More Exclusive eBook Content: “Penguin Shorts” Launches
From The Guardian:
The Penguin Shorts progamme, a collection of short digital reads, has just launched with nine titles, ranging from a creepy short story by Dunmore to an essay on multiculturalism from...
CCH moves into ebooks
From Accountancy Age:
IT GIANT CCH has announced it will publish its tax and accounting books in online format for the first time in the UK.
So far the technology business has produced...
ifBookThen Conference in Milan on February 2 and 3
Those luck enough to be in a geographical position to attend might want to take a look at this conference and workshop to be held in Milan on February 2 and...
Gabo Goes Digital, Spain’s RHM Adds ‘Flashy’ Digital Imprint
Here's part of an article with the above title from Publishing Perspectives:
Gabriel García Márquez (aka Gabo to his friends), possibly the best known contemporary Latin American writer beyond the Spanish speaking...
Publishing Business Conference: Reconstructing US News & World Report
Brian Kelly, Editor, US News & World Report
Take you through what we did to revamp the brand. Go back to their tag line "news you can use" as a touchstone...
Picturebook Lessons: The Art of Letting Readers Fill In the Blanks
That's the title of an article by Peter Meyers on his blog A New Kind of Book.
The iPad can display almost anything an author imagines. But are we shortchanging readers by...
Tabula Rasa and Rockport Publishers Start Program to Envision the Future of Print with...
This looks very interesting. From the press release:
How far can the digital book go? What will our children experience when they read a page in their biology book? These are...
Richard Nash unveils first Cursor titles; all available as ebooks
From the press release:
On the eve of the Frankfurt Book Fair and on the day of Tools of Change Frankfurt, Cursor’s founder and CEO, Richard Nash, is pleased to announce...
Key Findings from New Report: Scholarly Book Publishing Practice Report 2010
Highlights of this fee-based survey done by Research and Markets:
This is the first survey undertaken to establish current practices in scholarly book and e-book publishing, to provide...
What’s holding up French ebook adoption?
That's the title of an article in Publishing Perspectives:
Yes, Paris has done its utmost to maintain and sustain its 20th-century book culture. City Hall has ordered the Seine-side bouquinistes to stop...
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A sad tale of Amazon monetization: eReaderIQ and the affiliate program
Courtesy of the Kboards, a worrying item about struggling e-book sites and their ability to monetize engagement with Amazon - or not - has...
