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  • E-books Rapidly Increasing in Reading Groups

    | 07/26/2011 @ 12:00AM

    Reading group members nationwide are increasingly choosing e-books and e-readers over traditional print books, according to a survey by Reading Group Choices (RGC).

  • Japanese Publishers Launch Jmanga.com Manga Portal at Comic-Con

    By Calvin Reid | 07/22/2011 @ 12:00AM

    Six of Japan’s most prominent manga publishers were on hand at the San Diego Comic-con International to announce the launch of Jmanga.com, an online portal offering access to thousands of manga titles unseen in North America, beginning in August for the U.S. market.

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    Rowling's Pottermore Inks Deal with Google

    | 07/20/2011 @ 09:00AM

    Harry Potter’s next adventure will be in the cloud. Google officials and author J.K. Rowling announced today that when Rowling's new Web site Pottermore.com goes live in October, U.S. visitors will be able to store their Harry Potter e-books in their Google Books libraries.

  • Highlighter Gives Publishers Extensive Analytics of Their Content

    By Gabe Habash | 07/20/2011 @ 12:00AM

    Highlighter is a free plugin that allows users to highlight or annotate text from a site and then share it with friends on Facebook and Twitter, the idea being to give every Highligher-equipped blog or website a measure of social media interactivity.

  • Info-Activist Aaron Swartz Facing 35 Years in Prison for Alleged JSTOR, MIT Hack

    By Andrew Albanese | 07/19/2011 @ 12:00AM

    The federal government charged 24-year-old Aaron Swartz, a well-known Internet activist, with multiple counts of fraud for allegedly hacking the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s network and downloading as many as four million documents from the nonprofit journal aggregator JSTOR.

  • Amazon Launches Kindle Textbook Rental

    | 07/18/2011 @ 12:00AM

    Amazon has announced the launch of Kindle Textbook Rental, a program that offers up to 80% off textbook list prices when customers rent titles from the Kindle Store.

  • Can Short Form Content Deliver More Than Eyeballs?

    By Rachel Deahl | 07/15/2011 @ 12:00AM

    Publishers have been sharing success stories about luring readers to front- and backlist titles with inexpensive, often short-form, digital content. Short stories, essays, brief missives, priced anywhere from $0.99 to $4.99, seem to be working as bait to bring readers to full-priced new books, as well as to older titles. Now, a growing number of corporate houses as well as start-ups are exploring whether short-form original content can become a reliable revenue stream.

  • This Week in Apps: July 15, 2011

    | 07/15/2011 @ 12:00AM

    This week in apps features Leo the Lightning Bug, which focuses on building self-confidence and believing in yourself as players follow Leo's quest to make his very own light, based on the award-winning children's book. Also this week is Go Coach Football, a handy app for football coaches that gives advice, video clips and suggested drills, as well as advice for how to make a practice schedule for a team.

  • Blio Released For Apple Devices

    By Calvin Reid | 07/14/2011 @ 12:00AM

    K-NFB Reading Technology, developer of Blio, a multimedia-optimized e-reading software, has released a much-anticipated version of Blio for Apple iOS devices.

  • This Week in Children's Apps: July 14, 2011

    | 07/14/2011 @ 12:00AM

    This week in apps features a royal princess adventure complete with toys and animals – Princess Baby lets players pick one of four characters to give the royal treatment. Also this week, Into the Snow: A Stella and Sam Adventure comes to digital platforms after becoming a bestselling children's book. Players follow Stella, Sam, and their dog Fred as they search for their toboggan. Leo the Lightning Bug focuses on building self-confidence and believing in yourself as players follow Leo's quest to make his very own light.

  • July 13, 2011

    | 07/13/2011 @ 12:00AM

    AT&T has sponsored Amazon's Kindle 3G, helping to drop the price to $139.

  • July 13, 2011

    | 07/13/2011 @ 12:00AM

    The U.S. Government Printing Office has expanded its collection of e-books to more than 200 titles, most recently including titles like The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report and Wings in Orbit.

  • Webcast Covers Digital Workflow for Publishers

    | 07/13/2011 @ 12:00AM

    “Integration is the way forward,” Firebrand's Laura Dawson said during the latest Publishers Weekly/Digital Book World webcast Tuesday on what steps publishers need to consider to develop workflows that will allow them to take full advantage of digital and print opportunities.

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    FSG, 'Scientific American' Debut 'Exoplanets' App

    By Calvin Reid | 07/11/2011 @ 12:00AM

    Farrar, Straus & Giroux is planning an August release for Scientific American’s Journey to the Exoplanets by Edward Bell and Ron Miller, FSG's first app and the first product produced under the Scientific American imprint at FSG.

  • Kindle Singles Gains Traction

    By Gabe Habash | 07/08/2011 @ 12:00AM

    In the six months since the launch of Kindle Singles, Amazon's newest venture into short-form digital content, the e-tailer has published 75 titles to the platform and has worked to distinguish Singles titles from regular Kindle titles by making them part of a carefully selected catalogue.

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    This Week in Apps: July 8, 2011

    | 07/08/2011 @ 12:00AM

    This week in apps features a royal princess adventure complete with toys and animals--Princess Baby lets players pick one of four characters to give the royal treatment. Also this week, Into the Snow: A Stella and Sam Adventure comes to digital platforms after becoming a bestselling children's book. Players follow Stella, Sam, and their dog Fred as they search for their toboggan.

  • Boston Globe Republishes Three Whitey Bulger Reports as E-Singles

    | 07/07/2011 @ 12:00AM

    The Boston Globe is republishing three of its special investigative reports on James J. “Whitey” Bulger as e-singles available on Kindle, Nook and iTunes. All three e-books are available for $2.99.

  • Harper Children's Books Debuts Digital 'I Can Read' Series

    | 07/06/2011 @ 12:00AM

    HarperCollins Children's Books is teaming with both the Apple iBookstore and Barnes & Noble's Nook Bookstore to launch digital editions of its popular I Can Read early reader series. Harper will set up I Can Read digital boutiques at each online store, launching with 80 titles with plans for more to come.

  • Broadside Books Experiments with Original E-books

    By Gabe Habash | 07/01/2011 @ 12:00AM

    Broadside Books, the HarperCollins imprint launched in January with a focus on conservative nonfiction, has already taken its fair share of risks in its short history, none more so than its decisions on the digital front. In April, Broadside launched its original e-book series Voices of the Tea Party, single-subject "pamphlets," each about 5,000 words and priced at $1.99. According to Adam Bellow, editorial director of Broadside, launching the e-book–only series has come with lessons, both good and bad.

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