On December 4 to 5 the first ASEAN eBook Conference was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Publishers Weekly has a report on the event. The market is presently in the very early stages. Ookbee, from Thailand, has 88% of the Thai ebook market, but has only 6,000 titles (all in the local language), and 2.5 million users with almost 4,000 being added every day. Six million ebooks … [Read more...] about The ASEAN eBook Conference
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Open Road Partners with Ingram in a Digital Distribution Service
A new ebook distribution service is being formed by Jane Friedman's digital publishing platform Open Road Integrated Media and Ingram Content Group. Open Road Distribution will offer authors, agents, and independent publishers the ability to digitize their entire catalog of published books and then distribute their work in a cost-effective manner. Their partner, Ingram, has … [Read more...] about Open Road Partners with Ingram in a Digital Distribution Service
eBooks Don’t Have Bedbugs – Library Books Do
The NY Times is reporting that libraries are trying to deal with the problem of bedbugs infesting their returned books. Evidently, the parasitic insects like to crawl out at night and hide in books. According to the article, some library patrons have decided never to borrow a book again after receiving an infested book. Reports of infestations have come from libraries in … [Read more...] about eBooks Don’t Have Bedbugs – Library Books Do
Wattpad – 2 Billion Minutes of Reading Daily
Wattpad is an extremely successful digital publishing site that somehow doesn't seem to get as much press as other well-known names like Smashwords, yet the company has 11 million monthly readers. Wattpad authors post their stories in a format that can be read on a computer, smartphone, or tablet. Perhaps most importantly, Wattpad stories can be read on java-based "feature … [Read more...] about Wattpad – 2 Billion Minutes of Reading Daily
FutureBook Digital Census Report Is Available
This report, which is available for purchase, covers the views of publishers, authors, developers, and booksellers. For the year 2012, five percent of the respondents were self-publishers, two-fifths of whom were new to the industry as of 2012. The report's key findings were summarized in an email I received today: eBooks continue to increase in number with fully 90% of … [Read more...] about FutureBook Digital Census Report Is Available
Good e-Reader – Week in Review
I produce a daily Twitter stream of ebook/epublishing news @paulkbiba. From that stream I've chosen what I think are the most important news posts of the week. Here they are in a weekly roundup: Txtr Launches eBook Store in Denmark http://bit.ly/TxZTc6 “An American Editor” Comes to Good e-Reader http://bit.ly/TxZuXb Tablet Use, ebook Sales Grow Beyond Amazon, Nook … [Read more...] about Good e-Reader – Week in Review
Random House Launches 3 New Digital-Only Imprints; Targets Self-Publishing Authors?
Digital publishing keeps gaining ground, and Random House has just announced that it will launch three new digital imprints. They will be ALIBI, which will focus on mystery/suspense; HYDRA, which will concentrate on science fiction and fantasy; and FLIRT, which will target the YA and college-age New Adult audience. Random House already has a digital imprint LOVESWEPT, which is … [Read more...] about Random House Launches 3 New Digital-Only Imprints; Targets Self-Publishing Authors?
New eBook Publisher, Publerati, Snatches Major Author, Ellen Cooney
Caleb Mason has started a new ebook-only publisher, Publerati, and it opened its doors in June. The new company will be concentrating on literary fiction. I have known Caleb for years—but in a different incarnation. At one time I was the chief US equipment reviewer for GPSPassion, the largest GPS site on the web. I often went to trade shows and would regularly encounter Caleb … [Read more...] about New eBook Publisher, Publerati, Snatches Major Author, Ellen Cooney
Largest Children’s Library in Mexico Opens and Uses 3,000 eBooks
3,000 ebooks will be part of a new children's library in Mexico City, bringing the total to 28,000, according to reports Publishing Perspectives. The Biblioteca BS-IBBY México/A Leer is located in a mansion and offers three reading rooms for different ages, a digital archive, and a recording studio for producing audiobooks for the blind. International Board on Books for Young … [Read more...] about Largest Children’s Library in Mexico Opens and Uses 3,000 eBooks
Marie Lebert – eBook Historian and Researcher
Marie Lebert is a name that should be better known in this industry. Marie lives in Paris and makes her living as a translator, but she has been studying the phenomenon of ebooks since at least 1999 as a historian and researcher. I published several of her articles when I was at TeleRead. For those interested in the history of ebooks, take a look at her site. There you will … [Read more...] about Marie Lebert – eBook Historian and Researcher