The Toronto Public Library has emerged as the top lender of e-books, audiobooks, and e-magazines in 2021 as digital reading reached an all-time high last year. Overdrive revealed more than half a billion digital content was circulated through them in 2021. Specifically, it is 506 million e-books, audiobooks, and digital magazines that went into circulation in the past year, … [Read more...] about Toronto Public Library hits 9 million digital checkouts in 2021
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Booksellers face the heat in Nigeria as economy faces downturn
Print books might reign supreme in most parts of the world though that isn't how things stand in some regions. Take for instance the situation in Nigeria where booksellers find it hard to sell enough books to sustain a decent life, and they aren't blaming the advent of the internet or e-books for their miseries. Rather, it’s the economy that itself has shrunk to a situation … [Read more...] about Booksellers face the heat in Nigeria as economy faces downturn
Audiobooks to see steady growth over the next few years
A recent study by the Pew Research Center has brought to light some interesting facts and figures about the American reading pattern. For instance, the research has revealed the number of Americans who read e-books has now gone up to 30 percent from the previous 25 percent in 2019. Similarly, those who listen to audiobooks have gone up to 23 percent, up from 20 percent though … [Read more...] about Audiobooks to see steady growth over the next few years
Audiobooks projected to reach USD 19.39 Billion By 2027
The audiobook industry is on a roll and is expected to grow even further to reach a staggering USD 19.39 billion by 2027, Digital Journal reported. This translates to a compounded annual growth rate of 27 percent compared to the USD $2.84 billion that the segment was valued at in 2019. Another report from GrandViewResearch too is projecting a compounded annual growth rate of … [Read more...] about Audiobooks projected to reach USD 19.39 Billion By 2027
Audiobooks are growing like crazy in the UK
According to figures released by the Publishers Association and revealed by The BookSeller, there has been considerable growth in audiobook and fiction sales in the UK during the first six months in 2020 compared to the same period for the preceding year. Specifically, audiobook sales during the first half of the year witnessed a sharp 71 percent growth compared to the same … [Read more...] about Audiobooks are growing like crazy in the UK
Does the e-book revolution spell disaster for print books?
Do you love the smell of yellowed paper, the feel of parchment against your skin, the weight of a leather-bound volume in your hands? Bibliophiles like myself would agree that there is nothing that can truly replace the genuine feel of a physical book. The traditional 'book' form that we love so much has been around for centuries, so it is hard to think of it as something … [Read more...] about Does the e-book revolution spell disaster for print books?
New bitBook is a print and e-book hybrid with the feel of a real book
We have the paper books and then e-books. Now, maybe it’s time to have both with what has come to be known as the digital book hybrid. The product has been the result of the bitBook project with the technology conceived and developed by the Greek start-up AmphiLab. Not surprisingly, AmphiLab is headed by Manolis Kelaidis who is an aeronautical and mechanical engineer as well as … [Read more...] about New bitBook is a print and e-book hybrid with the feel of a real book
Blloon iOS App Competes with Leading e-Book Subscription Services
Some of us are already so hooked on reading that we can't imagine our lives without at least a few books on the go; believe it or not, others need a little extra motivation to flip those pages (literally or digitally). Fortunately a Berlin-based startup has a great idea: gamification. By following a freemium-based model, Blloon is an app that promises to engage readers with … [Read more...] about Blloon iOS App Competes with Leading e-Book Subscription Services
RosettaBooks Goes Mobile with New E-Book App
Many of you will be familiar with RosettaBooks as an E-Book publisher (producing backlist works of familiar authors ranging from Winston Churchill to Kurt Vonnegut), but now you can use their new e-reading app for mobile phones and tablets. Think of this app like a portal, allowing you to discover new titles, explore various genres (like biography/memoir, science fiction, … [Read more...] about RosettaBooks Goes Mobile with New E-Book App
Nook and Nook HD + Make a Good Mothers Day Gift
Barnes & Noble has some suggestions if you have been wondering what would make the best Mother's Day gift this year. The company has reduced prices for its lead offerings, the Nook HD and Nook HD+ devices, so that kids can pamper their mothers without breaking the bank. The 7 inch Nook HD can be purchased for $149 and $179 for the 8 GB and 16 GB versions respectively. This … [Read more...] about Nook and Nook HD + Make a Good Mothers Day Gift
The People’s E-Book Gets Funded on Kickstarter
This is really great! A Kickstarter project called The People's E-Book needed $20K to fund an ebook creation platform for artists, authors, and alternative presses who want to try new things, publish new books, and push into new territories. The People's E-Book will handle ebooks of all sizes and scope, but it will excel in areas that no one else has cared to consider—the very … [Read more...] about The People’s E-Book Gets Funded on Kickstarter
eBook Challenges in Japan
An article in Fortune.com is entitled "Why Japanese readers don't like ebooks" is a bit silly. It correctly states that ebook adoption in Japan is fairly low, but then it somehow equates the fact that publishers in Japan have produced very few ebooks with the fact that readers aren't reading ebooks. How can readers read something that doesn't exist? The publishing industry … [Read more...] about eBook Challenges in Japan
The Digital Book Market: A Segmented Approach
This was a panel on the education market. Jim Hamilton from InfoTrends spoke and said that the overall printed book volume is in decline. By "printed book" he means books printed on the old-fashoned printing press. Run length is declining and more custom books are being printed. Digitally printed books, however, are increasing as market forces drive printing to one-off, and … [Read more...] about The Digital Book Market: A Segmented Approach
Tools of Change – Copia Talks about Improving Your Margins
Seth Kaufman, Copia Interactive. Copia makes its platform available to people who want to compete with Amazon and Google. They are in 900 campus bookstores and launched a bookstore for Parents magazine. One of the unique things about the platform is that it has enabled marginal annotations that you can share with others. The idea that margins exist and can be shared is a … [Read more...] about Tools of Change – Copia Talks about Improving Your Margins