This month, a significant publishing acquisition occurred which turns all of the shares of Quality Solutions/Firebrand Technologies over to a Japanese company's US operations, Media Do International. Firebrand is the parent company of popular ARC distributor and potential review source, NetGalley. Launched in 2008 shortly before BookExpo America by Rosetta Solutions, the … [Read more...] about NetGalley Bought by Japanese Company Media Do
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NetGalley Acquires Book Recommendation Site Bookish
Netgalley is the premier company that allows people to read e-books before they are officially released. They primarily want people to write reviews to generate buzz and they have a very successful business. In order to take things to the next level they have just acquired Bookish.com, which focuses on author interviews, book recommendations and literary … [Read more...] about NetGalley Acquires Book Recommendation Site Bookish
NetGalley Launches in Germany
Netgalley is one of the most successful companies operating in the digital publishing sector. Publishers normally submit e-books to their platform before they are commercially available. They do this because they know readers will write reviews and give their titles free publicity. NetGalley is expanding into Germany this week, at netgalley.de, in cooperation with … [Read more...] about NetGalley Launches in Germany
Netgalley offers thousands of free e-books
Netgalley is certainly not a household name, but it's a company that specializes in providing their members with thousands of free e-books before they are officially released. They do this because authors and publishers want feedback if the digital title has any content errors, additionally they hope you will write a review and hype the title in advance. Joining Netgalley … [Read more...] about Netgalley offers thousands of free e-books
NetGalley now supports Social DRM
Major Publishers and online bookstores in Europe have been slowly been forgoing Adobe DRM and embracing Digital Watermarking technology. They are doing this because it is easier for the customer to be able to load the eBooks they purchase onto their e-Reader, smartphone or tablet. This phenomenon has not crossed over in a meaningful way in North America, but one company hoping … [Read more...] about NetGalley now supports Social DRM
eBook Discovery Enhanced with NetGalley
Before ebooks emerged on the reading scene in such a big way, publishers had to rely on mailing out print editions of advanced reader copies of their buzz-worthy titles to book reviewers, hoping to generate consumer interest in upcoming books. Printing and shipping these ARCs proved costly and sometimes fruitless. Just as digital publishing has had a major impact on the way … [Read more...] about eBook Discovery Enhanced with NetGalley
The eBook Industry in 2012 and the Trends for Next Year
As 2012 comes close to ending, many companies will be compiling data from the past twelve months to evaluate the old year and prepare for the new one. Yesterday, NetGalley released its top picks from 2012, while today Scholastic announced what it believes to be the major trends in children's ebooks. Lindsay Rudnkickas of digital book preview site NetGalley issued the staff's … [Read more...] about The eBook Industry in 2012 and the Trends for Next Year