The Waterstone's eBook Store is closing and all of the digital content is being transferred over to Kobo. The UK bookseller announced this today on their main website and also via email to their existing customers. This is the 3rd major company to strike a relationship with Kobo. The United Kingdom is facing a digital crisis with many of the leading e-book companies going … [Read more...] about The Waterstones eBook Store is Closing
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Amazon Does Not Price Match e-Books, but Kobo Does
Amazon is the largest online e-book retailer in the world and they have around 75% market share in the United States and 95% in the United Kingdom. Millions of people buy Kindle books on a weekly basis and sometimes after you buy one, the price goes down. Amazon does not price match e-books, even if the price changes a day after you purchased it. Price matching e-books is … [Read more...] about Amazon Does Not Price Match e-Books, but Kobo Does
Major Publishers are Experiencing Lower e-Book Sales
A couple of weeks ago The Association of America Publishers proclaimed that over the course of 2015 e-book sales have decreased by 12.7%. Nielsen Bookscan have verified that these figures are mostly correct at the Book Expo America conference in Chicago. Unit sales of e-books published by traditional publishers fell 13% in 2015 compared to 2014, said Kempton Mooney of … [Read more...] about Major Publishers are Experiencing Lower e-Book Sales
The New Era of Digital Publishing
What does Digital Publishing mean to you? Not long ago, we defined it as simply moving the publishing industry from offline to online. Now, the term has more complex connotations and is one that involves more industries and professions than ever before. To say ‘we are all content creators’ could not be more true - brands are building in-house content teams to generate better … [Read more...] about The New Era of Digital Publishing
Amazon is enticing publishers to opt into Kindle Unlimited
Amazon is one of the few companies left standing after the collapse of the e-book subscription model in 2015. Oyster and Entitle both went out of business and Scribd abandoned the model altogether. Amazon is now actively courting agents and publishers in an attempt to woo them over to Kindle Unlimited with a series of perks. Amazon Kindle Unlimited is a program where authors … [Read more...] about Amazon is enticing publishers to opt into Kindle Unlimited
Canadian Public Libraries for Fair Ebook Pricing Starts to Gain Momentum
Last year a coalition of Canadian libraries banded together to draw attention to overpriced e-books. The Toronto Public Library, Canadian Library Council, Ontario Library Association and the Canadian Library Association were the founding members and now there are over 30 individual branches that have taken up the cause. The main premise of FairEbookPrices has to do with … [Read more...] about Canadian Public Libraries for Fair Ebook Pricing Starts to Gain Momentum
80% of US schools use e-books or digital textbooks
Overdrive has just published a new survey that takes a look at digital penetration in schools in the United States. They take a look at what medium is the most popular and what type of tech devices diligent young scholars are employing to get the most out of their education. Based on a survey of more than 2,000 administrators at the school or district level in the U.S., the … [Read more...] about 80% of US schools use e-books or digital textbooks
eBook Sales Fell 12.7% in the First 11 Months of 2015
The Association of American Publishers have just released their monthly Stateshot report that covers the first 11 months of 2015. e-Book sales have fallen 12.7% while print increased by 1.2% during the same period. Overall publisher revenue for the 11-month period was $13.9 billion, down 2.6% from the previous year. These numbers include sales for all tracked categories … [Read more...] about eBook Sales Fell 12.7% in the First 11 Months of 2015
The US Publishing Industry Really Wants to Sell Books in Cuba
The entire US publishing industry is salivating at the opportunity to get their books sold in Cuba They are doing it with good reason, Cuba is one of the few countries in the world that has a 100% literacy rate. This is a market that is starting to see possible relaxed restrictions on imports due to the US government easing a longstanding embargo. Last month a 40 member … [Read more...] about The US Publishing Industry Really Wants to Sell Books in Cuba