Epicurious, the popular cooking site, is selling digital cookbooks through its app, but with a key technological twist. The Random House titles, so far the only publisher that the Conde Nast site is partnering with before new titles become available soon, are available for purchase through the Epicurious app but also will be available to view as stand-alone … [Read more...] about Digital Cookbooks Revived Through Apps
E-Book News
The Canadian Booksellers Association partners with Google Books
Google Books officially hit Canada last month and finally allows us to purchase best sellers and millions of free books. This really makes e-readers like the iRiver Story HD relevant because it used to be USA only and now can be used as a viable alternative to many of the other stores out there. The one drawback of the Canadian version of the store is the lack of selection. The … [Read more...] about The Canadian Booksellers Association partners with Google Books
KDP Select: A New Perspective
Some of the first uproar over Amazon’s newest publishing option, KDP Select, has quieted down as various industry watchers wait to see some results. In the meantime, GoodEReader spoke with Mark Coker, CEO of Smashwords, about what it means for indie authors and for the digital self-publishing industry.“We are not unbiased here,” said Coker of the program that requires … [Read more...] about KDP Select: A New Perspective
ePub Direct Gains Funding to Expand Digital Publishing Offerings
ePub Direct is a Ireland based company who is one of Europes largest companies devoted to selling ebooks. It supplies digital books to 116 different companies, such as Amazon, Kobo, Sony, WH Smith, and iBooks. Today the company secured €1.3 million via The Ulster Bank Diageo Venture Fund to solidify their offerings and remain relevant in 2012.The company seeks to hire new … [Read more...] about ePub Direct Gains Funding to Expand Digital Publishing Offerings
Barnes & Noble to Go International
Barnes & Noble has made some broad announcements about its plans to expand its digital reading platform and devices into the UK, but so far the time frame and other details are unknown. B&N CEO William Lynch made the statement last month that Barnes & Noble would be bringing its NOOK family of e-readers to the UK within the next four months, but so far that is the … [Read more...] about Barnes & Noble to Go International
Samsung Seeking to Upgrade Readers Hub
Last year during IFA we broke the news that Samsung was working on three major hubs that add a tremendous amount of content to their tablet and phone lineup. Since then, all of Samsung's devices come bundled with them and they are a boon to the average customer. The Readers Hub continues to be one of the best sellers and provides content from Zinio and Kobo. This gets you … [Read more...] about Samsung Seeking to Upgrade Readers Hub
Pottermore Survey Seeks Feedback Before Ebook Release
One of the greatest digital publishing coups happened earlier this year when J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, displayed some of the boldest initiative yet by retaining the digital rights to her works, separating from her agency, and making her ebooks available exclusively through her own website, forgoing the percentage that would have gone to the major ebook … [Read more...] about Pottermore Survey Seeks Feedback Before Ebook Release
Self-Publishing Enables Dual Career Paths
Digital publishing is affording authors and readers new benefits every day, from lower price points to reducing the wait time for books on current topics to reach the market. But one of the as-of-yet unsung benefits to indie publishing and digital publishing is that people who are experts in their career fields are now turning to self-publishing to tell the often-amazing back … [Read more...] about Self-Publishing Enables Dual Career Paths
Smashwords Responds to Amazon’s KDP Select Restrictions
Unless you’ve written an ebook and self-published it lately, you may not be aware of the new option for indie authors. KDP Select, a new feature from Amazon, affords indie authors and bestselling authors alike the opportunity to be paid every time their ebook is checked out through the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library. Authors will share a predetermined amount of money each month … [Read more...] about Smashwords Responds to Amazon’s KDP Select Restrictions
Digital Publishing Reviving Short Stories
More than one traditional publishing house has decided to experiment with meeting the needs of the reading consumer in a time-strapped and financially weakened economy. Publishers are bringing more short story content to publishing markets everywhere and they are relying on the popularity of digital reading to make it possible.Both Penguin Group and Random House have … [Read more...] about Digital Publishing Reviving Short Stories
Ebook of the Week: Amber Scott
Indie author Amber Scott, one of the co-founders of the Indie Book Collective, returns to GoodEReader.com’s Ebook of the Week feature with another one of her titles, A Love Soul Deep. This title is available for Kindle by clicking HERE, or by leaving a valid email address in the comments section below to receive it in a different format.About the book: "On a weekender with … [Read more...] about Ebook of the Week: Amber Scott
Google and Bloomsbury’s Public Library Online
Public libraries and the ebook content they provide have made news earlier this week with the discovery that not all U.S.-based public libraries are allowed to purchase the same digital titles for their patrons while using OverDrive’s catalogs of materials. But a step in the right direction toward equal access to content for public library patrons has been made in the UK … [Read more...] about Google and Bloomsbury’s Public Library Online
Oceanhouse Media Releases a New Dr. Seuss eBook Title
We have been tracking Oceanhouse Media for quite some time at Good e-Reader and they are one of those companies that helps foster the next generation of readers. They have a huge library of interactive books, including an expansive Dr. Seuss line. They have just released the first edition in their 'The Cat in the Hat's Learning Library book series, There's No Place Like Space! … [Read more...] about Oceanhouse Media Releases a New Dr. Seuss eBook Title