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What Does 2016 Hold for Digital Publishing?
What is going on with e-books? As 2016 dawns, what’s driving a decline in trade e-book sales is one of the big questions hanging over the publishing industry.
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DOJ Urges Supreme Court to Deny Apple’s E-book Appeal
In an opposition brief filed on December 23, the U.S. Department of Justice urged the Supreme Court not to hear Apple’s appeal in the long-running e-book price-fixing case.
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Declining E-book Sales Hit Home
Softening sales for digital books have impacted the bottom lines at HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster, according to both companies' recent earnings reports.
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News Briefs: Week of November 2, 2015
Apple files to overturn e-book ruling.
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Clock Ticks on Apple’s Supreme Court Bid
Might consumers see e-book refunds from Apple in time for the holidays?
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'Times' Exposé of Amazon Workplace Draws Gov't Attention
This weekend's damning 'New York Times' article painting Amazon as a "bruising workplace" continues to draw attention, this time from the government. According to the AP, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi has assured the public that the company will be complying with various labor standards.
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Hummingbird Offering E-book Retailing Option
Hummingbird Digital Media is the latest company to try to develop a system that will allow booksellers to sell e-books and digital audio directly to consumers.
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‘The Girl on the Train’ Tops in First-Quarter E-book Sales
Paula Hawkins’s blockbuster debut, "The Girl on the Train," led overall e-book sales for the first quarter of the year, from January to March.
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Apple Loses E-book Appeal—Now What?
Last week, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, by a 2–1 margin, affirmed Judge Denise Cote’s 2013 finding that Apple orchestrated a 2010 conspiracy with five major publishers to fix e-book prices.
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Bay Area Spotlight 2015: Digital Winners In the Bay Area
No examination of the Bay Area publishing scene would be complete without highlighting the many digital publishing and distribution startups in the area.
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The Bestselling E-books of 2014
John Green’s "The Fault in Our Stars" was the top-selling e-book in 2014, and three other young adult titles were in the top five.
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Trajectory To Distribute Macmillan, MIT Press E-books in China
Trajectory has partnered with Chinese mobile carrier Xiaomi to bring e-books into the Chinese digital book market.
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Oyster Adds E-book Retail
Oyster, the e-book subscription service launched in 2013, has added a retail component to its business. It is now offering more than a million e-books for sale, including titles from all of the Big Five publishers.
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E-books Gained, Online Retailers Slipped in 2014
E-books’ market share increased slightly in 2014 over 2013, while sales of Android devices surged and dedicated e-readers fell, according to new Nielsen survey.
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B&N Execs Tout Promise of Retail-Digital Combination
When the spin-off of its college division is completed later this year, Barnes & Noble plans to sell both print and digital books, B&N Inc. CEO Mike Huseby told analysts during a conference call last week to discuss third-quarter results.
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Amazon to Publish First Titles from Kindle Scout
Amazon opens pre-ordering for the first 10 titles coming from its crowdsourced publishing platform.
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'American Sniper' a Boost for Enhanced E-books
Is the success of the enhanced e-book edition of 'American Sniper' a one-off or the harbinger of a turnaround for a generally under-performing format?
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Morgan James Publishing Teams with Aerbook
Morgan James Publishing, which dubs itself a house that functions on the "entrepreneurial" model, is partnering with Aerbook and the Aer.io Retail Network to offer excerpts and sales of its titles via social media.
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Draft2Digital Inks E-book Deal with German Bookseller
Draft2Digital is a self-published e-book platform offering about 40,000 titles and adding more than 3,000 titles a month.
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German E-book Retailer Txtr is Bankrupt
Txtr will continue to operate its e-book retailing operations while it restructures and seeks a buyer for its assets.