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iBooks Bestsellers: Divergent Series Claims Top Three Spots
The novels landed in series order, with "Divergent" at #1, "Insurgent" at #2, and "Allegiant" at #3.
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ShiftyLook Webcomics Site to Shut Down
ShiftyLook, a portal launched by videogame giant Namco/Bandai in early 2013 to revive old gaming properties as webcomics, is being shuttered. The ShiftyLook site will shut down completely on September 20, 2014.
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Plympton/DailyLit Debuts Rooster App at SXSW
Plympton/DailyLit, a digital reading venture focused on serialized content, is launching Rooster, a reading app that picks books for its users to read and delivers them in installments to mobile devices for $4.99 a month.
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Plaintiffs: No 'Do-Overs' For Apple in E-book Case
Attorneys for the consumer class argue there is enough evidence to assess damages against Apple via a summary judgment.
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Comixology Submit Marks Birthday With Big Offer
Digital comics vendor Comixology marked the one year anniversary of Comixology Submit, its fast-growing self-publishing platform, with the offer of a bargain e-bundle collecting the top 100 books from the Submit program for $10.
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3M Adds Audiobooks to Cloud Library System
The collection will debut with 40,000 titles, powered by Findaway World, including offerings from every major publisher.
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Comixology Hacked, Subscribers Change Your Password
On the eve of Comixology’s appearance at SXSW Interactive, the annual tech festival, the digital comics vendor has discovered a security breach and urged all its subscribers to change their passwords.
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Kobo Inks Digital Deal for 'A Suitable Boy'
Kobo will publish the first English-language digital edition of Vikram Seth’s 600,000 word novel "A Suitable Boy" in India.
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Apple: Biased Judge Should Not Decide Damages
In a summary judgment filing, Apple argues that Judge Denise Cote is biased, and should not decide Apple's damages.
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Gene Yang Returns with 'The Shadow Hero'
Fresh off a year in which his graphic novel, "Boxers and Saints," was nominated for a National Book Award, cartoonist Gene Yang, along with artist Sonny Liew, is back with "The Shadow Hero," a new work about arguably the first Asian American superhero.
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iBooks Bestsellers: Roth Hangs on to Top Spots
Two titles in Veronica Roth's Divergent trilogy, once again, held the top two spots on Apple's iBooks bestseller list.
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Marvel Unlimited Offers Digital Comics Access for 99 Cents
In a reprise of a similar promotion at last year’s SXSW Interactive, Marvel is marking its appearance at the annual tech festival with an introductory offer of 99 cents for a month’s access to Marvel Unlimited, its e-comics subscription service.
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Rowman & Littlefield Signs Library E-Book Deal
Under the new partnership the publisher will provide e-books directly to the Douglas County Libraries at a flat discount, which will then own, and host the content on its own proprietary system for e-book lending.
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Vook Debuts Free E-book Sales Tracking Service
Vook, a digital publishing and distribution platform, is launching Author Control, a new data service that allows authors and publishers to track e-book sales and unit downloads across every major retail channel.
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Amplify Debuts Digital Curriculum at SXSWedu
Amplify, a NewsCorp educational venture focused on using technology to transform K-12 education, showed off its much-anticipated English Language Arts digital curriculum during an online press conference last week.
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OverDrive Acquires TeachersNotebook.com
The acquisition gives users of TeachersNotebook.com exposure to OverDrive’s network of schools and libraries.
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Humble Bundle Looks to Add E-books
While video-game players are familiar with the gaming site Humble Bundle, e-book readers will hear a lot more about it in the coming months.
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Podcast: Apple Looking To Buy Time In E-Book Case
In a federal courtroom in Manhattan, attorneys for Apple in its e-book price-fixing case are offering up lessons in creative legal maneuvering.
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Learnist Releases App, Debuts Digital Bookstore
Learnist, an online social learning venture and application, is releasing a new iOS app for mobile devices and launching the Learnist Digital Bookstore, which will sell premium content from a selection of well-known experts and celebrities.
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Apple Appeal: Judge Botched E-book Case
Apple’s appeal of its price-fixing case boils down to this: Judge Denise Cote blew it. "The evidence," Apple argues, "cannot support a finding of a conspiracy."
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