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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.
Publishing Technology Inks China Digital Access Pact

| 11/29/2011 @ 12:00AM

Publishing Technology, an international publishing services and software development firm, has signed an agreement with the China National Publications Import and Export Corp. to provide digital access to CNPIEC’s content to its more than 10,000 Chinese academic and public library clients.
S&S to Release Bradbury Classic in Digital

| 11/29/2011 @ 12:00AM

Simon & Schuster is publishing Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 in e-book for the first time. The book was first published by S&S, in hardcover, in 1953, and the digital edition, which is now available, is coming out as part of an agreement the house struck to re-release a number of Bradbury's works.
Smashwords Courts Literary Agents

| 11/29/2011 @ 12:00AM

Smashwords, the California-based company that converts and digitally distributes Word files uploaded through its interface, is offering a suite of services to literary agents.
Hachette, 'Bloomberg Businessweek' to Collaborate on E-books

| 11/28/2011 @ 12:00AM

Hachette Book Group is teaming with Bloomberg Businessweek to publish e-book editions of select special projects from the magazine. This collaboration will launch with the e-book release Steve Jobs 1955-2011 by Bloomberg Businessweek.
Amazon's Kindles See Banner Black Friday

| 11/28/2011 @ 12:00AM

Customers purchased four times as many Kindle devices on Black Friday this year versus last year, making it the most successful Black Friday for the devices.
Finding Your Way Through the Digital Maze: E-Solutions 2011

By Calvin Reid | 11/25/2011 @ 07:00PM

Book publishers know that their business is changing, and quickly. Whether it’s online publishing through the Web, downloadable e-books, or app development, digital content and the technology that supports it is the newest path to sales growth and customer satisfaction. In today’s book content marketplace, publishers have to master an ever-growing number of exotic technologies, even while these same technologies are being continuously updated, morphing into new versions of themselves that are more efficient and in constant need of sophisticated management and technical support.
Penguin Restores 'Older' Titles to OverDrive

| 11/23/2011 @ 12:00AM

Late Wednesday morning, Penguin issued a statement in which it said that it is, at least temporaily, making its "older titles" available once again through OverDrive for distribution to libraries, though new titles will still not be available. The action came after talks between Amazon and Penguin in which Amazon said it had not been consulted by OverDrive about the terms of Penguin's agreement with OverDrive.
No Change, But Random House Says It Is “Actively Reviewing” Library E-book Policy

By Andrew Albanese | 11/22/2011 @ 12:00AM

After Penguin announced this week that it was pulling its frontlist e-book titles from libraries and disabling all Kindle library lends, Random House remains the only “Big Six” publisher to embrace library sales of e-book editions.
Amazon Launches Branded DC Comics Storefront

By Calvin Reid | 11/22/2011 @ 12:00AM

DC Comics is teaming with Amazon.com to launch a branded store on the online retailer that will feature print and digital editions of DC Comics graphic novels.
Kane Miller, Demibooks Team Up for New Imprint

| 11/21/2011 @ 09:00AM

Technology company Demibooks has partnered with publisher Kane Miller to form a new children's book imprint called InkPad Press.
Citing "Security Concerns" Penguin Pulls New Titles from OverDrive

Andrew Albanese | 11/21/2011 @ 12:00AM

Penguin officials have confirmed that its latest titles will not be available for library lending in e-book editions via OverDrive.
Disney Issues Its First E-Book Original Novel

By Sally Lodge | 11/17/2011 @ 03:00PM

"On November 18th, get sucked in," urges the book trailer for Disney-Hyperion's debut e-book original novel, Confessions of a High School Vampire: Birth by the pseudonymous Siona McCabre.
Samuel French Offers ePlays

By Judith Rosen | 11/15/2011 @ 12:00AM

Samuel French is making its plays and musicals available as digital downloads. Most will be priced at $8.99.
Top Shelf Debuts Two Comics Apps; Launches on Google eBooks, Graphicly

By Calvin Reid | 11/15/2011 @ 12:00AM

Independent comics publisher Top Shelf Productions is expanding its digital program with the release of two dedicated apps--the Top Shelf Productions App, with its full lineup of titles, and the Top Shelf Kids Club App, offering a selection of Kids’ and all-ages comics.
'All Creatures Great and Small' Gets Iconic Ebook Status at Open Road

| 11/15/2011 @ 12:00AM

Open Road has announced the e-book publication of five titles by bestselling author Alfred Wight, who wrote under the pen name of James Herriot. The titles will be released today, November 15.

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