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AcademicPub Launches Faculty Self-Publishing Service

| 07/25/2013 @ 12:00AM

AcademicPub is launching Express Books, a self-publishing service that will allow professors to publish their own books and distribute them through AcademicPub’s e-commerce platform.
BookVibe Turns Twitter Data into Book Discovery Tool

By Calvin Reid | 07/25/2013 @ 12:00AM

BookVibe allows users to search their tweets and extract the books that are being discussed by the people they follow on Twitter.
Publishers Have Paid $166 Million to Settle E-book Claims

By Andrew Albanese | 07/24/2013 @ 12:00AM

In all, the total damages were calculated at $218,883,000, with 76% of those funds collected. Penguin and Macmillan, meanwhile, appear to have paid a premium for being the last two publishers to settle.
iBooks Bestsellers: 'Cuckoo's Calling' Hits Number One

| 07/24/2013 @ 12:00AM

After J.K. Rowling was revealed to be the author of The Cuckoo's Calling, the novel was the top selling paid e-book in Apple's iBookstore.
Book Country Launches Revamped Site

By Clare Swanson | 07/23/2013 @ 09:50AM

Self-publishing community Book Country launches its revamped site this week.
Hurix Joins the IMS Global Learning Consortium

By Teri Tan | 07/22/2013 @ 10:15AM

Mumbai-based Hurix, a leading digital solutions company, is now an alliance member of IMS Global Learning Consortium.
Scholastic and Comixology Ink Digital Distribution Pact

By Calvin Reid | 07/20/2013 @ 07:00AM

Scholastic has reached an agreement with digital comics distributor Comixology to make graphic novels from its Graphix imprint, available through the Comixology platform on iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle, and the web.
Campaign for Reader Privacy Renews Call to Amend Patriot Act

| 07/18/2013 @ 10:10AM

The Campaign for Reader Privacy released a statement today calling on Congress to "pass legislation to restore privacy protections."
'Hidden Order' Knocks 'Inferno' From Top iBooks Spot

| 07/17/2013 @ 09:50AM

For the week ending in July 15, Brad Thor's Hidden Order was iBooks new top-seller, followed by last week's bestseller, Inferno.
‘Megatokyo’ Raises Over $258K on Kickstarter

by Calvin Reid | 07/16/2013 @ 02:30PM

Fred Gallagher, creator of Megatokyo, a pioneering English-language manga webcomic and book series, has raised nearly $260,000 on Kickstarter to develop a Megatokyo visual novel game.
Inkling Signs Deals with Pearson, Elsevier; Raises $16M in Funding

By Calvin Reid | 07/16/2013 @ 12:00AM

Multimedia software developer Inkling has reached agreements with Pearson and Elsevier to create “next generation,” digital educational content using its Habitat authoring tool, and has raised another $16 million in funding.
Rosetta Releases Spitzer E-book

| 07/15/2013 @ 12:00AM

With Eliot Spitzer’s candidacy to become comptroller of New York City gaining some traction, RosettaBooks has released a new e-book by the former New York State attorney general who later resigned as governor, Protecting Capitalism Case By Case.
AcademicPub Launches Low Cost 'Intro Books' Textbooks

| 07/12/2013 @ 12:00AM

AcademicPub, an automated coursepack service, is launching a line of “Intro Books,” low cost textbooks designed for introductory seminars for basic college courses.
Bolano Goes to E

| 07/11/2013 @ 12:00AM

Two of Robert Bolaño's most famous works, 2666 and The Savage Detectives, will be available as e-books from Picador for the first time on July 15 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the author's death.
Goucher College Creates Minor In Book Studies

| 07/10/2013 @ 04:30PM

Goucher College, in Baltimore, Md., is starting an undergraduate concentration called Book Studies. The program, open to students this fall, is an 18-credit interdisciplinary minor.
Publishing Insider Launches Digital Start-Up

By Rachel Deahl | 07/10/2013 @ 09:00AM

Author, former book editor and social media mainstay Jason Pinter has launched a new digital publishing venture called Polis Books.
Apple Loses: Judge Finds Price-Fixing in E-Book Case

By Andrew Albanese | 07/10/2013 @ 12:00AM

In a comprehensive 159-page ruling, judge Denise Cote ruled Apple did participate in a price-fixing scheme with publishers. And in the final analysis, the case wasn’t even close.
This Man Trilogy Takes Three iBooks Spots

| 07/10/2013 @ 12:00AM

Inferno stayed at #1 on the iBooks e-book bestseller list for the week ended July 8, but it was Jodi Ellen Malpas who was the big winner in the week. The three titles from her This Man trilogy cracked the top 10 led by This Man, which landed in the third spot.
Vital Source Launches E-textbook Building Block for Blackboard

| 07/09/2013 @ 09:30AM

Ingram Content Group adds Building Block that integrates its VitalSource Bookshelf platform with Blackboard Learn.

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