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Coliloquy Lets Readers Interact with Kindle Books

By Craig Morgan Teicher | 01/17/2012 @ 12:00AM

Coliloquy, a Palo Alto-based startup launching today exclusively on Amazon Kindle E-Ink devices, has a new take on digital publishing.
Apple Event Set for January 19

| 01/11/2012 @ 12:00AM

Apple has put a date on the much-rumored New York media event planned for later this month. The event--called "an education announcement in the Big Apple"-- will be held January 19 at the Guggenheim Museum.
Tracking Amazon: Traditional Publishers Dominate Kindle Singles

| 01/11/2012 @ 12:00AM

The top of the Kindle Singles charts has a lot of household names. Six of the top 10 bestselling Kindle Singles titles, as of yesterday, were published by traditional publishing houses.
Thomas Nelson Fiction Releases First E-only Novel

| 01/09/2012 @ 12:00AM

Thomas Nelson Fiction has released its first digital only novel, Bittersweet Surrender by Diann Hunt. The e-book only title is aimed at taking advantage of the digital devices sold over the holidays, said Allen Arnold, senior v-p and publisher of Thomas Nelson Fiction.
Tracking Amazon: 'StrengthsFinder 2.0' Crosses 1,600 Days on Bestseller List

| 01/06/2012 @ 12:00AM

StrengthsFinder 2.0 was first published on February 1, 2007, meaning that for all but 191 days of its publication history, it has been in Amazon's Top 100.
B&N and Laurie Berkner Invite Kids to a 'Party Day'

By Shannon Maughan | 01/05/2012 @ 03:00PM

Barnes & Noble has released its first original NOOK Kids Read and Play e-book for NOOK Color and NOOK Tablet: a musical day-at-the-beach adventure entitled Party Day by wildly popular children’s singer-songwriter Laurie Berkner.
Kobo Posts Record Holiday Season

| 01/05/2012 @ 12:00AM

There was ten-fold increase in new customers from the company's pre-holiday period, and the total number of registered users nearly doubled from six weeks prior.
Copia Looking for Digital Services, Content Partners

| 01/03/2012 @ 12:00AM

Copia, a digital content platform offering book content, social networking and retail e-commerce, is offering its services as a back-end service and content provider to publishers, retailers, hardware OEMs and other potential media partners.
Capstone’s myOn Platform Gains Traction

By Gabe Habash | 12/30/2011 @ 07:00PM

Just short of one year since its launch last January, Capstone Publishing’s personalized digital platform, myOn, has 700,000 readers and is signing on new publishers at a steady clip. In addition, myOn is also getting kids to read more.
Tracking Amazon: The Top Books of 2011

| 12/30/2011 @ 12:00AM

The best-selling book was Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson, and the bestselling Kindle book was The Help by Kathryn Stockett.
Amazon Reports Over 4 Million Kindles Sold in December

| 12/29/2011 @ 12:00AM

With expectations high for both e-reader sales and e-books over the holiday season, Amazon reported today that, as expected, its Kindle was a hot commodity this month, and that e-books sales broke records. The e-tailer reported that over 1 million Kindle devices were purchased per week in December.
Startup e-Book House Releases Crime Anthology

by Calvin Reid | 12/23/2011 @ 12:00AM

Michael Wolf, v-p of research at GigaOM, a technology news and analysis blog, has launched Bstsllr.com, an e-book publishing house specializing in crime and mystery fiction.
B&T to Install Axis 360 Media Library In Washington State

| 12/22/2011 @ 12:00AM

Baker & Taylor has reached an agreement with the King County Library System of Washington State for the first installation of B&T’s Axis 360, a media circulation system for enhanced digital content and Blio, multimedia e-reading software developed in conjunction with KFNB Technologies.
Hagens Berman Named Lead Counsel in E-book Pricing Suits

| 12/21/2011 @ 12:00AM

Hagens Berman, the first law firm to file an anti-trust lawsuit against most major publishers and Apple alleging conspiracy in fixing e-book prices, has been named the lead counsel in the action.
PW Goes Behind the Scenes of Ken Bruen’s Open Road Debut

By Andrew Albanese | 12/21/2011 @ 12:00AM

For all the talk about how film can be used to promote books, the industry seems to be struggling to figure it all out. With that in mind, PW recently sat down with Open Road to find out how the company has been using film to promote books.
Viz Media, B&N Team Up to Offer Manga on Nook Devices

By Calvin Reid | 12/20/2011 @ 12:00AM

The tablet content wars continue as Barnes & Noble announced a deal with manga publisher Viz Media to bring its Japanese graphic novels to the Nook Tablet and Nook Color devices.
D&Q Teams with Kobo To Release Digital Graphic Novels

By Calvin Reid | 12/20/2011 @ 12:00AM

Noted indie Canadian graphic novel publisher Drawn & Quarterly announced an agreement with Canadian e-book retailer Kobo to release two acclaimed graphic works by cartoonist Chester Brown as e-books on the Kobo Vox tablet.
IDW, Comixology Expand Digital Comics Delivery

By Calvin Reid | 12/19/2011 @ 12:00AM

IDW Publishing is expanding its relationship with digital vendor Comixology, and the digital comics distributor and developer will now power the IDW comics app, IDW specialty series and a newly launched web digital comics store.
The Library Alternative

By Peter Brantley | 12/16/2011 @ 07:00PM

PW contributing editor Peter Brantley on Amazon, libraries and the road ahead.

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