MORE 'E-BOOKS' POSTS
Interview: A Conversation with Stanford’s Highwire Press
| Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Interviews, Open Access, Profiles, Publishing
From The Chronicle of Higher Education: In this interview, I speak [Professor Adeline Koh conducts the interview] with the Stanford HighWire Press, which functions as one of the new “printing presses” for scholarly work. Established in 1995, Highwire offers hosting space and a publishing platform for publishers and scholarly societies. HighWire provides the publishing platform […]
From WBEZ in Chicago (NPR Affiliate): “This is not likely to be the last battle of the device wars. But while Amazon and Apple duke it out, news industry analyst [at Outsell] Ken Doctor says other content creators should be focusing on the new products—and audiences—they can reach through said devices. The The Newsonomics author and […]
A presentation by Kyusik Chung from Goodreads at the Booknet Canada Technology Forum that took place in Toronto a little over a month ago From the Program: Kyusik Chung, VP of Business Development at Goodreads and co-founder of Discovereads, takes us behind the scenes and explains how book recommendation engines work. Learn about the different […]
From Today’s Announcement: ebrary today announced that Wiley along with over 50 newly signed publishers such as American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Leuven University Press, and University of Illinois Press will distribute e-books in Academic Complete as well as other models including perpetual archive, patron driven acquisition, and short-term loan. Academic Complete will soon […]
O.K. Harry Potter fans, Pottermore is opening to everyone. You’ll need to register and then confirm you’re email address. After that plan to wait (what we’re doing at them moment) to be given full access to the site. From the Pottermore Insider: Over the coming days, we’ll be inviting new users onto Pottermore.com. We’re expecting […]
OverDrive Shares Some Network Usage Statistics With More to Come
| Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Publishing, Reports, School Libraries
The London Book Fair begins in a few days and OverDrive has announced that during the event they’ll be sharing the first of several “Big Data” reports that they’ll share with participating publishers and libraries. According the OverDrive, the reports will analyze, “billions of eBook impressions and other data collected from across its network of […]
From the Associated Press: The Queens Library is becoming the first library in the New York public library system to lend e-readers. Under the pilot program, 50 Nooks will be available for check out at the library’s Central Library in Jamaica, starting on Thursday. Read the Complete Article UPDATE 2: The ereaders are locked down […]
From The NY Times: Want to borrow “The Help,” the novel by Kathryn Stockett? On New Jersey’s state e-book consortium, 375 people were waiting for a copy recently. At the New York Public Library’s Web site, 193 members had put a hold on a digital edition of Stieg Larsson’s trilogy, which begins with “The Girl […]
Simba Information Reports 17% of U.S. Adults Read E-Books, but Only 11% Bought
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From Simba Information (via TeleRead): Publishing forecast firm Simba Information has released the highly anticipated fourth edition of its flagship Trade E-Book Publishing report series and estimates 17% of U.S. adults have read at least one e-book in 2011, up from the 11% who did so in 2010. In keeping with the report’s tradition of […]
UPDATE: 16 States Also File Suit Against Publishers (Press Release and Court Filing) From: “Justice Files Agency Pricing Suit; Three Publishers Settle” (by Meredith Schwartz, via The Digital Shift) The Department of Justice today filed its antitrust suit against Apple, Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin and Simon & Schuster over the agency model of ebook pricing. […]
