This year’s BookExpo America event has possibly more concurrent events than any other year. There are entire conference sessions dedicated to technology, others strictly dedicated to blogging, library sessions, educational tracks, editors-only meetings, and more. Also on slate this year are the off-site events that are still related in some way to BEA, as companies and firms … [Read more...] about BookExpo and Concurrent Events
E-Book News
Inkling’s Matt MacInnis Demos Inkling Habitat at BEA
Digital textbook publisher Inkling was at the IDPF Digital Book event today to demonstrate some new features within the academic ebook developer’s interactive content. New to the platform is Inkling Habitat, a cloud-based interface that lets users access their Inkling content from anywhere.MacInnis walked the attendees through a projected scenario of various books, as well … [Read more...] about Inkling’s Matt MacInnis Demos Inkling Habitat at BEA
Kobo’s BEA Unveil of a Real-Time Sales Dashboard
BEA is the place for showing off a little, especially when it comes to new products or features. While this year’s event didn’t bring a new first-ever touch screen e-ink reader like Kobo sprung on the crowd last year, this year’s surprise package might be just as innovative, at least for authors and publishers.At the Kobo roundtable discussion this morning, the ebook … [Read more...] about Kobo’s BEA Unveil of a Real-Time Sales Dashboard
Opinion: Amazon Bashing at BEA
There is a lot going on in the digital publishing industry at the moment, some of it inspiring, some of it shameful. While on the positive side, GoodEReader reported today from BookExpo on a school that went entirely to digital textbooks and cloud-based instructional materials, all in the space of one school year; on the negative side, attendees were urgently cautioned that … [Read more...] about Opinion: Amazon Bashing at BEA
Google Play and Chrome Unveil New Features at BEA
James Crawford, Director of Engineering for Google Play, stood in for Tom Turvey to unveil some new features of the new platform, especially focusing on the book offerings and capabilities. He began his presentation with some interesting statistics on digital use. To date, one in four US households has a tablet and the majority of digital content purchases are made on a … [Read more...] about Google Play and Chrome Unveil New Features at BEA
Life After Download – Richard Nash at IDPF Digital Book Conference
“In 1950, publishing consisted of white men in tweed coats publishing each other. It looked a lot like Mad Men, but they dress better.”Richard Nash, VP of Small Demons, began his brief tour through the history of publishing by showing that a massive rate of growth took place in the twentieth century publishing world, but that the rate of growth began to slow. But the … [Read more...] about Life After Download – Richard Nash at IDPF Digital Book Conference
BookExpo IDPF Event Begins with Seth Godin
This morning’s IDPF event in New York’s Javits Center began with a wide-open presentation from The Domino Project’s Seth Godin entitled, “The Attention Economy.” According to Godin, books are facing a hugely limiting enemy: shelf space. Traditional print publishing has to accumulate content and repackage it for the all-important marketing and placing in bookstores and … [Read more...] about BookExpo IDPF Event Begins with Seth Godin
Ingram Vital Source adds EPUB 3 support to eTextbooks
Ingram’s Vital Source digital textbook platform has just announced that they have implemented EPUB 3 compatibility with their flagship Bookshelf platform. They are now officially the first company specializing in eTextbooks that has support for the new form of digital books. The company now boasts a user base of 2.2 million users in 6,000 campuses in 180 countries.The new … [Read more...] about Ingram Vital Source adds EPUB 3 support to eTextbooks
Bilbary Set to Launch eBook Rental, Agency Titles
GoodEReader has already profiled the pending launch of ebook sales and rental site Bilbary, founded by the former head of Waterstones, Tim Coates. With the recent US launch of the company and the site’s plans to begin renting ebooks as soon as the end of this summer, Amy Riach was on hand at BookExpo to increase the company’s exposure, focus the brand, and work on growing the … [Read more...] about Bilbary Set to Launch eBook Rental, Agency Titles
Smashwords’ Mark Coker and Advice for the Indie Author
BookExpo America’s preshow event, uPublishU, kicked off what will become a week of breakout sessions, author and expert panels, and publishing industry networking. This year’s event, while already shaping up to be larger than ever, incorporated an entire day-long event for self-published authors and anyone interested in how to put their manuscripts in front of readers in a … [Read more...] about Smashwords’ Mark Coker and Advice for the Indie Author
BookExpo Kicks Off with uPublishU, IDPF Events
This year’s week-long BookExpo America publishing expo, the largest North American book event, kicks off on June 5th, but several new offerings were incorporated as a pre-game warm-up.As with last year, the IDPF will take place on June 4th and June 5th and once again feature some of the major names in digital publishing and ebooks. Seth Godin from the Domino Project, Otis … [Read more...] about BookExpo Kicks Off with uPublishU, IDPF Events
BiblioCrunch Relaunch Includes Expanded Sales Platform
When GoodEReader first reported on ebook distribution startup BiblioCrunch at this year’s Digital Book World, at first glance the company’s approach to ebook publication may have seemed a little out of place in the current self-publishing atmosphere. While other sites offered assistance in formatting or distribution of existing written works, BiblioCrunch’s model was to also … [Read more...] about BiblioCrunch Relaunch Includes Expanded Sales Platform
Good e-Reader Android App Store Now Supporting Paid Downloads
The Good e-Reader Android and Playbook App Store is pleased to welcome the new addition of paid applications and games. Starting today we have unveiled our new Payment Gateway that will allow customers to purchase enhanced ebooks and other paid content.Our Android and Playbook App market, since its launch in January, has just attained over 2.5 million downloads and over six … [Read more...] about Good e-Reader Android App Store Now Supporting Paid Downloads