Stan Lee may have turned 90 last December, but he is still in touch with his playful side, and that came out last week with the debut of his Stan Lee's Kids Universe line of books, e-books, and games, all available in a single web portal.The first book, Monsters vs. Kittens (available in print and via Kindle and iBooks), is a very cute children's book that uses monsters and … [Read more...] about Kid-at-Heart Stan Lee Launches New Line of E-Books, Games
E-Book News
Read an eBook Week Kicks Off March 3rd
Read an eBook Week is one initiative we have been strongly behind the last few years. It encourages readers from March 3-9th to pick up a digital edition and start discovering new authors. Many mainstream companies are backing this project which normally sees hundreds of free digital books available.We caught up with the head coordinator of the project to see how last year … [Read more...] about Read an eBook Week Kicks Off March 3rd
Moon+ Reader Dodges Piracy Allegations and Is Back on Google Play
Last week Moon+ Reader was pulled from the Google Play market due to allegations of piracy from Russian based Litres. The two sides of come to terms and now Moon+ Reader finds itself available for download once again on Google. To celebrate, the app is now 50% off for a limited time only.The essence of the claim had two main facets that were levied against against Cool … [Read more...] about Moon+ Reader Dodges Piracy Allegations and Is Back on Google Play
Macmillan CEO, John Sargent, Reverses Himself and Settles with DoJ (Updated)
In December, Macmillan CEO John Sargent said he wouldn't settle with the DoJ: "First, it is hard to settle when you have done nothing wrong. Much as the lawyers explain to me that settling is completely standard business procedure, it still seems fundamentally flawed to me somehow." Well, I guess the lawyers finally overwhelmed him or his protestations of innocence were a bit … [Read more...] about Macmillan CEO, John Sargent, Reverses Himself and Settles with DoJ (Updated)
Penguin, Author Solutions Launch India’s New Self-Publishing Platform
Capitalizing on the growing globalization movement associated with digital reading, it's no longer enough to simply bring ebooks to a foreign market. Forward thinking companies are already preparing for the digital publishing revolution sparked by authors' intentions to publish their own works, with several solutions providers working on expanding the reach of digital … [Read more...] about Penguin, Author Solutions Launch India’s New Self-Publishing Platform
2012 Digital Magazine Sales Experience Record Levels of Success
The Alliance of Audited Media has just released a report that shines light on the current state of affairs with digital magazines. The organization tracked data from the last six months of 2012 and the statistics blow away levels established in 2011.In 2011, digital magazine sales accounted for 3.2 million issues sold, whereas the last six months of 2012 saw 7.9 million. … [Read more...] about 2012 Digital Magazine Sales Experience Record Levels of Success
Indie Authors Lend Support to Warm Bodies Spreecast
Word has gotten out about the GoodEReader Spreecast with author Isaac Marion, whose book Warm Bodies (Emily Bestler-Atria) was released in theaters last week. With a host of sponsors for the event offering promotional items to attendees, and with an author whose zombie romance is nothing short of inspired, it should be a lot of fun.But on the more serious side of the issue, … [Read more...] about Indie Authors Lend Support to Warm Bodies Spreecast
There’s a New Digital Magazine Store in Town – Magzter
According to Magzter, the online magazine store has a user base of 6 million and gets 35,000 downloads a day. The store started out in India and was founded by Vijaykumar Radhakrishman and Girish Ramdas. Now it has 1,500 magazines from India, Singapore, Dubai, Malaysia, the US, and the UK. It is hosted on the Amazon Cloud platform.The CEO, Girish Ramdas, is a 12-time … [Read more...] about There’s a New Digital Magazine Store in Town – Magzter
Seniors Gravitate Towards eBooks
Seniors are rediscovering their love of prose with the rise of electronic books on dedicated e-readers and tablets. One of the main reasons is the contrast and light weight nature of popular readers like the Kindle. Digital Readers tend to weigh less then a hardcover novel, and give seniors the ability to enhance the size of the fonts, making it easier to read.Researchers … [Read more...] about Seniors Gravitate Towards eBooks
Mediology Launch Virtual Bookstand at the Delhi World Book Fair
Mediology, the company that had earned itself a slot among seven global finalists in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Start-Up Challenge 2010 has launched a Virtual Bookstand and Newsstand at the World Book Fair now underway at New Delhi. Mediology’s Virtual Bookstand comes after the company had just a few months back launched Readwhere.com that specializes in offering digital … [Read more...] about Mediology Launch Virtual Bookstand at the Delhi World Book Fair
China Emerging as a Major Digital Publishing Market
At many of the recent digital publishing and ebook events, a lot of the presentations and panel discussions focused on globalization, or the ability to put ebooks in front of any person on the planet via a variety of devices or methods. This focus on expanding the digital publishing market into untapped readerships isn't simply good business practice for the retailers and … [Read more...] about China Emerging as a Major Digital Publishing Market
Why Just Read, When You Can Write with Storybird?
John Biggs for TechCrunch posted an interesting company profile yesterday of children's ebook developer Storybird. In the piece, Biggs detailed how the business model behind Storybird works, allowing free or premium members to build and share their own ebooks out of the on-screen point and click and the provided illustrations and graphics. While the piece demonstrated that this … [Read more...] about Why Just Read, When You Can Write with Storybird?
Rockstand Now Offering eBooks in Indian Regional Languages
Rockstand, the portal that offers luxurious products including ebooks and emagazines, among others, has announced the availability of ebooks in regional Indian languages. The company has stated it will have ebooks in 18 Indian languages soon. RockASAP made the revelation during the ongoing Delhi World Book Fair where ebooks have attracted a lot of attention this year."A … [Read more...] about Rockstand Now Offering eBooks in Indian Regional Languages