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Livrada, E-book Gift Card Company, Gets Seed Funding from Ingram

| 02/11/2013 @ 12:00AM

Livrada, Inc., which launched last year with its e-book gift card venture, announced that it has raised a round of seed funding from ICG Ventures Inc., an Ingram Content Group company, along with Angel investors Thomas Lehrman.
PW Online and On-Air for the Week of February 11, 2013

| 02/11/2013 @ 12:00AM

A snapshop of the PW Universe this week.
Macmillan to Pay $20 Million to Settle State, Class Action Price-Fixing Claims

by Andrew Albanese | 02/09/2013 @ 12:00PM

In a proposed settlement disclosed Friday night, Macmillan has agreed to pay $20 million to settle state claims, and a consumer class action case, led by Seattle-based firm Hagens Berman, over alleged e-book price-fixing.
New Journal Publisher PeerJ Ready to Launch

By Peter Brantley | 02/07/2013 @ 12:00AM

PeerJ runs on an author membership model instead of using a more traditional "author pays" (APC) approach, and its attempt to re-engineer scholarly publishing could dramatically lowers costs for producing and distributing academic articles.
Apple’s iBookstore Debuts Breakout Books Category

By Calvin Reid | 02/06/2013 @ 12:00AM

Stepping up its support of self-published and independently published books, the Apple iBookstore has launched a new category called Breakout Books.
LeapFrog Gets Disney E-books

| 02/05/2013 @ 10:00AM

LeapFrog has announced the release of interactive e-books from Disney Publishing Worldwide as part of LeapFrog's new third-party developer program for its platforms.
Lerner Enhances Interactive Books

| 02/05/2013 @ 12:00AM

Lerner Digital has announced that all Lerner interactive books will include a third audio speed to model pronunciation and fluency while helping beginning readers, struggling readers, and English Language Learners build reading skills and confidence.
Firebrand Technologies Acquires eBook Architects

| 02/05/2013 @ 12:00AM

Firebrand Technologies, a digital publishing services and software vendor, has acquired eBook Architects, an Austin, Tex.-based firm specializing in designing a wide range of e-books and founded by noted digital design expert Joshua Tallent.
The Rise of the Multimedia Authoring Platform

By Rich Shivener | 02/01/2013 @ 07:00PM

Publishers are turning to a new generation of multimedia authoring tools, like iBooks Author, Vook, and Atavist Create, to enhance e-books with audio, video, and animated content.
DMI to Shut Down Digital Manga Direct

By Calvin Reid | 01/31/2013 @ 12:00AM

Digital Manga Inc., a California-based manga publishers specializing in the yaoi genre and digital delivery, announced plans to close Digital Manga Direct, its wholesale division. The move follows DMI’s announcement in November that it is suspending all of its print publication until June 2013, while continuing to offer digital editions of its publishing list.
MHSP Launches E-book Shorts Imprint

By Claire Kirch | 01/30/2013 @ 12:00AM

Minnesota Historical Society Press has launched a new digital imprint of short form e-books called MHS Express, which will include essays on regional topics, as well as excerpts from recent or forthcoming releases and original e-book shorts.
The Millions Gets Into E-Originals

| 01/24/2013 @ 12:00AM

The online literary and reviews magazine, The Millions, has published its first e-book, Epic Fail: Bad Art, Viral Fame, and the History of the Worst Thing Ever.
ProQuest to Acquire Ebook Library

| 01/22/2013 @ 12:00AM

In a move that will further expand its e-book footprint in the library market, ProQuest today formally announced the acquisition of Ebook Library (EBL), a pioneering e-book provider in the library market.
Viz’s ‘Weekly Shonen Jump’ Debuts New Era of Simultaneous Releases

by Calvin Reid | 01/21/2013 @ 12:00AM

Manga publisher and anime distributor Viz Media embarked on a new era of simultaneous Japanese and English manga publishing January 21 after releasing the first issue of the renamed and redesigned Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha.
Total Boox Hopes to Change How We Buy E-books

By Andrew Albanese | 01/18/2013 @ 12:00AM

Total Boox (pronounced total books) unveiled a “pay-as-you read” approach to buying books at this week's Digital Book World conference.
Penguin Revamps Book Country, Adds Services, Reduces Cost to Authors

By Calvin Reid | 01/17/2013 @ 12:00AM

Book Country, an online writing community and self-publishing service launched by Penguin in 2011, is relaunching and redesigning the site in stages.
Inkling Turns Web Searches into New Storefront For Digital Books

By Calvin Reid | 01/16/2013 @ 12:00AM

Inkling, a software developer specializing in creating multimedia content for the iPad, is launching the Inkling Content Discovery Platform, a way of structuring Inkling content that can be indexed by Google and link Web searches directly to enriched and saleable content within a book.
EBSCO Strikes Deal with Grey House to Publish Salem Press Titles

| 01/15/2013 @ 12:00AM

EBSCO Publishing this week announced that it has struck an exclusive license with Grey House Publishing to become the publisher of the print editions of Salem Press titles.
Nate the Great Titles to Be Released as E-books

| 01/10/2013 @ 02:00PM

Random House is launching an e-book program timed to the 40th anniversary of the launch of Marjorie Weinman Sharmat's Nate the Great mystery series. Five books, including the first in the series, will be released on January 30; by the end of 2013, all 26 titles will be available in e-format.
Tor Tests TV Approach for New Scalzi Book

By Rachel Deahl | 01/10/2013 @ 12:00AM

For The Human Division, the latest novel in John Scalzi's Old Man's War series, Tor is teasing the hardcover with staggered digital "episodes."

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