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George R.R. Martin Joins Kindle Million Club
George R.R. Martin is the newest author to join the Kindle Million Club. Martin’s most recent novel in his A Song of Ice and Fire series, A Dance with Dragons, debuted in the #2 spot on the Kindle Best Seller list and has remained in the Top 50 for more than 100 days.
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Open Letter Press's Blog Yields e-Original
A collection of entries from Open Letter Press's blog, Three Percent, which focuses on the independent house's core business, literature in translation, are now going to be available as a $2.99 e-book.
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LeVar Burton to Launch RRKidz
LeVar Burton, actor/entertainer and host and executive producer of PBS’s longtime reading show, Reading Rainbow, is launching RRKidz, a line of interactive digital titles.
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Facing Tough App Market, Sideways Looks to ePub3 Standard
Faced with poor sales and lack of publisher investment, Sideways, a multimedia developer for iOS and other mobile platforms, has reduced staff and is working to refocus its business model on developing multimedia products based on the new ePub3 standard.
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Omar Tyree Self-Pubs New Serialized E-Novel
Bestselling African American novelist Omar Tyree is experimenting with technology, self-publishing his latest novel, Corrupted, a feverish portrayal of power and ambition in the book industry, as a serialized Kindle edition e-book, releasing a chapter every week.
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Scholastic, Ruckus Media Form New Digital/Print Imprint
Children's digital developer Ruckus Media is joining with Scholastic to create the Scholastic Ruckus imprint, a joint venture that will publish a wide range of children's and teen content across all platforms.
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F+W Media Goes With Ingram's CoreSource
F+W Media has signed with Ingram's digital distribution system, CoreSource, to handle print-on-demand and digital distribution needs. F+W has 26 e-commerce sites and publishes over 600 titles annually.
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Safari Books Online Launches Mobile-Optimized Site
Safari Books Online, a joint venture between O’Reilly Media and Pearson offering digital access to an online library of technology and business content, has launched a new website optimized for touchscreen mobile devices.
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Dr. Seuss Apps Go On Sale
From August 29 through October 2, ten Dr. Seuss omBooks will be on sale each week from popular series such as The Berenstain Bears, Little Critter, Five Little Monkeys and Smithsonian Collection. Visit the Oceanhouse Media Facebook for more information.
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Penguin Young Readers Debuts Expanded Line of Enhanced E-books
The Penguin Young Readers Group is expanding its line of enhanced e-books and releasing a series of apps based on bestselling picture books as Skippyjon Jones and Ladybug Girl and on classic works like The Night Before Christmas and Peter Rabbit.
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Tobin to Head Trailer Park's Publishing Division
Trailer Park, a Hollywood, Calif.-based entertainment marketing agency, has named Scott Tobin to the post of senior v-p of its publishing division.
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NetGalley Enters UK Market
Through a deal with Faber and Faber, NetGalley is making its debut across the pond, debuting its digital galley delivery service in the UK market.
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S&S Partners With Klout for Stephen King E-Short
To generate early word-of-mouth for Stephen King's November novel, 11/22/63, Scribner is releasing an e-short by the author called Mile 81, working with social media company Klout.
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Inkling Releases Software Upgrade for Digital Textbooks
Inkling, an interactive textbook publisher that reconceives textbook content for the iPad, has released Inkling 2.0, an upgrade of its software that adds new functionality for creating study groups, organizing notes, search and accessing discussion from experts.
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Flatworld Knowledge Reports Growth, Adds 'All-Access' Digital Pass
Flatworld Knowledge reports that the number of students using its products has doubled to more than 300,000 and announced plans to offer an “all-access” pass to its digital formats and the formation of a site license division at the company.
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Nook Newsstand to Carry Twenty-One Time Inc. Magazines
By the end of the year, the NOOK Newsstand will carry all 21 of Time Inc.'s magazines, including Fortune, People and Sports Illustrated.
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S&S to Distribute Kindle Bestseller John Locke
John Locke, the first self-published author to sell over 1 million copies of his books in the Kindle Store, has struck a distribution deal with Simon & Schuster.
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Ebook Services Enters E-Galley Arena with Digital Comps
Digital Comps, Ebook Services' foray into the e-galley market, has transformed into a seamlessly integrated portal for end users to place requests and redeem promotional vouchers.
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Chegg Partners with Ingram
Leading online textbook rental company Chegg has selected Ingram Content Group's Vital Source Technologies to power their new e-textbook program for students.
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