Bookbaby is one of the leading self-publishing companies in the world that authors employ to distribute their books to many different platforms. It leads the charge in the sheer number of electronic book stores that you can opt into when you submit your books. Today the company is even more appealing because of new agreements with eBookPie, Baker & Taylor, and … [Read more...] about Bookbaby Signs Agreements with eBookPie, Baker & Taylor, and Gardners
E-Book News
eBooks Account for 10% of All Book Sales in Canada
Canadians are very connected with the internet and do not shy away from new gadgets or technological innovations. This holds true with the rising success of e-readers and tablets available in this country and carries over to the purchasing of digital content. A recent report by the National Book Count claims that e-books now account for over 10% of all books sold in Canada! … [Read more...] about eBooks Account for 10% of All Book Sales in Canada
Bookboon Spearheads Free and Original eBooks
Bookboon is a little known company that is making great strides in providing free and original ebooks online. The company has experienced over ten million downloads in the last few years and in 2011 had 500% growth in digital downloads.Bookboon a Danish company, originally started in 2005 and focused on student textbooks written by their own in-house staff and freelancers. … [Read more...] about Bookboon Spearheads Free and Original eBooks
Kno sues Cengage Learning for Breach of Contract
Kno's business model is making software and tools for students to buy and edit e-textbooks in an learning environment. The company is focused on shared technology that allows students to save on money and allow a tremendous amount of freedom in crafting their textbooks in the digital classroom. They also sell e-textbooks and publisher Cengage Learning accounts for over 25% of … [Read more...] about Kno sues Cengage Learning for Breach of Contract
Recent Study finds Digital Kids Books on the Rise
A recent report from the Cooney Center out today proclaims the rise of ebooks aimed at young and older children at the expense of enhanced books aimed at adults.Two of the report's key findings show a distinct trend on the marketing of educational apps. First, while the number of adult educational apps is decreasing, the percentage of apps for children has risen in every … [Read more...] about Recent Study finds Digital Kids Books on the Rise
Bilbary Seeks to Heal the Digital Rift Between Publishers and Libraries
When ebook platform Bilbary launches sometime in March or April, it will have something that can’t be found in one uniform web location: ebook access from all of the Big Six publishers. Currently, the negotiations surrounding Bilbary’s partnership with those and some 2,300 other publishers are for ebook purchasing, although some of those major publishers are already at work on … [Read more...] about Bilbary Seeks to Heal the Digital Rift Between Publishers and Libraries
Overdrive Help Revised and Updated
Overdrive has revised its tech support and customer service portal called "Overdrive Help." This was a savvy move that answers most common questions and concerns but with an emphasis on specific e-readers.Overdrive Help was a project that spent a few months in development before it was finally released today. They spent a fair amount of time talking with specific libraries … [Read more...] about Overdrive Help Revised and Updated
Book Publishers Close Two of the World’s Largest eBook Pirate Sites
US Publishers and a coalition of international partners that include the Association of American Publishers, Cengage Learning, Elsevier, HarperCollins, John Wiley & Sons, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Oxford University Press, and Pearson Education Inc. have banded together to shut down two of the worlds largest file sharing book websites. The operators of www.library.nu and … [Read more...] about Book Publishers Close Two of the World’s Largest eBook Pirate Sites
AMSCO School Publications and Ectaco Form Partnership for e-Textbooks
Ectaco announced today its new partnership with AMSCO School Publications for e-textbooks on its Jetbook Color e-Reader. For over 75 years, AMSCO has helped educate millions of students with their course texts, review, and test prep books in mathematics, language arts, science, foreign language, and social studies. AMSCO and ECTACO today decided to unite their products and … [Read more...] about AMSCO School Publications and Ectaco Form Partnership for e-Textbooks
iStoryTime Reviving Nostalgic Content to Digital Devices
iStoryTime, along with parent company zuuka, won an award at this year’s Digital Book World for their innovative collaborative effort with Apple. With titles like Five Little Pumpkins, iStoryTime has brought a large amount of content to the smallest of screens, often on the same day as the release of the same content on the big screen.With bestselling apps like Kung Fu … [Read more...] about iStoryTime Reviving Nostalgic Content to Digital Devices
Aptara Merger with iEnergizer Opens Digital Publishing Doors
Aptara, a worldwide leader specializing in digital content solutions for the publishing industry, announced in a press release yesterday that it had been purchased by a British company, iEnergizer. The merger will increase the number of employees to just over 11,000 and afford Aptara all of the benefits of a public company with financing for future growth.GoodEReader spoke … [Read more...] about Aptara Merger with iEnergizer Opens Digital Publishing Doors
Penguin’s Commitment to Ebook Innovation
Of the seven imprints within the Penguin Young Readers division, one imprint seems to have a lot more, well, fun. If taking on projects that incur an enormous amount of risk can be considered fun, that is. Projects like the Marcel the Shell book based on a viral YouTube video, the Vampire Academy series, and Zorgamazoo, a full-length novel done entirely in Dr. Seuss-esque … [Read more...] about Penguin’s Commitment to Ebook Innovation
Overdrive Unleashing New Initiatives in eBook Lending
Overdrive is the main company libraries use in the USA, Canada, Australia, and the UK in order to download books. There has been some negative sentiment lately due to the fact that Penguin is pulling all new titles from the company because they feel giving the books away undervalues the authors work. Overdrive does have a number of major companies still supporting ebook lending … [Read more...] about Overdrive Unleashing New Initiatives in eBook Lending