Just when it seems that libraries and publishers are finally coming to terms on how to make ebook lending feasible, another blow is struck to the libraries and patrons. In this round, it comes in the form of a 300% price increase from Random House on ebooks over the hardback editions of the same titles.In an article for The Digital Shift, Michael Kelley outlines just a few … [Read more...] about Libraries, Patrons to Pay the Price in Random House’s eBook Lending
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Random House Titles Available for Library Lending…with a Price Increase
The ALA Midwinter Conference was held in Dallas, TX, only a couple of weeks ago, but some major news came out of that event for the American Library Association. Essentially, the leadership finally expressed that it was fed up with the current upheaval in public library ebook lending, with different members of the Big Six publishing houses setting their own rules—from no … [Read more...] about Random House Titles Available for Library Lending…with a Price Increase
Digital Cookbooks Revived Through Apps
Epicurious, the popular cooking site, is selling digital cookbooks through its app, but with a key technological twist. The Random House titles, so far the only publisher that the Conde Nast site is partnering with before new titles become available soon, are available for purchase through the Epicurious app but also will be available to view as stand-alone … [Read more...] about Digital Cookbooks Revived Through Apps
Digital Publishing Reviving Short Stories
More than one traditional publishing house has decided to experiment with meeting the needs of the reading consumer in a time-strapped and financially weakened economy. Publishers are bringing more short story content to publishing markets everywhere and they are relying on the popularity of digital reading to make it possible.Both Penguin Group and Random House have … [Read more...] about Digital Publishing Reviving Short Stories
New Purpose for Ebooks
As if it hasn’t all been said before, there are new reasons for embracing digital reading. First, it was the portability that was so highly praised, the ability to have one’s entire library available at the touch of an e-reader button. Then, as digital content really became a viable mainstream reading option, the attention turned to the ease of self-publishing, a benefit that … [Read more...] about New Purpose for Ebooks
Random House Is Last Big Six Publisher On Board With Ebook Lending
This week, GoodEReader has been covering the ongoing tribulations of OverDrive, the ebook lending service to public libraries. OverDrive, which provides a full catalog of ebooks for public and school libraries to lend their patrons to over 15,000 libraries, was stunned this week when Penguin Group demanded that all of their titles be pulled from OverDrive’s catalog, claiming … [Read more...] about Random House Is Last Big Six Publisher On Board With Ebook Lending
Big Six Publishers to Start Providing Sales Numbers to Authors
Some of the headaches involved in traditional publishing just eased up somewhat, at least as far as the authors are concerned. Three of the Big Six publishers have decided to take steps to allow authors to access their sales figures online. According to a recent article in the New York Times, Simon & Schuster has already developed an author portal that grants not only … [Read more...] about Big Six Publishers to Start Providing Sales Numbers to Authors
Author HP Mallory on Navigating Both Faces of Publishing
Author HP Mallory, the bestselling writer who has penned such titles as Fire Burn & Cauldron Bubble and Toil and Trouble, as well as her Dulcie O’Neil series, had one thing going for her career that a lot of indie authors don’t have, namely, experience in online promotion. Mallory’s background as an online marketing consultant more than prepared her for the sometimes … [Read more...] about Author HP Mallory on Navigating Both Faces of Publishing
BookLamp Filters the World of Reading
One of the few great downfalls of sites like Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, and even Project Gutenberg is the enormity of the selection, too much of a good thing, in other words. A reading consumer could spend a lifetime sifting through the reading selections on Amazon alone, which is why user ratings, trackable preferences, and industry reviews are so helpful. There are even … [Read more...] about BookLamp Filters the World of Reading
Apple to promote iBookstore at BookExpo America
BookExpo America is one of the largest publishing expositions in the USA and will start on May 24 2010. The conference has listed Apple to be one of the attendees and has launched a private conference with select members of the publishing industry.Apple will be promoting the iBookstore which is now the 3rd largest online store that sells ebooks in the world, according to … [Read more...] about Apple to promote iBookstore at BookExpo America
Random House adds eBook titles to the Apple UK iBookstore
Random House eBooks are now officially offered via the UK version of the Apple iBookstore, giving Apple iPad owners access to a large selection of popular titles.This is a great move by Random House to give customers accessing the United Kingdom version of the iBookstore access to some of the best authors in the Fiction genre such as James Patterson, John Grisham and … [Read more...] about Random House adds eBook titles to the Apple UK iBookstore
Lucasfilm and Random House converting Star Wars Library to ebook format
LucasFilm and Random House will be converting most of the entire book library under the Del Rey and Bantam Spectra labels to ebooks by June 28th 2011. This amounts to over 100 book titles that will make the cut.Most of these books will have an updated Star Wars novel timeline, to give you a sense of the history of the expanded universe. There will also be an introduction … [Read more...] about Lucasfilm and Random House converting Star Wars Library to ebook format
Kobo and Random House form a partnership with Fairmont
Kobo today has struck a deal with the Fairmont Hotels to have E-Readers available for customers to utilize if they are Gold Members.When you stay at the hotel, you will get deals on most Random House E-Books, giving you between $2 and $5 in savings on select titles. When you return your e-reader when you check out, you get further coupons for E-Books.This gives people … [Read more...] about Kobo and Random House form a partnership with Fairmont