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The Big Six Book Publishers Need to Innovate Like the Good Americans That They Are

Jesse Aizenstat | Posted 04.24.2012

Jesse Aizenstat

It's a sad day for the Big Six publishers -- but not because they're in a bitter race to the bottom. It's sad because of their thinking. These publishers would rather close the doors and slash their staff than innovate in a changing market.

Between the Pages With Author and "Bizarre Magician" Brian Brushwood

Vanessa Berben | Posted 04.12.2012

Vanessa Berben

I sat down with Brushwood to discuss his numerous projects -- including his latest, an eBook version of his hit show Scam School, which features a collection of some of his best tricks for getting to do awesome things for free.

Where e-Books Fall Short, Print Delivers

Joseph Sutton | Posted 04.11.2012

Joseph Sutton

Publishers are going back to the drawing board to see where they can innovate with printed books to keep readers interested.

Poetry As You've Never Seen It

Posted 02.03.2012

Siglio Press recently announced a book called "Between Page And Screen", what they call "a digital pop-up book." Each page will contain no words at al...

The Inventor Of eBooks Dies

Andrew Losowsky | Posted 11.08.2011

It was announced today, on International Literacy Day, that one of the great pioneers of electronic literacy and the inventor of the e-book had died o...

Would you Pay 238 Dollars For An eBook?

eBookNewser | Dianna Dilworth on March 11, 2011 4:15 PM | Posted 05.25.2011

In light the earthquakes in Japan today, I wanted to read up on the 1994 Northridge Earthquake — a 6.7 magnitude earthquake in Los Angeles that I ex...

The Book Is Dead. Long Live The Publishing Industry!

Julius Wiedemann | Posted 05.25.2011

Julius Wiedemann

The Book Is Dead, theage.com.au Although it is hard for many of us to emotionally detach ourselves from the book as an incredible medium, what with ...

Tel Aviv Stories

Ashley Rindsberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Ashley Rindsberg

At the end of the writing, editing, considering and worrying that makes a book, I have to think that every writer is left with a question: why did I write this?

10 Radical Ideas for Getting Kids to Read

Donna Marie Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Donna Marie Williams

Our children don't like to read, and their abysmal reading scores reflect this disdain. It's time to think out of the box.

Black History Month: Are Whites Entitled To Write Black History?

The Huffington Post | Zoe Triska | Posted 05.25.2011

Open Road Media recently released William Styron's "Confessions of Nat Turner" as an eBook, hoping to "reach a new generation of readers." The 1967 ...

iPads Disguised As Books: Yay Or Nay?

OR Books Blog | Posted 05.25.2011

We like iPads as much as we like printed books, but do we need to disguise one as the other?...

Obama's Tucson Speech Already A 99 Cent eBook

New York Times | JULIE BOSMAN; Compiled by PATRICIA COHEN | Posted 05.25.2011

Anyone who missed President Obama's speech at the Tucson memorial service on Jan. 12 can read it online, watch a video clip on YouTube or listen to sn...

eBooks Poised To Take Off In Africa

allafrica.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Can Africa take the lead in taking advantage of e-books, as it has with the rapid expansion of mobile phones and innovations such as mobile banking ap...

How Is A 27-Year-Old-French Kid Selling 3 Million eBooks A Month?

Publishing Perspectives | Posted 05.25.2011

Though just 27 years old, Hadrien Gardeur is a veteran of the war to win e-book readers. Gardeur co-founded his company Feedbooks --- a cloud publishi...

Best eReader May Not Be An eReader

TIME | Posted 05.25.2011

I have a lifelong friend -- let's call her "Mom" -- who used to sneer at the very notion of e-books. Then she got an Amazon.com Kindle as a gift and s...

New Book App Lets You Read And Walk Without Tripping!

Publishing Perspectives | Posted 05.25.2011

We all know what happens when you walk and look at your phone at the same time: accidents happen (seriously, click here to laugh). Well now, you can a...

CES 2011: Measuring Success By Number Of Deals Made For Books Businesses

Publishing Perspectives | Posted 05.25.2011

As technology becomes an integral part of both creating and distributing content, the deals and partnerships that get the content onto different devic...

Book, Video, eBook:

GalleyCat | Maryann Yin | Posted 05.25.2011

In an eBook Summit talk, Vook CEO Brad Inman and Perseus Books Group online marketing director Peter Costanzo explained the process for turning a prin...

Barnes And Noble Releases Nook Kids App For iPad

publishersweekly.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Barnes & Noble has introduced a Nook kids for iPad application. The app makes B&N's digital catalog of children's content--which includes 100 new inte...

eBooks

The Jakarta Globe | Posted 05.25.2011

Among avid readers, the question of whether e-books would eventually replace the printed page remains a hotly debated subject. Many readers simply don...

Do Authors Make Good Publishers?

Publishing In the 21st Century | Posted 05.25.2011

Do authors make good publishers? The answer is No. But it's fascinating to watch them try. Years ago as the e-book revolution dawned, we said that i...

Making Books Do Things eBooks Can't, And Vice Versa

latimes.com | David L. Ulin | Posted 05.25.2011

Mainstream publishers say printed books are far from extinct. Nonetheless, their role in publishing is changing. Amazon.com now sells more e-books tha...

Lend Your Kindle eBooks

GalleyCat | Jason Boog | Posted 05.25.2011

Amazon has launched its program for lending Kindle eBooks, allowing digital readers to share books for a short period of time. The program opened by f...

Ebooks Now Outsell Paper Books On Web Bookstore

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK (AP) -- Bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc. on Thursday said its line of Nook e-reading devices are the biggest-selling items in its history, and ...

Barnes And Noble Fails To End Nook Lawsuit

Yahoo! Finance | Posted 05.25.2011

Barnes & Noble Inc (NYSE:BKS - News) lost its bid to dismiss Spring Design Inc's lawsuit accusing the largest U.S. bookseller of illegally copying a s...