Boston.com talks pitfalls in library eBook lending. A Gigaom story says a Netherlands bookstore is preparing to sell “second hand” eBooks. European courts prepare to battle over the resale of digital media. Digital Book World reports that a pilot project has ended favorably and now libraries across the U.S. can access Simon & Schuster’s complete eBook catalog. …
Category: Publishers
Jun 26
Publisher revenue down. eBook sales up.
Gigaom posted on a BookStats report that showed U.S. Publisher revenue remained flat in 2013 though the unit sales increased. Lower eBook prices could account for this. Another important thing to consider when reading this report is Indie author and publisher titles without ISBNs are not tracked by BookStats.
Jun 25
Barnes and Noble splits into “old” and “new”
Time.com Money reports on Barnes & Noble’s move to separate its bricks and mortar book stores from its Nook tablet unit.
Jun 24
McGraw-Hill and Follett deal for eBook distribution
GoodeReader reports that McGraw-Hill has inked a deal with Follett to target schools K-12 for eBook distribution.
Jun 22
eBooks versus paper books
The Financial Times offers up an essay on eBooks versus paper books.
Jun 20
eBook Revolution Update
Digital Book World reports that a Czech retailer Palmknihy has created a new multi-license form of sale for eBooks. Mashable has an update on the Apple price-fixing anti-trust lawsuit we hoped had been settled last June with a guilty verdict against the iPad maker. GoodeReader posted that Oyster eBook Subscription services are now available for Android. The Digital Reader …
Jun 19
Penguin Random House dominant force on best-seller list
Digital Book World says Penguin Random House has dominated current eBook sales with 14 of the 25 titles on the best-seller list.
Jun 18
Apple takes advantage of book dispute
The Guardian reports that Apple is taking advantage of the ongoing dispute between Hatchette Books and Amazon by offering discounts for the publisher’s titles and pre-orders.
Jun 17
Apple hopes to avoid trial with settlement
A Reuters post says that Apple hopes to avoid trial and $800-million in claims by settling out-of-court in a class action lawsuit that U.S. states, territories and other complainants brought against the iPad maker for price-fixing.
Jun 16
Publisher offers 80% royalty
GoodeReader has a story on an eBook publisher that is offering authors an 80% royalty on sales.
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