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Penguin Expands E-books in Libraries

By Andrew Albanese | 09/26/2013 @ 12:00AM

Nearly two years after Penguin officials pulled its e-book titles from OverDrive, the market-leading e-book lending service, the publishers’ titles will once again be available for libraries. In addition, Penguin will also expand its relationship with Baker & Taylor, making its e-books available to all Baker & Taylor Axis 360 customers.
INscribe Digital Partners with Eight New Companies

| 09/25/2013 @ 02:30PM

The companies range from startups like Massachusetts-based startup Ink Monster, which specializes in new adult romance books, to established media companies like Universal Music Group.
Vital Source Opens New E-Textbook Store in U.K.

| 09/25/2013 @ 10:00AM

Ingram Content Group’s Vital Source Technologies, a digital textbook platform, announced plans to expand its VitalSource BookShelf digital e-textbook store to the U.K. digital book marketplace.
iBooks Bestsellers: Sparks Lands on Top

| 09/24/2013 @ 04:15PM

Nicholas Sparks's latest novel, The Longest Ride, was the top-selling book in the iBooks store for the week ended September 23.
Brain Hive Names Soutor President; Adds Features

| 09/24/2013 @ 11:00AM

Brain Hive, a pay-as-you-go e-book lending service for K-12 school libraries, has added new features to the platform in addition announcing changes to its management.
Oyster Offers Access Instead of Ownership

By Calvin Reid | 09/20/2013 @ 07:00PM

Launched a little over a week ago with much media fanfare, Oyster is a New York City–based e-reading startup that offers consumers an all-you-can-read e-book subscription model for $9.95 a month.
Random House, Flipboard Team to Offer Custom Digital Magazines

| 09/20/2013 @ 10:00AM

Random House is teaming up with Flipboard to produce digital magazines devoted to Margaret Atwood’s new novel, "MaddAddam," and to fantasy novelist George R. R. Martin.
World Book Offers Subscription E-book Access

| 09/18/2013 @ 09:15AM

Print and digital reference publisher World Book Inc. is launching World Book eBooks, a subscription service that offers librarians and educators access to an online interactive platform of World Book digital reference products.
Start Publishing Acquires Salvo Press

By Calvin Reid | 09/18/2013 @ 09:00AM

In the latest in a series of acquisitions by Start Publishing, the company has purchased Salvo Press, an independent house specializing in science fiction, fantasy and horror.
Today’s 'PW' Live Webcast Breaks Over 1100 Registered Participants

| 09/17/2013 @ 09:45AM

Join us today at 1 p.m. for PW’s live webcast "For the Love of Romance," hosted by PW contributing editor and Beyond Her Book blogger Barbara Vey.
HarperCollins Opens Voting for BookSmash Challenge

| 09/17/2013 @ 08:00AM

The contest challenges developers to create new digital products that "break the binding" and reimagine the book.
iBooks Bestsellers: Child Stays on Top

| 09/16/2013 @ 09:50PM

Lee Child's Never Go Back still sat at #1 on Apple's iBooks paid bestseller list, for the week ending September 16.
Fast Growing Issuu Appoints Joe Hyrkin CEO

By Calvin Reid | 09/16/2013 @ 10:00AM

Issuu is a fast-growing digital publishing platform designed to make content more discoverable and help publishers connect with readers.
Vintage to Pub James Baldwin's Major Works in E

| 09/13/2013 @ 12:00AM

Random House's Vintage Books is bringing James Baldwin into the 21st century.
Kobo Teams with National Book Store in Phillipines

| 09/11/2013 @ 11:00AM

E-book retailer Kobo is teaming with the National Book Store, a 150 store chain in the Philippines, to introduce its suite of digital reading devices and its e-book retailing and self-publishing platforms.
Wattpad, Diversion Books Launch a Mia Thompson Book Club

| 09/11/2013 @ 12:00AM

Online writing community Wattpad is teaming up with Diversion Books, the e-publishing platform launched by literary agent Scott Waxman, to host a book club focused on Diversion author Mia Thompson’s thriller Stalking Sapphire, published earlier this year.
Open Road to Publish 'Tracks'

| 09/11/2013 @ 12:00AM

Open Road Integrated Media has landed the e-rights to Robyn Davidson's national bestseller, Tracks.
iBooks Bestsellers: 'Never Go Back' on Top

| 09/10/2013 @ 12:00AM

The new release by Lee Child, Never Go Back, was the top-selling book in the iBooks store for the week ended September 9.
CourseSmart Adds Options

| 09/10/2013 @ 12:00AM

With the fall semester in full swing, CourseSmart has announced a number of new options that it says will lower the cost of textbooks for college students.
Knovel Revamps, Redesigns Its Search Platform

By Calvin Reid | 09/09/2013 @ 09:30AM

Knovel, an online application that offers information and services for engineers, has redesigned its search platform to offer a simpler interface, more precise results and interactive results that can be integrated into third party engineering systems.

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