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Copia Teams With The Blaze To Offer Interactive Reading, Social Platform

| 05/01/2012 @ 12:00AM

Copia is teaming up The Blaze, a news and information network owned by conservative commentator Glenn Beck, to offer a combination of news, entertainment, community and curated content.
Llewellyn Launches 'eShorts' Program

By Claire Kirch | 05/01/2012 @ 12:00AM

Llewellyn Worldwide has launched short, original e-books in its "eShorts" program. eShorts will feature nonfiction titles covering a specific subject in less than 30 pages, and will retail for $1.99.
Ingram Adds Sesame Street E-book Library

| 04/30/2012 @ 12:00AM

Ingram is expanding its e-book offering for libraries with an e-book subscription option for Sesame Street e-books.
ALA Executive Board Moves to Intensify E-Book Efforts

By Andrew Albanese | 04/30/2012 @ 12:00AM

At the ALA Executive Board spring meeting, held April 21–22, board members voted to intensify and expand e-book advocacy efforts.
At West Coast Meeting, Digital Public Library of America Begins to Take Shape

By Peter Brantley | 04/30/2012 @ 12:00AM

On April 27, DPLA West brought together over 400 librarians, and others, at the Internet Archive to discuss the progress of the most visible effort yet to forge a common digital library for both Americans and the world: the nascent Digital Public Library of America.
Open Road to Partner with Barcelona eBooks

| 04/26/2012 @ 12:00AM

Continuing its expansion into the international market, Open Road Integrated Media announced a partnership with Barcelona eBooks, an English-language digital publisher with offices in New York and Barcelona.
Tor/Forge Plans DRM-Free E-books By July

| 04/24/2012 @ 12:00AM

Tor/Forge, one of the largest publishers of science fiction and fantasy in the world, announced plans to drop DRM from all its e-book releases by this July.
Viz Media Tabs Gagan Singh to Head New Viz Labs Tech Unit

By Calvin Reid | 04/24/2012 @ 12:00AM

manga and anime publisher/distributor Viz Media, is launching Viz Labs, a new division at the company that will consolidate its engineering and digital business platforms into a single unit.
TruLOVEstories: Vintage Romance Meets Electronic Distribution

By Karen Raugust | 04/23/2012 @ 12:00AM

BroadLit, a new transmedia company from the founders of Broadthink, is launching TruLOVEstories.com, an online romance hub featuring e-books, casual digital games, customized avatars, licensed merchandise, and other features.
Tracking Amazon: Byliner Dominates Kindle Singles Chart

| 04/20/2012 @ 12:00AM

Byliner, the digital publisher of single-sitting reads, currently has 12 titles in the top 50 of Amazon's Kindle Singles chart, including the #1 title.
George Harrison Enhanced E-book Hits iTunes May 1

| 04/20/2012 @ 12:00AM

Abrams and Harrisongs have announced an enhanced e-book for Olivia Harrison's George Harrison: Living in the Material World, releasing May 1.
Tracking Amazon: 'Owen Meany' Proves Low-Priced Classics Sell

| 04/19/2012 @ 12:00AM

The e-book version of John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany, released March 13 by HarperCollins, has jumped to #28 on the Kindle bestseller list from #563. The Kindle book is priced at $2.99, far less than the paperback, which is $10.87 and is ranked #5,710.
Sourcebooks to Distribute Educational E-books via Examville

| 04/17/2012 @ 12:00AM

Sourcebooks has reached an agreement with Examville.com, an international online educational content marketplace, to release its educational content through the Examville online platform.
Blackwell's Agrees with Ingram VitalSource

| 04/16/2012 @ 12:00AM

Blackwell's has agreed with Ingram's VitalSource for its e-textbook solutions, and is expected to launch in May 2012.
Turow, Apple Worry About Amazon Monopoly

| 04/13/2012 @ 12:00AM

After keeping silent immediately following the Department of Justice’s lawsuit on Wednesday both Apple and the Authors Guild reacted to the actions Thursday.
ABA Calls DoJ Ruling "Baffling"

| 04/12/2012 @ 12:00AM

Amid a barrage of largely puzzled reactions within the publishing community to the antitrust lawsuit the DoJ filed Wednesday alleging five of the largest publishers colluded with Apple to fix e-book prices, the American Booksellers Association told PW it found the government's action "baffling."
Tracking Amazon: 'Rise and Fall of the Third Reich' Sees Jump with Low Kindle Price

| 04/12/2012 @ 12:00AM

William L. Shirer's bestselling book, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, first published by Simon & Schuster in 1960, is being sold as an e-book by RosettaBooks for $2.99 and has made it up to #48 on the Kindle bestseller list.
Open Road To Publish Four Joyce Maynard E-books

| 04/12/2012 @ 12:00AM

Open Road will publish four Joyce Maynard e-books, including a special anniversary edition of Looking Back: A Chronicle of Growing Up Old in the Sixties. The other titles are To Die For, Domestic Affairs, and Baby Love. They will be published as part of Open Road's Author Brand program on April 17.
The Broad Strokes of the Hachette, HarperCollins and S&S Price-Fixing Settlement

By Andrew Richard Albanese and Rachel Deahl | 04/11/2012 @ 04:00PM

Three publishers, Hachette, HarperCollins, and Simon & Schuster have reached a proposed settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice to settle federal claims of price fixing regarding e-books. PW takes an initial look at the broad strokes of the deal, and what it means for the settling publishers.
Penguin Will Stand Firm in Antitrust Action

By Jim Milliot | 04/11/2012 @ 12:00AM

In a statement issued late Wednesday afternoon, Penguin Group chairman John Makinson said that the company has no plans to settle with the Department of Justice or the various states that have filed suit against the company over e-book prices.

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