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Wiley Partners with Open Textbook Initiative, OpenStax College

| 03/12/2013 @ 12:00AM

John Wiley this week announced a partnership with Rice University-based OpenStax College, an initiative to provide free, open textbooks. Under the deal, Wiley will deliver content from OpenStax College’s two new biology textbooks via its WileyPLUS platform along. Pilot tests are slated to begin this fall.
Ingram and Taylor & Francis Sign E-Textbook Partnership

| 03/12/2013 @ 12:00AM

Ingram and global academic publisher Taylor & Francis have announced a product alliance called Routledge Interactive.
Literary Magazines Adapt to the Digital Age

By Gabe Habash | 03/10/2013 @ 12:00AM

There are 866 publications in Poets & Writers’ database of literary magazines, 14 of which were added in early 2013.
SXSW 2013: For Digital Long Form, Experimentation Ahead

by Jonathan Segura | 03/09/2013 @ 01:10PM

How do independent digital long form publishers make money? For every publisher, a different story.
Publishers Oppose Amazon Bid for '.book' Domain

By Andrew Albanese | 03/08/2013 @ 12:00AM

In a filing this week with ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) the Association of American Publishers came out against a bid by Amazon to buy the .book domain name.
Random House Responds to SFWA Slamming Its Hydra Imprint

| 03/07/2013 @ 12:00AM

After the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA) came out swinging on Wednesday, slamming Random House's Hydra imprint, the publisher has responded.
B&N Signs Nook Video Agreements with Major Studios

| 03/07/2013 @ 12:00AM

Nook Media has expanded its video offering with licensing partnerships with Lionsgate, MGM, Paramount Pictures, Relativity Media, National Geographic, Little Pim, and Film Buff. The newly announced content agreements will bring thousands of additional movies and TV shows to the Nook Video catalog.
Skype Enables Free Group Video Calls for Schools on Read Aloud Day

| 03/06/2013 @ 12:00AM

Skype is allowing teachers registered as part of its Skype in the Classroom initiative to enable the software’s group video call features for free.
Open Road Agrees with Holiday House

| 03/05/2013 @ 12:00AM

Open Road has agreed with Holiday House to digitally publish and distribute selected chapter books by Betsy Byars and 13 picture books by Tomie dePaola.
Ingram Adds Harlequin to MyiLibrary

| 03/05/2013 @ 12:00AM

Ingram's MyiLibrary platform has added over 12,000 Harlequin titles, including both frontlist and backlist, nonfiction and fiction, across multiple Harlequin imprints. MyiLibrary has over 400,000 titles in total.
Random House Children's Books, MeeGenius Partner for Digital Titles

| 02/28/2013 @ 02:00PM

MeeGenius, the digital platform for children's books, has announced a distribution partnership with Random House Children's Books, bringing select titles from popular authors and brands like Richard Scarry, P.D. Eastman, the Berenstain Bears, and Barbie to MeeGenius's two million readers.
Erich Fromm Titles Go Electronic

| 02/27/2013 @ 12:00AM

Open Road is publishing 19 titles from Erich Fromm, including nine titles available now and 11 more starting March 26. On sale now are titles including The Art of Loving, The Art of Being, and The Art of Listening. All titles have a list price of $14.99.
Digital Bright Spot in October

| 02/26/2013 @ 12:00AM

October was a tough month for publishers with only the adult e-book, digital audio and university press segments posting gains among the major categories. Adult e-book sales rose 40.7% in the month at publishers that report to AAP’s StatShot program, with sales hitting $103.7 million.
Indie Booksellers Sue Amazon, Big Six over E-book DRM

by Jim Milliot | 02/20/2013 @ 12:00AM

Three independent bookstores have filed an antitrust class action lawsuit against the big six houses and Amazon charging that by signing agreements that call for the use of DRM on e-books sold through the Kindle, the online retailer and the publishers have combined to restrict the sale of e-books.
Macmillan DoJ Settlement Set for Mid-July Approval

| 02/20/2013 @ 12:00AM

Barring any surprises, the final settlement agreed to by Macmillan with the U.S. Department of Justice to settle alleged e-book price-fixing charges will be in place by early July.
Navigating the World of Wiki: Peter Fitzgerald: Travel Books 2013

By Sarah J. Robbins | 02/16/2013 @ 12:00AM

Wiki-what? We caught up with Wikivoyage administrator Peter Fitzgerald to find out where the nonprofit plots itself in the world of travel publishing.
Little, Brown's NOVL Approach to Reaching Readers Online

By Sally Lodge | 02/12/2013 @ 03:00PM

On Valentine's Day, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers will officially launch NOVL, a new online hub for YA book fans.
Kno Launches Advance, a New, Free Multimedia Authoring Platform

By Calvin Reid | 02/12/2013 @ 12:00AM

The race to offer easy-to-use authoring tools for multimedia enhanced e-books continues after Kno announced the release of Kno Advance, a new authoring tool that allows publishers to quickly turn a PDF into multimedia-enriched interactive content and much more.
Inkling Previews Habitat and Inkling Content Display Platform

By Calvin Reid | 02/12/2013 @ 12:00AM

Inkling CEO Matt MacInnis returned to New York to publicly relaunch Inkling Habitat, a free multimedia authoring platform, designed to allow publishers to create multimedia-enriched digital content and distribute it through major etailers, and the Inkling Content Display Platform.

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