Verdict: 5 StarsOne of the genres that is gaining popularity and attention is the fictionalized biography, a novel retelling of the information that history does actually remember about notable people and events. In Fever (Simon & Schuster), Mary Beth Keane has done a heart-wrenching job of completely humanizing one of the names that history doesn't always remember … [Read more...] about eBook Review: Fever by Mary Beth Keane
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Simon & Schuster Disbands Agency Pricing
Simon & Shuster has joined Harper Collins and Hachette by reaching a new agreement with major online booksellers. The company has officially started to disband the old agency pricing model, which limited the ability of Amazon, Apple, Kobo, and Barnes and Noble from establishing their own prices. Amazon and iBooks are currently discounting most ebooks from S&S and other … [Read more...] about Simon & Schuster Disbands Agency Pricing
PressReader Leading the Digital Charge for Newspapers
In the last few years, digital newspapers have started to become a booming business with major players in the industry entering the fray. Amazon, Kobo, Barnes and Noble, Apple, and a myriad of others are trying to appeal to people who want their local or national publications delivered to their e-reader or tablet. NewspaperDirect might not be a household name, but the Richmond, … [Read more...] about PressReader Leading the Digital Charge for Newspapers
Beebliome Develops Interactive History Novelizations for YA Readers
The early reports from the world of digital publishing once indicated that teenagers and young adults were the demographic who was least likely to adopt digital reading, choosing instead to keep their academic lives and their entertainment lives wholly separate. That tendency is changing, possibly because there just wasn't dynamic content before that lent itself more to digital … [Read more...] about Beebliome Develops Interactive History Novelizations for YA Readers
Amazon Allows Kindle Direct Publishing Authors to Target Canada
Amazon has not officially announced anything yet, but it is now confirmed that they have added Amazon.ca to its list of supported countries for Kindle Direct Publishing program. This now gives self-published authors the ability to market and monetize their content in Canada. Any author that logs into KDP dashboard will now see a drop-down menu with Amazon.ca listed.We … [Read more...] about Amazon Allows Kindle Direct Publishing Authors to Target Canada
Breaking: Amazon Kindle Publishing for Blogs Now Open for Canadians
We have a breaking news update today! Amazon has just stealthily added Canada to the approved list of supported countries for Kindle Publishing for Blogs. Until now, the USA and UK were the only countries that had the Kindle feature where you actually get paid for distributing your content. Today, it seems Canada was added to the list and publishers can now add a Canadian … [Read more...] about Breaking: Amazon Kindle Publishing for Blogs Now Open for Canadians
Classics Illustrated Comes to Tablet
Many a student's grade in high school English was saved by the comic book-style Classics Illustrated, and even more student simply enjoyed the link drawing illustrations and original graphic novel adaptation of some of the most famous works of literature ever written. Unfortunately for fans who are fond of the nostalgia of the pocket-sized books, the collectors items are now … [Read more...] about Classics Illustrated Comes to Tablet
Hachette Reaches New Agreements for Discounted eBooks via Amazon and B&N
The Hachette Book Group has reached a new agreement with Barnes and Noble and Amazon. This paves the way for immediate discounts on first run ebook titles and the online retailers are able to discount the prices as they see fit.Hachette joins HarperCollins and other big six publishers in disbanding the agency model. The justice department investigated Apple and all the … [Read more...] about Hachette Reaches New Agreements for Discounted eBooks via Amazon and B&N
Open Road Partners with Ingram in a Digital Distribution Service
A new ebook distribution service is being formed by Jane Friedman's digital publishing platform Open Road Integrated Media and Ingram Content Group. Â Open Road Distribution will offer authors, agents, and independent publishers the ability to digitize their entire catalog of published books and then distribute their work in a cost-effective manner. Their partner, Ingram, has … [Read more...] about Open Road Partners with Ingram in a Digital Distribution Service
Bookseller’s FutureBook Innovation Awards 2012
The final presentation at this year's FutureBook event, hosted by The Bookseller and sponsored by Kobo, Ingram, Atwood Tate, Nielsen, and YUDU, was to give out the Innovation awards in a large number of diverse categories that spanned the major functions in digital publishing. Hundreds of nominations were made in each of the eight categories."One of the reasons that we got … [Read more...] about Bookseller’s FutureBook Innovation Awards 2012
Cosmopolitan and Harlequin Team Up for New eBook Series
Cosmopolitan and Harlequin are two publications that aim their content exclusively towards women, and now they have teamed up for a new ebook project to be launched next year called Cosmo Red Hot Reads. The two companies have not released any names of the first few books debuting next year, but a number of authors are confirmed— Lauren Dane, Jenna Bayley-Burke, and Alyssa … [Read more...] about Cosmopolitan and Harlequin Team Up for New eBook Series
Google and Amazon Launch New eBook Stores in Brazil
Google and Amazon have both launched their new ebook stores in Brazil today! Both companies are selling a wide array of ebooks right now and customers can download thousands of titles in their native Portuguese.The Google launch gives Brazilian customers the ability to purchase ebooks, apps, games, and other paid content. The company is not making the new line of tablets … [Read more...] about Google and Amazon Launch New eBook Stores in Brazil
What Does a Literary Agent Do Anymore?
Nigel Roby, managing director and owner of The Bookseller, made an interesting statement in his welcome remarks to this year's FutureBook event: "About six months ago, we stopped thinking of this as a digital publishing conference."He's very right. The entire concept of a "future book" must include all aspects of where the publishing industry as a whole is headed, and where … [Read more...] about What Does a Literary Agent Do Anymore?
Lonely Planet and Niche Specific eBooks
Dominic Rowell, Managing Director Digital of Lonely Planet, gave a dynamic presentation at FutureBook about the business of interactive ebooks. Lonely Planet, started in 1972 and later growing into an entire brand to include an online community, pocket guides, city-by-city guides, and more."Travel is a good thing if we can learn to interact with people, share stories, share … [Read more...] about Lonely Planet and Niche Specific eBooks