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Vook Launches E-book Creation and Publishing Platform

By Craig Morgan Teicher | 03/26/2012 @ 12:00AM

Vook, one of the pioneering e-book app developers, is launching a new business today with its Vook e-book creation and publishing platform, a comprehensive, cloud-based tool that allows authors and publishers to turn any document into a professionally styled e-book.
Fitting Poetry to the Screen

By Craig Morgan Teicher | 03/23/2012 @ 07:00PM

The same problem persists—e-books and poetry just don’t get along as well as e-books and prose. It’s those line breaks, poetry’s defining feature. The problem is a simple sounding one, but really tough to solve. Because the same e-book has to work on many different screens and devices on which readers can change the font and size of the text, it’s impossible to guarantee the line will display as the poet intended.
Amazon Updates Kindle For Android App

| 03/23/2012 @ 12:00AM

Amazon has updated its Kindle for Android app, now offering access to full color graphic novels and comic books and more than a 1000 illustrated children’s books.
Lulu.com Upgrades Its Website

| 03/22/2012 @ 12:00AM

Lulu.com has teamed with Elastic Path, an ecommerce provider, to upgrade its website.
Yummly Gets $6 Million in Funding

| 03/22/2012 @ 12:00AM

Yummly, a search engine that contains about 600,000 free recipes, has raised $6 million in Series A funding led by Physic Ventures and Unilever Corporate Ventures.
OverDrive Postpones Pottermore E-Books for Libraries

By Andrew Albanese | 03/21/2012 @ 10:00AM

OverDrive officials this week said that they have “temporarily suspended” pre-sales and displays of Harry Potter eBooks and digital audiobooks for library lending.
Sourcebooks Launches Enhanced E-books for Poets, Composers, and Presidents

| 03/21/2012 @ 12:00AM

Sourcebooks is launching its "2Go" line of e-books with separate enhanced e-book lines in classical composers, presidential speeches, and poets.
Hachette Joins the Readium Project

| 03/16/2012 @ 12:00AM

Hachette Livre, (including the Hachette Book Group and Hachette UK) is joining the Readium Project, an open source reference system and rendering engine for ePub publications developed by the International Digital Publishing Forum.
At Busy PLA, ALA President Molly Raphael Talks E-Books

By Andrew Albanese | 03/16/2012 @ 12:00AM

It's been an upbeat Public Library Association 2012 meeting in Philadelphia so far, with strong attendance, and a slate of great authors, speakers, and programs. But the issue of e-book lending has loomed large over the meeting, and PW caught up with ALA president Molly Raphael to get her take on the ongoing issue of library e-books.
Nat Geographic Launches E-book Shorts Series

| 03/15/2012 @ 12:00AM

On March 20, National Geographic Books will release the first in a line of e-book shorts, Titanic: Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Greatest Shipwreck by Mike Sweeney for $4.99.
Tracking Amazon: Fiction Dominates Kindle

| 03/15/2012 @ 12:00AM

On the morning of March 15, the Kindle top 100 posted 83 fiction titles.
Turow Slams Prospect of DoJ Antitrust Suit

| 03/09/2012 @ 12:00AM

Authors Guild president Scott Turow has posted a letter to members calling the prospect of an antitrust lawsuit against five publishers and Apple, “grim news for everyone who cherishes a rich literary culture.”
Annick Partners with Open Road for E-books

By Carolyn Juris | 03/08/2012 @ 03:00PM

In a new partnership, Open Road Digital Media and Annick Press will release e-book versions of 34 of the Toronto-based publisher’s most successful titles: 20 Robert Munsch books, all 10 volumes of Roslyn Schwartz’s Mole Sisters series, plus four additional picture books.
Tracking Amazon: The Google and Amazon Price War

| 03/08/2012 @ 12:00AM

For the second straight day, Google Play has put an e-book on sale for $0.25 and hours later Amazon has matched that price.
Judy Blume Gets E-books from Random House

| 03/07/2012 @ 12:00AM

Random House Children’s Books will publish 13 of popular author Judy Blume’s classic books for young readers as e-books, beginning March 21. The titles will include Are You There God? It's Me Margaret, Deenie, and Blubber.
Tracking Amazon: Google Envy over 'Extremely Loud'?

| 03/07/2012 @ 12:00AM

For the launch of Google Play's platform yesterday, the Google e-book of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close was put on sale for $0.25. Several hours later, the book was reduced to the same price on Amazon as a Kindle e-book. As a result, Jonathan Safran Foer's novel has moved up to #4 (from #46) on the Kindle bestseller list.
Scholastic Launches Storia, a New Digital Platform

By Jim Milliot | 03/05/2012 @ 09:00PM

After more than 18 months of development, Scholastic has begun beta tests for Storia, its proprietary e-book platform for selling and distributing its trade titles as well as digital editions of titles from other children’s houses. The beta test features 1,300 titles with the vast majority published by Scholastic
ALA Asks Random to Scale Back Price Hikes

By Andrew Albanese | 03/05/2012 @ 12:00AM

The American Library Association (ALA) has issued a statement urging Random House to reconsider its recent price hike on e-books for the library market.
Baker & Taylor in Deal with Smashwords

| 03/05/2012 @ 12:00AM

Baker & Taylor has signed an agreement with Smashwords that will enable the e-book distributor to offer its titles through B&T’s Blio application.
OverDrive Acquires Australian E-book Company

| 03/05/2012 @ 12:00AM

OverDrive has acquired the Australian company Booki.sh, which sells and distributes e-books through its cloud-based distribution platform.

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