While the company website is a little stark right now, make no mistake that the people behind Publisher's Weekly are going to unveil something big. Set to launch during this year's BookExpo event, BookLife will not only help authors with the usual suspects like vetted professionals for cover design, editing, and formatting, but will also work to offer promotional tools that … [Read more...] about PW Launches BookLife Self-Publishing Platform
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Book Expo America Aids Self-Published Authors via Author Hub
Book Expo America is introducing new programming to assist self-published authors. The new Author Hub project will run in parallel with a conference introduced in 2012 called uPublishU. The Goal of Authors Hub is to "to further integrate the self-publishing community into the publishing mainstream by providing platforms where entrepreneurial authors may interact and share … [Read more...] about Book Expo America Aids Self-Published Authors via Author Hub
Finalists Selected for eBook Discovery Hackathon
The first ever digital publishing hackathon took place over the weekend at The Alley in New York. Organized by Perseus Books Group and Librify, the event transpired over 32 consecutive hours and was attended by 200 people. Over 30 different teams sought to develop new ideas for digital book discovery. “It was exciting to watch 200 people come together at one time in one … [Read more...] about Finalists Selected for eBook Discovery Hackathon
IDPF Speaker List Finalized for Book Expo America
The IDPF is holding a two day event before the main Book Expo America Starts in late may. This is a major digital publishing event featuring the who's who of the ebook, e-reader, and self-publishing world. The main speaker list has been finalized and one of the new executives to lead a session is Otis Chandler, Co-founder and CEO of Goodreads. He will share an update and tackle … [Read more...] about IDPF Speaker List Finalized for Book Expo America
Good e-Reader and IDPF Reach New Sponsorship Agreement
Good e-Reader and the International Digital Publishing Forum have struck an agreement on a new sponsorship deal. Good e-Reader now joins Publishers Weekly as the companies media sponsor, covering all major IDPF events. The first major event that is happening in May, is the Digital Book show that is happening at Book Expo America. IDPF Digital Book 2013 at BookExpo America is … [Read more...] about Good e-Reader and IDPF Reach New Sponsorship Agreement
IDPF Announces the List of Speakers for the Digital Book Conference at BEA
Book Expo America continues to be the largest publishing and book fair in North America. Before the show actually kicks off, there is a two day digital conference that brings the movers and shakers in the industry together to talk about the current status and future of digital publishing. Today, the IDPF announced the full list of speakers that will be attending the … [Read more...] about IDPF Announces the List of Speakers for the Digital Book Conference at BEA
Book Expo American 2012 Wrapup
Book Expo America 2012 has come and gone and this was one of our first trips where we had all hands on deck! Mercy, Peter, and myself were all live on the scene and covered IDPF and the entire BEA conference. If there is anything that is abundantly clear, it's that digital books and technology played a very minor role at the conference. Scholastic, Harper Collins, … [Read more...] about Book Expo American 2012 Wrapup
Good e-Reader Will Provide the Most Comprehensive BEA Coverage
Book Expo America and the IDPF are starting early next week and our entire Good e-Reader writing crew will be live on the scene. Our goal is to provide the most comprehensive coverage of the entire 5 day event in the world! We will have two film crews interviewing companies and providing the latest indie start-ups. Many of the companies we have interviewed in the past blew up … [Read more...] about Good e-Reader Will Provide the Most Comprehensive BEA Coverage
Good e-Reader at Book Expo American 2012
The entire Good e-Reader team will be in New York City at the beginning of June for Book Expo America! We intend on bringing you the latest industry coverage and product announcements that are going to be unveiled at the event! We have a ton of appointments lined up with major publishing and e-reader companies to find out what's in store for everyone later this year. If you are … [Read more...] about Good e-Reader at Book Expo American 2012
The Rising Popularity of Enhanced E-books
This year’s BookExpo America and IDPF Digital Book Conference brought exciting announcements in extremely opposite ends of the e-reader spectrum. On the one hand, two major players in the game unveiled to great fanfare and applause new versions of their e-reader devices that brought back the simplicity of reading by promoting a pared down version of a touch screen e-reader. … [Read more...] about The Rising Popularity of Enhanced E-books
Exclusive Interview with Kobo CEO Michael Serbinis at BEA2011
During the last few days one of the largest publishing and digital publishing events in the world, Book Expo America, introduced a number of different products to the public. During this event both Barnes & Noble and Kobo debuted touchscreen e-readers. We are very happy to bring to you an exclusive interview with the Kobo CEO Michael Serbinis. He sat down today with us … [Read more...] about Exclusive Interview with Kobo CEO Michael Serbinis at BEA2011
Good e-Reader at Book EXPO America and IDPF
Next Monday and Tuesday Mercy Pilkington from Good e-Reader will be live on the scene in New York City for the Book Expo and the International Digital Publishing Forum! This event is normally the largest publishing conference and trade-show in the USA and many major publishers will be in attendance! We will be lining up one on one interviews and video footage with Apple, … [Read more...] about Good e-Reader at Book EXPO America and IDPF