Category: Publishers

Mar 08

Indie authors will have 50% of the market by 2020

A Huffington Post story by Smashwords founder Mark Coker offers 10 reasons why Indie authors will own 50% of the eBook market by 2020.

Mar 06

PocketBook 640 offers water resistant eReading

Ubergizmo has a post on the PocketBook 640 water resistant eBook reader.

Mar 05

Amazon Paperwhite 3 will use flexible screen technology

GoodeReader reports that Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 3 will employ “Mobius” flexible screen technology developed by E Ink and Sony.

Mar 04

OverDrive acquires TeachersNotebook.com

Digital Book World reports on OverDrive’s acquisition of TeachersNotebook.com. The online marketplace for educational materials connects OverDrive with 550,000 teachers.

Mar 02

Smashwords celebrates Read an eBook Week

GoodeReader has posted on a Smashwords special to celebrate Read an eBook Week. The Indie publisher is offering special discounts that will run for the March 2-8 timeframe.

Feb 28

ebook Revolution Headlines

MediaBistro says eBook sharing App Ownshelf is looking for funding on Kickstarter. Digital Book World posted on their eBook design webcast slated for March 11, 2014. GoodeReader reports that eBook subscription service Scribd now has over 300,000 titles. TechCrunch says The Epic App will put kids’ books on the iPad–and make them fun too.

Feb 27

eBook subscription services a wild card in digital revolution

Digital Book World posted its theory on where eBook subscriptions services like Oyster, Scribd and Entitle might best fit into the eBook Revolution.

Feb 26

Apple denies wrongdoing despite guilty verdict

According to a PCWorld story Apple continues to deny any wrongdoing as it appeals the guilty verdict it received last year at the end of a price-fixing conspiracy suit levered against it by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Feb 25

McGraw-Hill and Baker & Taylor to supply 5,000 eBooks for library lending

GoodeReader reports that McGraw-Hill Professional and Baker & Taylor have reached an agreement that will help to swell the list of growing digital titles at school and public libraries by making 5,000 tech, professional and medical titles available for lending.

Feb 24

Kobo reports fourth quarter surge

The Bookseller says that Kobo has reported a fourth quarter surge for 2013, powered by an increase in Kobo users (between 2012 to 2013) by more than six million to a total of 18 million.