Sony has been selling e-readers since 2006 and has been operating its own ebook store for a number of years. The company has expanded its reach within the last year, opening new stores in UK, Japan, Germany, Austria, Canada, and Australia, and it will be coming to France, Italy, and Spain. Every few weeks, Sony has been announcing new content partnerships and new enhancements … [Read more...] about Sony Discusses Digital Books and the Growth of the Reader Store
Interviews
Interview: Otis Chandler of GoodReads Talks about Amazon
Otis Chandler, the CEO of GoodReads, founded the company in 2006 and launched the first iteration of the company in 2007. Recently, he sold the company to Amazon for $100 million dollars and delivered a keynote speech at IDPF, talking about the growth of the platform and the future. He then spoke exclusively to Good e-Reader, talking about the future of GoodReads and … [Read more...] about Interview: Otis Chandler of GoodReads Talks about Amazon
Video: Interview with Bestselling Author Sylvia Day
Sylvia Day is one of the best examples of an author who publishes on her own terms. She self-publishes and has a line of bestselling books dubbed “The Crossfire Trilogy.” Her stories have been translated into several languages, she’s been honored with the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award, the EPPIE award, the National Readers’ Choice Award, the Readers’ Crown, and … [Read more...] about Video: Interview with Bestselling Author Sylvia Day
Kobo Explains Aura HD Design and International Expansion
The Kobo Aura HD is the most recent e-reader the Toronto based company has produced. It certainly buckles the trend of the standard six inch device that seems to be the industry standard. In a very short period of time, the Aura now accounts for over 25% of the company’s overall hardware sales, and is poised grow even more, as the availability in international markets starts to … [Read more...] about Kobo Explains Aura HD Design and International Expansion
The Bibliotech Digital Library Talks About eBooks
Bexar County in San Antonio will be launching the first pure digital library in the United States in August. The publicly funded library has raised over $200,000 to finance its new digital library and will feature 48 computers, 300 e-readers, and three Discovery Terminals via 3M.We talked to Laura Cole, Special Projects Coordinator of BiblioTech about the origins of the … [Read more...] about The Bibliotech Digital Library Talks About eBooks
The New York Public Library Discusses eBook Pilot Projects
The New York Public Library is one of the most successful branches in the USA and it has been one of the first to adopt a cohesive digital strategy. The library system has been distributing ebooks via Overdrive since 2004 and recently started doing business with the 3M Cloud Library. During the last few months, Penguin and Simon & Shuster have both launched their first US … [Read more...] about The New York Public Library Discusses eBook Pilot Projects
Neelie Kroes Wants to Make Europe the Home of eBooks
In 2010, Neelie Kroes became the Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda for Europe. She has been a staunch advocate of eBooks and their accessibility for all citizens. She gave a talk in Salon du Livre, yesterday on the future of publishing in Europe.Publishing in Europe has a long and storied history, for hundreds of years many … [Read more...] about Neelie Kroes Wants to Make Europe the Home of eBooks
The Digital Manga Industry is Changing and e-Manga Capitalizes on Accessibility
Despite its name, Digital Manga Publishing (DMP) was a print publisher for the first 12 years of its existence; founded in 1996, the company didn't begin publishing digitally until 2008. Since then, however, they have become a leader and innovator, with manga available on every digital platform imaginable: ComiXology, Kindle, Nook, even Wowio.The heart of DMP, though, is … [Read more...] about The Digital Manga Industry is Changing and e-Manga Capitalizes on Accessibility
Why Children Aren’t Reading Digital Comics (And What Might Make Them Start)
While digital has definitely taken off as a medium for adult comics, with some comics garnering as much as 25% of their sales in digital channels, children's comics remain largely a print market. Jesse Post, the marketing director for the children's graphic novel line Papercutz, wrote an interesting blog post recently about children's comics and comics shops, in which he noted … [Read more...] about Why Children Aren’t Reading Digital Comics (And What Might Make Them Start)
Feature: Will The Future of Digital Publishing be HTML5, EPUB3 or Apps? Part 2
The future of digital publishing in the years to come is filled with uncertainty. The entire industry has failed to unilaterally embrace a standard format and we are currently seeing fragmentation. HTML5, EPUB3, and dedicated apps are currently the preferred platforms to include a myriad of multimedia aspects such as audio, video, and interactive content.Interactive … [Read more...] about Feature: Will The Future of Digital Publishing be HTML5, EPUB3 or Apps? Part 2
Good e-Reader Interactive: Live Spreecast Event with Brian Donovan, Kindle Single Author of Not A Match
GoodEReader's upcoming interactive event with author Brian Donovan, whose #1 bestselling Amazon Kindle Single title Not A Match: My True Tales of Online Dating Disasters is available now, will take place Saturday, March 2nd, at 8:30pm ET via the Spreecast platform.Donovan's title grew out of his hilarious blog ItsNotAMatch.com, which chronicled his misadventures with … [Read more...] about Good e-Reader Interactive: Live Spreecast Event with Brian Donovan, Kindle Single Author of Not A Match