong supporter of the enterprise. Over … [Read more...] about Blio Restructures Company as Media Arc
Pottermore and Sony to Launch New Gaming Experience
After the success of JK Rowling's interactive fan site Pottermore, based on the internationally bestselling books about the wizarding world of Harry Potter, and its collaboration with Sony to create an interactive video game for the Playstation system called Wonderbook: Book of Spells, Pottermore's team is once again building a gaming experience for diehard fans.Launching … [Read more...] about Pottermore and Sony to Launch New Gaming Experience
German Digital Publishing Industry in a State of Flux Due to Amazon
The digital adoption rate in Germany two years ago was a paltry 4%. Today, close to 11% of consumers are satiating their literary thirst with ebooks, e-textbooks, and digital magazines. The iPad and Amazon Kindle e-Reader have been facilitating this growth due to their expansive ecosystems, and by stimulating publishers to jump into the fray. The German publishing sector was … [Read more...] about German Digital Publishing Industry in a State of Flux Due to Amazon
ABA Announces Celebrate with Indies Program
The American Booksellers Association is launching their new Celebrate (With) Indies program this year with four main components. The new promotions give ABA member bookstores the opportunity to celebrate the three major buying periods surrounding Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and graduations. The fourth major campaign will target indie authors and put the spotlight on the best … [Read more...] about ABA Announces Celebrate with Indies Program
DriveThruRPG Pioneering Digital Distribution for Out-of-Print Books
If you are into Dungeons and Dragons, Rifts, White Wolf, or a myriad of other gaming materials, you are normally out of luck in today's digital world. Finding an online retailer to buy DND source materials is like finding a needle in a haystack. It might be easy to find a pirated version, but not the legit edition. Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, and iBooks aren't really in the … [Read more...] about DriveThruRPG Pioneering Digital Distribution for Out-of-Print Books
Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code eBook Available for Free
The Da Vinci Code has sold over 81 million books since it was first released in 2003. Publisher DoubleDay is celebrating the ten year anniversary this week by giving away the ebook version for free! You can download it from Amazon, Kobo, Barnes and Noble, and other major retailers.Dan Brown is going to be releasing a new book called Inferno on May 14th, 2013. The ebook … [Read more...] about Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code eBook Available for Free
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Kno Partner on K-12 Digital Textbooks
While digital textbooks abound throughout the country at the college level and new companies spring up almost monthly to provide digital-editions for the thousands of titles in use in US higher education, one of the markets that has been slow to adopt digital textbooks--at great expense to already cash-strapped school systems--is the K through 12 public school arena. Due to … [Read more...] about Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Kno Partner on K-12 Digital Textbooks