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E-book Consumers Read More Books Says Pew Report

By Andrew Albanese | 04/04/2012 @ 10:00PM

Results show that e-book consumers are reading roughly a third more books than print-only customers, with the average reader of e-books consuming 24 books in the past 12 months, compared with an average of 15 books by print consumers.
Waterside Literary Starts Digital Publishing Division Powered by Vook

By Wendy Werris | 04/04/2012 @ 12:00AM

Another literary agency is entering the digital publishing arena: Waterside Productions in San Diego has entered a partnership with Vook to create Waterfront Press and offer its authors a 75% e-book royalty.
Kindle Owners' Lending Library Title Count Tops 100,000

| 04/04/2012 @ 12:00AM

Amazon said there are now over 100,000 titles available through its Kindle Owners' Lending Library and that in the month of March, 16 of the e-tailer's top 100 bestselling paid Kindle titles were exclusive's to the Kindle Store.
Robert Darnton Promises Digital Public Library by 2013

By Andrew Albanese | 04/03/2012 @ 12:00AM

Harvard University librarian Robert Darnton vowed the Digital Public Library of America, a nonprofit effort to digitize and offer free access to millions of books, would launch by April of 2013.
B&T Inks Deal to Load Blio E-book Software on Azpen Tablets

| 04/03/2012 @ 12:00AM

Baker & Taylor and its partner K-NFB Reading Technology, the developer of the multimedia optimized e-reading software Blio, announced a deal to feature Blio on Android-based tablet devices from Azpen Innovation.
'PW 'Talks to Ann Arbor District Library’s Josie Parker and Eli Neiburger

By Peter Brantley | 04/03/2012 @ 12:00AM

PW contributing editor Peter Brantley talks to Josie Parker, director of the Ann Arbor District Library, and Eli Neiburger, associate director for IT and Production about their innovative, analytical, and provocative approach to e-books and next generation library service.
Bowker Survey Tracks Global E-book Patterns

| 03/29/2012 @ 12:00AM

The survey shows that adoption rates are highest in Australia, India, the U.S. and U.K. and lowest in France and Japan.
Medallion Acquires Mobile Content Firm to Develop New e-Book Platform

By Calvin Reid | 03/28/2012 @ 12:00AM

Medallion Media Group has acquired Triple Threat Mobile Development, a digital consulting firm specializing in creating games and custom applications for mobile devices.
Tracking Amazon: Amazon Fixes Temporary Buy Button Glitch

| 03/28/2012 @ 12:00AM

As GalleyCat reported yesterday, a glitch yesterday afternoon temporarily caused all the buy buttons for Kindle e-books to disappear.
Pottermore Shop Opens

By Carolyn Juris | 03/27/2012 @ 10:00AM

As of Tuesday, March 27, all seven Harry Potter novels are now available in electronic form via the Pottermore shop, the exclusive retailer for Harry Potter e-books and digital audio books.
Tracking Amazon: 'New York Times' Nears Four Straight Years as Kindle Bestseller

| 03/27/2012 @ 12:00AM

The New York Times Kindle edition has now been on the Kindle top 100 bestseller list for 1,413 days--just 47 days shy of four straight years.
Vook Launches E-book Creation and Publishing Platform

By Craig Morgan Teicher | 03/26/2012 @ 12:00AM

Vook, one of the pioneering e-book app developers, is launching a new business today with its Vook e-book creation and publishing platform, a comprehensive, cloud-based tool that allows authors and publishers to turn any document into a professionally styled e-book.
Fitting Poetry to the Screen

By Craig Morgan Teicher | 03/23/2012 @ 07:00PM

The same problem persists—e-books and poetry just don’t get along as well as e-books and prose. It’s those line breaks, poetry’s defining feature. The problem is a simple sounding one, but really tough to solve. Because the same e-book has to work on many different screens and devices on which readers can change the font and size of the text, it’s impossible to guarantee the line will display as the poet intended.
Amazon Updates Kindle For Android App

| 03/23/2012 @ 12:00AM

Amazon has updated its Kindle for Android app, now offering access to full color graphic novels and comic books and more than a 1000 illustrated children’s books.
Lulu.com Upgrades Its Website

| 03/22/2012 @ 12:00AM

Lulu.com has teamed with Elastic Path, an ecommerce provider, to upgrade its website.
Yummly Gets $6 Million in Funding

| 03/22/2012 @ 12:00AM

Yummly, a search engine that contains about 600,000 free recipes, has raised $6 million in Series A funding led by Physic Ventures and Unilever Corporate Ventures.
OverDrive Postpones Pottermore E-Books for Libraries

By Andrew Albanese | 03/21/2012 @ 10:00AM

OverDrive officials this week said that they have “temporarily suspended” pre-sales and displays of Harry Potter eBooks and digital audiobooks for library lending.
Sourcebooks Launches Enhanced E-books for Poets, Composers, and Presidents

| 03/21/2012 @ 12:00AM

Sourcebooks is launching its "2Go" line of e-books with separate enhanced e-book lines in classical composers, presidential speeches, and poets.
Hachette Joins the Readium Project

| 03/16/2012 @ 12:00AM

Hachette Livre, (including the Hachette Book Group and Hachette UK) is joining the Readium Project, an open source reference system and rendering engine for ePub publications developed by the International Digital Publishing Forum.
At Busy PLA, ALA President Molly Raphael Talks E-Books

By Andrew Albanese | 03/16/2012 @ 12:00AM

It's been an upbeat Public Library Association 2012 meeting in Philadelphia so far, with strong attendance, and a slate of great authors, speakers, and programs. But the issue of e-book lending has loomed large over the meeting, and PW caught up with ALA president Molly Raphael to get her take on the ongoing issue of library e-books.

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