Charlie Redmayne spoke on two panels today in London at the FutureBook conference, the third annual conference put on by The Bookseller. Aside from the morning presentation in which he spoke on the importance of establishing a global brand for an author or a book series, Redmayne spoke quite vehemently in the later panel about how the practice of DRM-free ebooks can be better … [Read more...] about Pottermore CEO Explains the DRM-Free Decision
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Bilbary Launches eBook Rentals
Digital bookseller Bilbary launched last year with an ebook sales platform, making over 800,000 titles available for sale to customers across the UK and other markets. Now, Bilbary has announced that its ebook rental service will hopefully launch before the end of the year. Unlike rental platforms that tried with limited success to create a Netflix-like subscription based … [Read more...] about Bilbary Launches eBook Rentals
Readmill’s CEO Henrik Berggren at FutureBook
Over the course of the past several years, social reading platforms have sprung up almost as fast as digital ebook distribution platforms. While each platform has its standard features, newcomer Readmill offers an unique insight into what the possibilities for social reading are. With so much focus this year at FutureBook on the emerging ebook markets in foreign locations, … [Read more...] about Readmill’s CEO Henrik Berggren at FutureBook
Transforming the Digital Textbook
Any parent who has witnessed his child struggle under the weight of an oversized school bag has probably wondered when those digital textbooks we keep hearing about are finally going to get here. Moreover, plenty of parents have bought their children the technology needed to run the ebooks--the tablets, the iPads, even the dedicated e-readers--so, where are the books? When will … [Read more...] about Transforming the Digital Textbook
How Much Should an eBook Cost?
This morning's panel discussion on the importance of ebook pricing was polite but heated as the different panelists disagreed on the inherent built-in factors that affect ebooks and their price points. To begin with, there was some discussion about how the Department of Justice anti-trust violation investigation into the Big Six publishers can have an impact on the future of … [Read more...] about How Much Should an eBook Cost?
The Future Publisher
One of the panels presented at this year's FutureBook conference addressed the concerns of the future for publishers. Essentially, the presenters asked the question, "Are we telling readers what they will read, or are we creating content that they want to read?" Stephen Page, CEO of Faber&Faber, addressed how some of the business models happening in publishing today are … [Read more...] about The Future Publisher
YUDU and the Future of Books
Richard Stephenson, CEO of YUDU, spoke to GoodeReader this morning about the importance of events like FutureBook in terms of bringing together industry professionals to move alongside the changing concept of books. One dynamic of events such as this one includes the recognition that all facets of the publishing industry still have important contributions to make, despite the … [Read more...] about YUDU and the Future of Books
Foyles Invites the Public to Have a Say in New Flagship Store
United Kingdom based Foyles just won the National Bookseller of the year award and has made a splash at Futurebook. The company announced today that it is going to work with the Bookseller and the public to get feedback on what it should do with the new flagship bookstore. At a time when the role of the bricks and mortar bookshop is changing, Foyles and The Bookseller are … [Read more...] about Foyles Invites the Public to Have a Say in New Flagship Store
FutureBook 2012 Kicks Off in London
The third annual FutureBook conference, put on by The Bookseller and sponsored by Ingram, Kobo, Nielsen, YUDU, and Atwood Tate, starts in only a few minutes, but already some of the most well-known names in publishing innovations are on location and speaking about the future of books, both in the immediate and in the long term. Nigel Roby, managing director and owner of The … [Read more...] about FutureBook 2012 Kicks Off in London