e-Book sales are growing in Pakistan, primarily due to the high prices of print. Booksellers often have to pay more money for bulk shipments due to high import fees and transportation costs.In order to draw more attention to the e-book format, the National Book Foundation and Pakistan Academy of Letters are putting together a national campaign.Currently, details are … [Read more...] about Pakistan has unveiled a national e-book campaign
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Alta Editions is a Subscription Based Cookbook Service
Alta Editions is a new online cookbook subscription service, which launched this week. The website  features books published by Alta Editions, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Agate Publishing.The new Netflix for Cookbooks service connects cooks with exceptional cookbooks on the web and mobile, the place where most cooks look first for recipes and cooking instruction today. … [Read more...] about Alta Editions is a Subscription Based Cookbook Service
Amazon is Secretly Developing a Used e-Book Marketplace
Amazon is in the process of developing a secret project that will allow users to sell their e-books. When digital books are resold a portion of the revenue will be paid to the rights holder. This should placate publishers who can earn revenue on used products, something they can't do with used bookstores in the real world.Amazon is planning on creating a new section of the … [Read more...] about Amazon is Secretly Developing a Used e-Book Marketplace
American Sniper is the next Big Library Read
Overdrive has a program called Big Library Read that was originally launched in 2013. Overdrive selects a single title and makes it available every single library that does business with them. The books can be loaned out an unlimited number of times and do not have any wait lists or holds. Overdrive has just announced that American Sniper will be the next e-book and will be … [Read more...] about American Sniper is the next Big Library Read
Hollywood is producing YA Books of the X-Files and Assassins Creed
Hollywood is starting to take advantage of some of their hottest television and gaming properties and turning them into YA fiction. A new X-Files series will focus on a young Mulder and Scully, while Scholastic is developing a series of books about Assassins Creed.According to Entertainment Weekly, X-Files fans will be able to add a new chapter to Mulder and Scully’s … [Read more...] about Hollywood is producing YA Books of the X-Files and Assassins Creed
Bite Sized e-books are Taking the World by Storm
Serialized fiction first gained prominence in Victorian England and first appeared in newspapers. It was practiced by such literary giants as Charles Dickens, Leo Tolstoy and Joseph Conrad. Â It fell out of favor in the last fifty years, but is now making a rebound thanks to the iPhone.Apple is showcasing two new e-reading apps under their new and notable category on the … [Read more...] about Bite Sized e-books are Taking the World by Storm
Vancouver Public Libraries Most Checked Out Books of 2015
The Vancouver Public Library has just announced the most checked out books of 2015. It gives people a sense on what people are reading in one of the worlds most cosmopolitan cities One of the most interesting aspects about this list is that there is a lot of mysteries and thriller books. I think this is chiefly because authors tend to write these books in a series, and once a … [Read more...] about Vancouver Public Libraries Most Checked Out Books of 2015
Shelfie Focuses on Book Recommendaitons
Shelfie is an app whereby you can take a picture of your bookshelf and get a list of all of the audiobooks or e-books you can get discounts on. The app has proven to be very popular with people who want the digital version on their smartphone or tablet and not pay full retail price. The Vancouver based company has just updated their app with a new book recommendation … [Read more...] about Shelfie Focuses on Book Recommendaitons
Predictions for the Digital Publishing Industry in 2016
There were a number of notable events that transpired in 2015 that is setting the stage for this year. Vox acquired Re/code, Buzzfeed raised $200 million from NBCUniversal, Vice Media received a $200 million investment from Disney and partnered with HBO on a multi-year programming agreement, Facebook launched Instant Articles and Apple launched Apple News. What is going to … [Read more...] about Predictions for the Digital Publishing Industry in 2016
Scribd is Limiting the Number of E-Books You can Read
Scribd has augmented their business model once again and readers are going to be the ones who suffer. Starting this March subscribers will be issued Monthly Read credits that will enable them to read three e-books and one audiobook every month from the full Scribd library, while still being able to read an unlimited number of books from Scribd Selects, a rotating selection of … [Read more...] about Scribd is Limiting the Number of E-Books You can Read
Judy Blume Wants Parents To Stop Worrying What Their Children Read
Judy Blume gave a keynote speech at the Hay Festival in a few years ago in England. She said that parents should stop worrying about what their children read and that they will simply "self-censor" by getting bored of anything they do not understand.Blume has written a number of titles and most were banned in the 1980's because the themes dealt with teenage sex, racism, … [Read more...] about Judy Blume Wants Parents To Stop Worrying What Their Children Read
The KDP Select Global Fund for January is $15 million
Amazon has just announced that their KDP Select Global Fund for January 2016 was $15 million dollars.  Authors who have enrolled their e-books and gone exclusive with Amazon will get a share of these funds for each page read by a reader.There are also some upcoming changes occurring for February that authors need to be aware of. Amazon is capping the per page read system at … [Read more...] about The KDP Select Global Fund for January is $15 million
Here are all of the Different Rates Publishers Charge Libraries
There is a large segment of library patrons that borrow e-books from their local branch. Â Overdrive reported that in 2015 there were over ten libraries that loaned out over one million e-books and many others that eclipsed the two million mark. Many digital users have noticed something quite odd lately, they put a hold on a title, only to find out there are zero copies … [Read more...] about Here are all of the Different Rates Publishers Charge Libraries
The Best New e-Books of Spring 2016
There are over 14,000 new books that are going to be available this Spring and it can be quite daunting sifting through bestseller lists and trolling Amazon. The Good e-Reader editors have assembled a great list of new books that will be available in the next few months.If you want to buy any of these books in print, or the e-book you can click on the purchase button and … [Read more...] about The Best New e-Books of Spring 2016