Book Depository gives away free ebooks
That's so its customers can have the opportunity to try ebooks, and more than 11,000 titles. The UK company said that it would be launching its own ebook store in the...
Insight into the author/publisher relationship
Pub Rants, written by a literary agent, has a post today that let's us into what's going on in the publishing industry. A couple of items:
Unlike times past publishers will...
Harvill Secker releases ebook early rather than late
We've seen instances of publishers holding back the release of an ebook by a best selling author, now we see the reverse from this imprint of Random House UK. The...
Book View Cafe goes live – self publishing by well known authors
In a move that is sure to make traditional publishers even more nervous than they currently are, Book View Cafe has just gone live. The Cafe is a self publishing...
Free ebooks from Gryphonwood Press and Australian Blade Press
A Halloween giveaway. Here's the press release I just received:
Ebook lovers will be getting a special treat this Halloween. On October 31, Gryphonwood Press, along withAustralian-based Blade Red Press, will...
Quick note: Macmillan lowers ebook royalties to 20%
That's what Publishing Perspectives is reporting. Macmillan is the parent of Tor, St. Martin's, Farrar Strauss, Henry Holt and others. The article states that the "usual" ebook royalty is...
Publishers crippled the Nook? Don’t like the lending feature
That's what Kirk Biglione says in his MediaLoper article. According to Kirk, Publishers Lunch reported that many large publishers won't participate in B&N's LendMe program for fear that lending will...
4% of British population has read an ebook
According to a KPMG survey, the Bookseller reports, 4% of the British population has read an ebook. The bad news, however, is that 70% spent nothing on the book. In further...
U.S. consumer book buying webinar, summary
Editor's Note: The following is from Sue Polanka's No Shelf Required blog. Reprinted with permission. Sue is Head of Reference, Wright State University Libraries, Chair, Editorial Board, Reference Books Bulletin, Paul...
le secret du Bayou by Nora Roberts to be distributed as ebook in France
Mobcast has struck a deal with Editions Harlequin to distribute their ebook catalog on GoSpoken.com making French language titles available on the RIM, Nokia and Sony Ericsson devices that use the...