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Libraries, E-books and ReadersFirst

By Calvin Reid | 02/07/2014 @ 07:00PM

ReadersFirst was born because libraries need to have in-house e-book collections,” explains Rachel Wood of the Arlington Va. Public Library, a member of the Leadership Working Group of ReadersFirst, an international coalition of libraries that have banded together to set down principles, standards and goals for libraries looking to offer digital content to their patrons.
WEbook Relaunches as New Publishing Platform

By Rachel Deahl | 02/07/2014 @ 07:00PM

Billing WEbook as a digital “slush pile,” Ardy Khazaei, its former president, told PW in 2009 that the Web site aimed to match agents with the kinds of manuscripts they were looking to represent.
Sequential Adds Enhanced SelfMadeHero Digital Graphic Novels

By Calvin Reid | 02/07/2014 @ 10:00AM

Sequential, a comics storefront app focused on literary graphic novels, has released a new version of the app with upgraded features in addition to offering three specially-enhanced titles from acclaimed U.K. comics publisher SelfMadeHero.
Canadian Government Signs E-book Consent Agreements with Four Publishers

By Jim Milliot | 02/07/2014 @ 12:00AM

After what the government said was an 18-month investigation, Canada’s Competition Bureau has reached consent agreements with four multinational publishers regarding their e-book pricing policies.
Kindle Worlds Expands

| 02/05/2014 @ 10:00AM

Seven new rights holders have signed agreements for Kindle Worlds, Amazon's model that allows writers to publish and sell authorized stories inspired by popular worlds.
iBooks Bestsellers: 'Fault in Our Stars' Takes Top Spot

| 02/05/2014 @ 09:40AM

The book was up six spots, ousting the previous best seller, "Lone Survivor."
O'Reilly Donating Millions to Tech Education

| 02/04/2014 @ 10:15AM

O'Reilly Media and Safari Books Online are donating over $100 million in "educational content and tools" to K-12 schools across the U.S.
Class Plaintiffs: Apple Should Pay $840 Millions in Damages

By Andrew Albanese | 02/03/2014 @ 12:00AM

If the plaintiff number is granted, it would put the total damages in this e-book conspiracy at over $1 billion. Five publishers have already paid $166 million.
Authors Launch Brown Girls Publishing

By Calvin Reid | 02/03/2014 @ 12:00AM

Bestselling Simon & Schuster authors Victoria Christopher Murray and ReShonda Tate Billingsley are now teaming up on the business side: the two writers are launching Brown Girls Publishing, a new digital publishing venture that debuts today.
Marvel Launches API Program

By Calvin Reid | 01/31/2014 @ 04:00PM

Marvel has made an application programming interface available to developers interested in building digital applications around its comic book data and content.
HMH Partners with Google Play for Education

| 01/31/2014 @ 09:40AM

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced that it has partnered with Google to deliver K-12 core curriculum through Google Play for Education, Google's content store for K-12 schools.
Filing Schedule Set for Apple’s Damages Trial

| 01/30/2014 @ 12:00AM

Amid more legal maneuvering, Judge Denise Cote this week officially set a briefing schedule for Apple’s e-book damages trial.
Scribd Offers Kindle Fire App, iOS, Android Updates

By Calvin Reid | 01/29/2014 @ 10:00AM

The recently launched Scribd subscription e-book service is adding an app for the Kindle Fire tablet as well as providing updates to its iOS and Android apps.
iBooks Bestsellers: 'Lone Survivor' Carries On at Number One

| 01/28/2014 @ 03:20PM

Robert M. Gates' memoir "Duty" saw the greatest drop in the top 10 for the week ended January 27, sliding from #2 to #8.
Epic! Debuts Kids’ Subscription E-book Venture

By Calvin Reid | 01/28/2014 @ 09:00AM

Founded by a group of gaming developers looking to provide quality book content for kids, Epic! is a newly launched subscription e-book service offering access to a curated selection of children's e-books for $9.99 a month.
ALA Midwinter 2014: Abrams Gets in the E-book Game

| 01/28/2014 @ 12:00AM

Digital versions will be available simultaneously with the release of print editions. Libraries can license the titles for a one-year period.
ALA Midwinter 2014: On E-books, Librarians Urged to Think Bigger (and Smaller)

by Andrew Albanese | 01/27/2014 @ 12:00AM

At ALA Midwinter 2014, librarians were urged not to be satisfied by recent e-book developments, and to look more deeply at their digital future.
3M Cloud Library Expands to Canada

| 01/23/2014 @ 10:00AM

3M Library Systems has announced that Cloud Library eBook Lending System will now launch in Canada—3M’s first international expansion.
Duke Univ. Press Announces New Platform for E-books

| 01/23/2014 @ 10:00AM

The new site, read.dukeupress.edu, is powered by the Folio eBooks solution, developed by Stanford University’s HighWire Press.
Getty Launches Virtual Library

| 01/22/2014 @ 09:15AM

Getty Publications has introduced a virtual library that will provide free online access to more than 250 backlist titles.

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