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Smashwords Hits 250,000
Smashwords founder Mark Coker announced on his blog Wednesday evening that the distributor of self-published e-books released its 250,000 book on September 4.
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Viz Media to Raise Digital Manga Prices October 1
Viz Media is raising the prices of its regular digital manga releases from $4.99 a volume to $6.99 beginning October 1. The standard price of its print volumes will remain $9.99.
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RH Children's to Publish Seuss Classics as E-books
On September 24, the longtime publisher of Dr. Seuss's print editions will debut 15 digital versions.
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eReatah E-book Subscription Venture Launches Beta
eReatah.com, a new venture offering e-book subscription access to a broad database of e-books of every genre, has launched a private beta of the service.
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Judge Denies Request for Delay in Google Case
Judge Chin denied an Authors Guild request to delay upcoming oral arguments on the cross-motions for summary judgment. Arguments remain set for September 23, with the final round of briefs due on September 16.
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Margaret Atwood Debuts New Novel ‘MaddAddam’ on Wattpad
In a promotional event timed to coincide with the global release of Margaret Atwood’s new novel MaddAdam, her publisher, Doubleday, is teaming with Wattpad to release an exclusive essay about the book as well as excerpts from the other novels in the dystopian trilogy of which it is a part.
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B&N Brings College Newspapers to Nook
Barnes & Noble is padding the offerings of its Nook Newsstand, adding college newspapers to the mix.
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Amazon Starts Bundling Program, Kindle MatchBook
After years of false starts, bundling e-books with print books may have gotten the spark it needed Tuesday morning when Amazon announced an October launch date for Kindle MatchBook.
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E-book Settlement Refunds Rise, New Deadlines Set
The states now estimate that consumers will receive $3.06 per e-book for New York Times bestsellers purchased during the settlement period (up from and estimated $1.32), $.73 per non-bestsellers (up from $.30).
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Amazon Expands Kindle Offerings in Mexico
Amazon has launched a Mexico Kindle Store, and expanded Kindle Direct Publishing into Mexico.
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IDW Debuts Popular Licensed Comics On Madefire
IDW Publishing is releasing three of its best known licensed comics properties—My Little Pony, Star Trek and the Transformers—on Madefire, a digital comics platform for creating “Motion Books,” partially animated digital comics, beginning August 28.
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iBooks Bestsellers: 'City of Bones' Chases 'Cuckoo'
Cassandra Clare's City of Bones, whose film adaptation opened in theaters on August 21, rose three spots from #5 last week to the runner-up this week.
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Morgan James to Launch E-book Bundling Program
The publisher will be partnering with BitLit, a Vancouver-based smartphone app company that enables readers to claim free or discounted e-book editions of print books purchased through traditional channels.
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Slicebooks to Offer YaBeam, Remix Services
After securing a round of funding from Ingram Content Group in early August, Slicebooks, a platform that allows publishers to “slice” books into smaller digital packages for sale in whole or in part, is gearing up to launch new services later in the year.
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Judge Lightens Apple Injunction; Expects to Sign Next Week
Working off the DoJ’s proposal with Apple’s red-lined version incorporated, the judge said her final order would seek to address competition in the e-book market, while treading as lightly as possible on Apple’s business.
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Judge Orders Apple to Detail its Objections to Revised Injunction
Late last Friday, the judge ordered Apple attorneys to submit “a red-lined version of the Plaintiffs’ Revised Injunction striking any language to which Apple objects,” by 10 am this morning.
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Digital Art Books Hit a (Gallery) Wall
“I’ll corroborate what you’ve probably been hearing,” says Abrams CEO Michael Jacobs, when asked to discuss the state of digital publishing in the art and photo book market.
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Picador Partners with CNN on E-short
A forthcoming documentary produced by CNN called The Flag, has enabled an unusual tie-in edition: a 99 cent single chapter e-short of Watching the World Change: The Stories Behind the Images of 9/11.
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DoJ Softens Apple Injunction, but Hits Macmillan Hardest
Under the revised proposal, Apple must still terminate its current e-book agreements with the defendant publishers, but rather than five years, the ban on using a straight agency model now ranges from two to four years.
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With Gov't Deadline Looming, AAP Outlines Public Access Plans
The White House directive, issued in February 2013, could affect some 19 federal agencies, and would cover “any results published in peer-reviewed scholarly publications."
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