Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know. How have ebooks changed reading over time? How do Asian-American writers combat stereotypes in their work? Could technological advances affect…Continue Reading
Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know. What’s working in Barnes & Noble stores right now? What’s happening with ebook sales in the UK? What exactly are…Continue Reading
The ongoing and increasingly heated debate over the use of Digital Rights Management (DRM) in digital publishing has recently received more press attention because of the EU ruling to charge VAT (value-added tax) on ebooks. For those in need of a reminder, Digital Rights Management refers to the protections that are in place on many…Continue Reading
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Tagged .mobi, Amazon, Apollo 1201, Apollo 1201 Project, Apple, Ars Technica, Barnes & Noble, Cory Doctorow, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, digital rights management, DRM, EPUB, Good e-Reader, Hachette UK, Isabelle Attard, Julie Crisp, Kindle, Macmillan, Nintendo, Nook, PC Box, Reuters, Rightscorp, The Digital Reader, The Electronic Frontier Foundation, Tor, Ursula MacKenzie, VAT
On Wednesday, February 29, 2012, eve of the 35th annual conference of the Association of Writers & Writers Programs (AWP), the members of the Council of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) met for a general meeting. About 100 CLMP members were in attendance, representing largely non-profit presses and magazines, generally with very small lists and…Continue Reading
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Tagged AWP, Chad Post, CLMP, Council of Literary Magazines and Presses, Daniel Pritchard, Digital Publishing, EPUB, Kenyon Review, literary fiction, magazines, Maribeth Batcha
Though we’ve recently noticed a few more Kindles on the subway, mobile phones are infinitely more common. As more consumers choose to read e-books on their smartphones rather than purchase standalone e-reading devices, publishers are working to create apps and other iPhone-ready content. Flurry, a company that provides analytics to mobile phone application developers, found…Continue Reading
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Tagged Andrew Savikas, Android, apps, Brent Lewis, Curious George Dictionary, Daniel X, David Langevin, David Pogue, EPUB, Flurry, Hachette, Harlequin, HarperCollins, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Indigo, iPhone, iTunes, Kindle, L.A. Candy, Lauren Conrad, Lexcycle, Lonely Planet, Maja Thomas, Mark Coker, Matthew Cashmore, Maximum Ride, mobile market, mobile phones, O'Reilly, Poppy, Quick Response Code, Safari Books, ScrollMotion, Shel Silverstein, Shortcovers, smartphones, Smashwords, Stanza, Susan Katz, The Polar Express, Twilight, Wattpad
The afternoon panels and presentations at yesterday’s International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) Digital Book 2009 were filled with promises of impending hardware and software innovations. Sony Director of Business Development Bob Nell talked about the number of outlets that will be selling the Sony Reader next Christmas–6,000, which is double last year’s number–and hinted that…Continue Reading
It’s hard to remember a time when Netflix didn’t seem like a good idea. The company opened its first distribution center, in San Jose, CA, in 1998, and initially aimed to create the typical Blockbuster experience: Each rental was $4, plus $2 for postage, and there were late fees. In a 2002 interview with Wired…Continue Reading
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Tagged Adobe, Amy Pawlowski, Blockbuster, Booksfree, Bookspan, BookSwim, Cleveland Public Library, Doug Ross, Dustin Hubbard, ebooks, EPUB, Eric Ginsberg, Georg Richter, Hastings, Ingram Digital, libraries, Miriam Axel-Lute, MP3, National Retail Federation, Netflix, Newark Public Library, OverDrive, Pamela Turner Taylor, Paperspine, Reed Hastings, Sony Reader, Strollerderby, Total eSource, Vroman's, Wired
David Rothman Founder, Teleread.org Sure, Oprah loves the Kindle, Amazon’s gizmo for reading electronic books, even if it looks a bit like a Soviet-made adding machine. And a second model probably will be on the way—in fact, perhaps two. We just might see an econo-Kindle and a large-screened version for students. Forbes is so excited…Continue Reading
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Tagged Adobe, Amazon, Android, David Rothman, digital rights management, DRM, EPUB, eReader, Forbes, Google, Jeff Bezos, Kindle, Oprah, Pan Macmillan, Plastic Logic, Sony Reader, Stanza, Teleread, Tools of Change