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Viz Media, B&N Team Up to Offer Manga on Nook Devices

By Calvin Reid | 12/20/2011 @ 12:00AM

The tablet content wars continue as Barnes & Noble announced a deal with manga publisher Viz Media to bring its Japanese graphic novels to the Nook Tablet and Nook Color devices.
D&Q Teams with Kobo To Release Digital Graphic Novels

By Calvin Reid | 12/20/2011 @ 12:00AM

Noted indie Canadian graphic novel publisher Drawn & Quarterly announced an agreement with Canadian e-book retailer Kobo to release two acclaimed graphic works by cartoonist Chester Brown as e-books on the Kobo Vox tablet.
IDW, Comixology Expand Digital Comics Delivery

By Calvin Reid | 12/19/2011 @ 12:00AM

IDW Publishing is expanding its relationship with digital vendor Comixology, and the digital comics distributor and developer will now power the IDW comics app, IDW specialty series and a newly launched web digital comics store.
The Library Alternative

By Peter Brantley | 12/16/2011 @ 07:00PM

PW contributing editor Peter Brantley on Amazon, libraries and the road ahead.
Canadian Booksellers Association Links with Google eBooks

By Leigh Anne Williams | 12/16/2011 @ 12:00AM

The Canadian Booksellers Association links members with Google e-books via campus bookstore partnership.
INscribe Digital Inks Digital Distribution Deal with L.A. Theatre Works

| 12/15/2011 @ 12:00AM

Digital distributor Inscribe Digital has reached an agreement with L.A. Theatre Works to distribute the nonprofit theatre group’s enhanced e-book content to an international marketplace.
Authors Guild Files for Class Certification in Google Case

By Andrew Albanese | 12/13/2011 @ 12:00AM

The Google Book Settlement may be dead, but the litigation lives on. On December 12, attorneys for the Authors Guild filed a motion for class certification, hitting the deadline set forth by Judge Denny Chin at a September 15th status conference on the now abandoned Settlement.
Agency Model Class Actions Consolidated in New York Court

Andrew Albanese | 12/12/2011 @ 12:00AM

Five class action lawsuits alleging an e-book price fixing conspiracy over the 2010 implementation of the agency model have been consolidated and will be handled in the Southern District on December 9.
'Scaredy Squirrel' Goes Digital

| 12/09/2011 @ 12:00AM

A partnership between Corus Entertainment's Kids Can Press and Open Road Integrated Media will see the publication of the first two Scaredy Squirrel books in a number of new digital formats.
Deadline Extended in Class Action Suits Over Agency Model

| 12/09/2011 @ 12:00AM

With multiple class action lawsuits filed this summer against publishers over the 2010 switch to the agency model (some also including Amazon and Barnes & Noble), the matter has been referred to the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (MDL Panel) to coordinate and consolidate the cases.
Amazon Unveils $6 Million 'Fund' to Pull Content Into Its Lending Library

| 12/08/2011 @ 12:00AM

Amazon has unveiled a new program, called KDP Select, designed to woo publishers and authors to participate in its Kindle store, as well as its controversial Kindle Owners' Lending Library.
Justice Department Says It Is Looking Into E-Book Pricing

| 12/08/2011 @ 12:00AM

The Justic Department is following suit with the European Union, confirming that it, too, is looking into e-book pricing.
BISG Issues Best Practices For Assigning Digital ISBNs

| 12/08/2011 @ 12:00AM

Looking to address the problem of confusion in the marketplace around product identification, the Book Industry Study Group is publishing a Policy Statement that outlines best practices for assigning ISBNs to digital content.
Cambridge University Press to Preserve E-books with Portico

| 12/07/2011 @ 12:00AM

Portico and Cambridge University Press have announced an agreement to preserve Cambridge Books Online content with Portico.
Overstock to Sell E-Books Through B&N Partnership

| 12/06/2011 @ 12:00AM

Overstock.com, the online retailer that touts selling brand name items at lower costs, has partnered with Barnes & Noble to start selling e-books.
Skyhorse, Paperless Publishing In Pact to Release E-books and Print

| 12/06/2011 @ 12:00AM

Skyhorse Publishing is teaming with Paperless Publishing, an e-book publisher and conversion house, to acquire and develop short form e-books to be released simultaneously in paperback.
Running Press Cooks Web Site Revamped

| 12/05/2011 @ 12:00AM

Running Press has revamped the Running Press Cooks web site at http://www.runningpresscooks.com.
Byliner to Launch Fiction Program

By Rachel Deahl | 12/01/2011 @ 12:00AM

Byliner, the Web site that sells original narrative nonfiction, is getting into fiction. The Web site, which launched in April, will start selling a short story by Amy Tan called "Rules for Virgins" on December 5.
Amazon Launches Italian & Spanish Kindle

| 12/01/2011 @ 12:00AM

Amazon has launched Kindle stores in Italy and Spain, and has also released Italian-language and Spanish-language Kindles.

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