Last week, GoodeReader profiled the book discovery website Libboo, a location that allows both readers and authors to find new and intriguing titles without wading through the millions of ebooks available from retailers' platforms. Libboo's Jason Freeman, Minister of Strategic Growth, was on hand a Digital Book World to talk about the importance of a site that speaks to both … [Read more...] about Libboo’s Jason Freeman on the Obstacles to Book Discovery
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Barnes and Noble VP Jim Hilt on Tablets, e-Readers, and Discoverability
Jim Hilt, Barnes and Noble's Vice President of ebooks, gave a presentation at Digital Book World today that explored some interesting data on how readers—either tablet or dedicated device users—browse and discover new books. With the advent of online book shopping, whether consumers choose to buy print or digital editions, the standard genres and categories that book publishers … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble VP Jim Hilt on Tablets, e-Readers, and Discoverability
Digital Book World: Looking Back/Looking Forward
This was a seminar with  Chantal Restivo-Alessi, Chief Digital Officer, HarperCollins Publishers, Simon Lipskar, President, Writers House, Michael Cader of Publishers Lunch, and Rebecca Smart CEO, Osprey Group. Concentrating on what to expect in the coming year, all the participants agreed that 2012 was "Act 1" in the reorganization of the publishing industry. How many more … [Read more...] about Digital Book World: Looking Back/Looking Forward
OverDrive CEO Steve Potash on Where ePub Is Taking Publishing
This year's Digital Book World conference has been filled with industry attention on a number of topics. Children's content has received a lot of the focus, as has the current wider adoption of the ePub3 standard. New terms have even been coined, with the recognition of the "hybrid" author as a driving force in the publishing industry.One of the areas that hasn't received … [Read more...] about OverDrive CEO Steve Potash on Where ePub Is Taking Publishing
Children’s Digital Content a Major Focus at DBW 2013
Some of the major focus of this year's Digital Book World conference has surrounded children's content in digital publishing. Once relegated to cute video game-like app books, children's publishers are now at the forefront of attention.Several fully attended pre-event presentations and event panels were scheduled throughout the conference, including one in which … [Read more...] about Children’s Digital Content a Major Focus at DBW 2013
Sourcebooks Dominique Raccah Speaks on Driving Innovation
Digital Book World's annual conference brings together a wide variety of experts across so many specialties in digital publishing to give insight into what makes the industry work. Once again, Sourcebooks' CEO and publisher Dominique Raccah was an invited guest to speak on driving innovation in publishing and agile publishing.One of the ways that Sourcebooks has proven … [Read more...] about Sourcebooks Dominique Raccah Speaks on Driving Innovation
Long-Form Journalism Platform Atavist Branches Out with Documentaries, Fiction
At last year's Digital Book World conference, GoodeReader caught up with Atavist to talk about the rise in popularity of long-form journalism, digital short stories, and serialized ebook novellas. Rather than a sign that the attention span of the average reader is waning, as some critics will argue, long-form journalism is actually the opposite; it allows readers who would have … [Read more...] about Long-Form Journalism Platform Atavist Branches Out with Documentaries, Fiction
Getting in the Game: Kobo’s Efforts to Help Indies Around the World Reach the eBook Marketplace
Michael Tamblyn, Chief Content Officer, Kobo Inc. discussed Kobo's role in the indie environment. Kobo had a fantastic December as it doubled content sales and device sales were up 150%. After Google left indies, Kobo jumped in with the ABA.  Google had asked retailers to compete online, which is very hard to do, and booksellers are not set up to do this. Kobo felt that they … [Read more...] about Getting in the Game: Kobo’s Efforts to Help Indies Around the World Reach the eBook Marketplace
Digital Book World: The Author’s View of the Industry
The results of this survey were presented by Phil Sexton, the Publisher and Community Leader for Writer's Digest. The company surveyed 5,000 writers, half of whom have self-published books. Authors were divided into self-published, traditional, and hybrid authors. Hybrids are those that have both self-published and used traditional publishers. In looking at the social media … [Read more...] about Digital Book World: The Author’s View of the Industry
MPS Digital Platform Will Address a Need in Publishing
GoodeReader met with Rose Rummel-Eury, the Director of North American Sales for MPS, at this year's Digital Book World conference. Like so many other digital publishing platforms, MPS provides digital solutions for publishers and companies with content to distribute electronically. But thanks to a cause that matters deeply to Rummel-Eury, MPS is already addressing a need that … [Read more...] about MPS Digital Platform Will Address a Need in Publishing
Self-Publishing Has a New Buzzword: Hybrid Author
They're certainly not new. There are a number of well-known authors who have enjoyed the success of being traditionally publishing while still taking on their own projects that they self-publish. Some of them come at this from having been self-published authors who caught the attention of traditional editors and publishers. Others worked in reverse, becoming well-known … [Read more...] about Self-Publishing Has a New Buzzword: Hybrid Author
Digital Publisher Aquafadas Works With InDesign, HTML5
There is certainly no shortage of digital publishing companies, each with their own focus on supporting the industry. Some platforms work with individuals or small publishers with only a few titles, while others work with major publishers to digitize their back lists or make sure digital editions of their new releases are ready when the print becomes available. Others even … [Read more...] about Digital Publisher Aquafadas Works With InDesign, HTML5
Vook Earns Two Innovation Awards at This Year’s Digital Book World
Wedged in between panels on globalization, the ePub3 standard, and the importance of producing and marketing dynamic interactive children's content, Digital Book World also presented a number of awards yesterday to top companies in digital publishing who have created something extraordinary in their fields.GoodeReader sat down with Matthew Cavnar from Vook, the the digital … [Read more...] about Vook Earns Two Innovation Awards at This Year’s Digital Book World