Category: Publishers

Apple continues to contest its guilty verdict for price fixing

Fortune says Apple is still contesting the guilty verdict it received (years ago) for its part in an eBook price-fixing conspiracy.

Social eReading app Glose gets update

Talking New Media reports on an update to Social eBook reading app Glose.

Kobo Price Matching available in Canada

GoodeReader reports Kobo Price Matching is now available for Canadians.

Kindle Books by Alexa can read to you

Mashable reports that Kindle Books by Alexa can now read eBooks to you. (And the service is free.)

Calibre 2.49 eBook Manager Software now available

Softpedia reports on the release of Calibre 2.49 eBook Manager Software (with new Kobo driver) available for Linux, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows.

WorldReader says Ethiopia has taken top place in eBook readership

ITWebAfrica reports that Ethiopia has taken top place with eBook readers in the developing world after 349,389 readers were recorded in 2015.

iBooks Bestseller list to 1/10/15

Galleycat posted iBooks’ Bestseller list for the week ending 1/10/15.

Blurb picks new CEO

Digital Book World says book and magazine self-publishing platform Blurb has announced a new CEO.

Kobo promotions to focus on publishers and sales

The Bookseller reports that Kobo has promoted two new executive vice presidents to focus on publisher relations and content sales worldwide.

Smashwords’ Bestseller List for November 2015

Publishers Weekly posted Indie publisher Smashwords’ bestseller list for November 2015.