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StoriesAlive Offers Interactive Children’s Stories

By Calvin Reid | 02/26/2014 @ 10:00AM

Launched in October 2013, StoriesAlive is an app and subscription service offering access to a library of multimedia-rich, interactive children's stories.
iBooks Bestsellers: Roth Back at Number One

| 02/26/2014 @ 09:00AM

The titular book in Veronica Roth's Divergent trilogy took the top spot on Apple's iBooks bestseller list for the week ended February 24.
Dark Horse Debuts ‘Misfits of Avalon’ as Webcomic

By Calvin Reid | 02/26/2014 @ 08:00AM

Looking to use a webcomic to build support for a forthcoming print edition, Dark Horse is launching "The Misfits of Avalon," a new fantasy series by Kel McDonald that will debut online.
FSG Brings Out George Selden Classics as E-books

By Sally Lodge | 02/25/2014 @ 02:00PM

Farrar, Straus and Giroux is releasing George Seldon's Chester Cricket and His Friends series in e-book format for the first time for the new tablet-toting generation of young readers.
Apple Wants to Move E-book Damages Trial

By Andrew Albanese | 02/24/2014 @ 10:00AM

Apple is looking to escape from New York. In a filing this week, Apple attorneys argue that Judge Denise Cote does not have jurisdiction to oversee its upcoming damages trial.
McGraw-Hill and B&T Agree

| 02/24/2014 @ 10:00AM

McGraw-Hill Professional has reached an agreement with Baker & Taylor to offer its e-books to libraries through B&T’s Axis 360 digital platform.
Patreon Raises $2.1 Million

By Todd Allen | 02/24/2014 @ 08:00AM

In what could be the biggest variation on crowdfunding, San Francisco startup Patreon has raised $2.1 million in funding for its subscription-based system. Patreon allows fans to pledge recurring payments to a creator rather than provide one-off support to a single project.
Vook Acquires Booklr

By Calvin Reid | 02/24/2014 @ 12:00AM

Vook, a digital publishing and distribution platform, has acquired Booklr, a real-time data and analytics service for authors and publishers.
Apple Remains Defiant After Loss on Monitor Appeal

By Andrew Albanese | 02/21/2014 @ 09:00AM

In a letter filed yesterday, Apple advised the court that it would only provide those documents to the monitor that it viewed as being within the monitor’s narrow mandate.
After Losing Monitor Appeal, Apple Gets a Referee

By Andrew Albanese | 02/20/2014 @ 12:00AM

The appointment of Dolinger to oversee any future disputes appears designed to ensure any future Apple disputes have merit, and that the parties are at least working constructively to resolve those disputes.
Hugh Howey and the Indie Author Revolt

By Mark Coker | 02/20/2014 @ 12:00AM

With a debate brewing about how much indie authors can, and do, earn, PW asked Mark Coker, founder of Smashwords, to weigh in.
Kaplan Goes with Vital Source for E-textbooks

| 02/19/2014 @ 03:30PM

Using the VitalSource Bookshelf platform, students and faculty will have one-click access to e-textbooks within their course environment.
iBooks Bestsellers: Patterson Unseats Green

| 02/19/2014 @ 09:30AM

"Private L.A." was last week's new top seller.
Digital Manga, Inc. to Publish Tezuka Backlist

By Brigid Alverson | 02/19/2014 @ 08:00AM

Tezuka Productions and Digital Manga, Inc. have announced a deal to translate and digitally publish hundreds of volumes of manga by revered manga and anime creator Osamu Tezuka.
Byliner Publishes Enhanced 'American Icons' E-Books

| 02/18/2014 @ 12:00AM

The first three titles to be released will be I Love Lucy, The Vietnam Veteran's Memorial, and The Disney Parks.
Kobo Teams With Andre On Translations

| 02/14/2014 @ 12:00AM

Author Bella Andre has struck a deal with Kobo that will give the e-bookseller exclusive rights to the French translation of some of her titles for a three month period.
Marvel, iVerse Team to Offer Global Comics App

by Allen Todd | 02/12/2014 @ 02:00PM

Marvel Entertainment and digital comics vendor iVerse have launched the Marvel Global Comics App, allowing readers to get Marvel digital comics in twelve foreign languages.
iBooks Bestsellers: Green Still Leads

| 02/12/2014 @ 09:30AM

For the second week in a row, "The Fault in Our Stars" was the top selling title on Apple's iBooks bestseller list.
Connecticut: ‘Wait and See’ How Library E-book Market Develops

By Andrew Albanese | 02/11/2014 @ 12:00AM

A report from the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection on the state of the library e-book market has recommended no legislative initiatives, instead advocating a “wait and see” approach.
Second Circuit Denies Apple's Monitor Appeal

By Andrew Albanese | 02/10/2014 @ 12:00AM

A three-judge panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals has denied Apple a stay of its court-ordered external monitor.

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