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Kids Can and Open Road to Publish Franklin the Turtle E-Books

| 05/10/2011 @ 02:00PM

Canadian children’s publisher Kids Can Press and Open Road Integrated Media will digitally publish 25 classic Franklin the Turtle titles including the 25th anniversary edition of Franklin in the Dark. The e-books will go on sale May 17.
Ed Victor Starts Publishing Arm

By Rachel Deahl | 05/10/2011 @ 12:00AM

England-based literary agency Ed Victor Ltd. has launched an e-book and print-on-demand publishing unit called Bedford Square Books. The imprint is launching with a blend of backlist titles--both fiction and nonfiction--by the agency's clients, going live with six books in September 2011. A rep from Ed Victor Ltd. confirmed that titles from Bedford Square Books will only be available in the U.K., but is in talks with Open Road Media to distribute its titles in the U.S.
Sterling Releases Royal Wedding E-Book for Nook

| 05/09/2011 @ 12:00AM

No sooner have all the champagne flutes from the royal wedding been washed, and Sterling is releasing an e-book based on the event: William & Catherine: Their Romance and Royal Wedding in Photographs. The publisher, which is a subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, is making the $7.99 e-book available exclusively on B&N’s NookColor for two weeks.
The Week in Apps: May 6, 2011

By Lynn Andriani | 05/06/2011 @ 12:00AM

This week, there’s an app spun off of the Five Little Monkeys tale, a new Dr. Seuss app, and an app for one of Aesop’s fables.
The Week in Children's Apps: May 5, 2011

By Lynn Andriani | 05/05/2011 @ 03:00PM

This week, there's an app spun off of the Five Little Monkeys tale, a new Dr. Seuss app, and an app for one of Aesop’s fables.
RH Enters Bin Laden Book Craze With E-Original

By Rachel Deahl | 05/05/2011 @ 12:00AM

With a number of publishers announcing plans to rush books about Osama Bin Laden to the market in the wake of the Al Qaeda leader's death, Random House entered the fray with the news that it is crashing an e-book original about Bin Laden scheduled to be available for download on Monday.
Skott Klebe Joins PW and DBW Google Book Settlement Webcast

| 05/05/2011 @ 12:00AM

We have added a new panelist to our previously announced WEBcast with Digital Book World on the Google Book Settlement rejection, Skott Klebe, chief architect at Copyright Clearance Center. Klebe joins panelists Pamela Samuelson, professor at the Berkeley Law School & School of Information; and James Grimmelmann, associate professor of law at New York Law School. The panel will be moderated by PW features editor Andrew Albanese.
Barnes & Noble to Introduce New e-Reader on May 24

By Craig Morgan Teicher | 05/05/2011 @ 12:00AM

Rumors began flying on Wednesday that Barnes & Noble plans to introduce a new e-reading device on May 24. The source of the speculations was an SEC filing in which, to comply with FD fair disclosure rules, B&N included a line indicating that it would announce an unspecified e-reader device on that date.
Amazon Removes Some Explicit Yaoi Manga from Kindle Store

By Brigid Alverson | 05/05/2011 @ 12:00AM

Amazon has removed several yaoi manga from its Kindle Store and refused to allow others to be offered for the Kindle, although the bookseller continues to sell the same manga in print and to offer more explicit erotic books in both formats. Yaoi manga features love stories between two males and can range from softly romantic to sexually explicit.
Kobo Demos Social E-Reading App for Blackberry Smartphones

| 05/04/2011 @ 12:00AM

Kobo unveiled a new social e-reading app for BlackBerry smartphones at the BlackBerry World conference currently being held in Orlando, Fla. The app ties into BlackBerry's BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) platform, which lets developers build social networking apps for BlackBerry (the platform is still in beta).
Pearson, DK Launch API Developer Initiative

By Calvin Reid | 05/04/2011 @ 12:00AM

Pearson has announced that it is joining with its DK imprint to launch the Plug & Play Platform, an API (Application Programming Interface) initiative that will give both internal and third-party programmers and app developers access to the company’s databases and other material in order to create new kinds of products. The first dataset to be used in the program will be DK’s popular Eyewitness Travel Guide content.
Sandra Boynton Demonstrates App, Signs Books--and a Few Nooks

By Lynn Andriani | 05/03/2011 @ 12:00AM

Monday night’s Sandra Boynton book event at the Barnes & Noble on Manhattan’s Upper East Side looked like a pretty normal book signing--normal for Boynton, the bestselling children’s book author, anyway. Toddlers and slightly older kids, some dressed in pajamas, crammed into the event space, shepherded in by college students wearing pajama pants and Boynton Moo Media t-shirts.
FlickerLab: Combining Tech and Stories

By Calvin Reid | 05/02/2011 @ 12:00AM

More than ever firms like FlickerLab, an award-winning e-book, multimedia app developer, and animation studio, are serving as examples of the kind of multimedia developers finding partnerships in the book industry. FlickerLab has partnered with a wide variety of artists and media partners—from filmmaker Michael Moore to PBS Kids—and is currently working with Barnes & Noble to develop enhanced digital picture books for B&N's NookColor and the iPad.
Rodale Invests In Enhanced E-books, Apps

By Rachel Deahl | 05/02/2011 @ 12:00AM

There are those in publishing who think the current push into apps and enhanced e-books is premature, believing that these book add-ons—ideal for tablet PCs that allow the incorporation of dynamic images and videos—are the CD-ROM of the 21st century.
The Week in Apps: April 29, 2011

By Lynn Andriani | 04/29/2011 @ 12:00AM

This week we take a look at an app that shares a Chinese take on Goldilocks and the Three Bears, one that teaches kids math, and one based on a bestselling book about photography.
The Week in Children's Apps: April 28, 2011

By Lynn Andriani | 04/28/2011 @ 04:00PM

This week we take a look at the app debut for Marc Brown's Arthur, an app that shares a Chinese take on Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and one that teaches kids math.
Vook Debuts TextVook, Educational Multimedia Apps

By Calvin Reid | 04/28/2011 @ 08:00AM

Vook, a multimedia e-book and app developer, has launched TextVook, a series of short educational multimedia apps offering information on a variety of topics from history, psychology and the law to economics, music and even constitutional law. The TextVook series is launching with 20 apps each selling for $4.99 and the company plans to release more than 200 apps in the series over the next year.
Macmillan Launches Crime and Mystery Web Site CriminalElement.com

By Calvin Reid | 04/27/2011 @ 12:00AM

Macmillan has launched CriminalElement.com, an online community for fans of crime and mystery fiction, focused on celebrating the genre and offering a combination of new material and pre-release excerpts as well as fan and writer commentary and more.
Penguin Launches Book Country, An Online Community for Genre Fiction

By Calvin Reid | 04/26/2011 @ 09:00AM

Looking to support and develop writers of genre fiction, Penguin is launching a public beta of Book Country, a free online writing community and publishing services venture.
Dark Horse Launches Comics App and Digital Store

By Rich Schivener | 04/26/2011 @ 12:00AM

After updating its software to comply with Apple's revamped app guidelines, Dark Horse will launch the Dark Horse Digital application for iOS devices and the Dark Horse Web store on April 27. The application will feature more than 250 comics priced from from free to 99 cents to $1.99.

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