In a recent American study by book data specialist Bowker, bookstores were second only to favourite authors as the most important source of new book discovery. Few booksellers would find… Read more >
November 30, 2012 Amazon, bookselling, business, ebook stores 5 Read more >
Technology researcher Forrester released a survey of US publishing executives yesterday which uncovered an interesting disconnect: 82% were optimistic about the digital transition of books, but only 28% thought their… Read more >
January 25, 2012 Amazon, analysis, bookselling, business 1 Read more >
Australian readers will have few reasons not to join the ebook revolution this Christmas as a host of offerings come on stream. The past year has seen major strides in… Read more >
December 6, 2011 Amazon, bookselling, ebook readers, Google eBooks, Kindle, kobo 0 Read more >
Amazon’s loving its Kindle owners. The retail giant is letting Kindle owners who sign up for its US$79 Prime service borrow an ebook each month for no extra fee. Prime… Read more >
November 3, 2011 Amazon, ebook lending, Kindle, libraries, news 1 Read more >
A couple of weeks ago, the publishing industry’s EPUB3 specification was finally signed off. This was the cue for device makers and e-reading app developers to build it into their next… Read more >
October 25, 2011 Amazon, ebook formats, ebook production, ePub, Kindle 18 Read more >
Amazon has announced its long-anticipated entry into the tablet market with the US$199 Kindle Fire, due to go on sale 15 November and US-only for now. While some were anticipating… Read more >
September 29, 2011 Amazon, android, app store, Kindle 1 Read more >
When Apple took its heavy-handed action against retailers last month, stopping them selling from within iPad and iPhone apps, those retailers were inevitably going to search for ways to avoid… Read more >
August 11, 2011 Amazon, app development, app store, Apple, iOS, iPad, Kindle 1 Read more >
Google has just launched the Google Ebooks affiliate programme, opening the door for any website owner to become an ebook retailer. Likely candidates would be bloggers, publishers, media sites, link… Read more >
Google launched its much-anticipated—and much-delayed—ebook service this week, serving up several hundred thousand commercial ebooks for sale in addition three million free, out-of-copyright books. Formerly known as Google Editions, the… Read more >
December 12, 2010 Amazon, bookselling, Google, Google eBooks, Google Editions 4 Read more >
Publishers who want to produce their own Kindle-ready ebooks can now do it directly from within the Adobe InDesign page layout software using a free plug-in thatAmazon has just released…. Read more >
October 4, 2010 Amazon, ebook formats, ebook production, Kindle 1 Read more >