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Safari Books Online Launches Mobile-Optimized Site
Safari Books Online, a joint venture between O’Reilly Media and Pearson offering digital access to an online library of technology and business content, has launched a new website optimized for touchscreen mobile devices.
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Dr. Seuss Apps Go On Sale
From August 29 through October 2, ten Dr. Seuss omBooks will be on sale each week from popular series such as The Berenstain Bears, Little Critter, Five Little Monkeys and Smithsonian Collection. Visit the Oceanhouse Media Facebook for more information.
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Penguin Young Readers Debuts Expanded Line of Enhanced E-books
The Penguin Young Readers Group is expanding its line of enhanced e-books and releasing a series of apps based on bestselling picture books as Skippyjon Jones and Ladybug Girl and on classic works like The Night Before Christmas and Peter Rabbit.
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Tobin to Head Trailer Park's Publishing Division
Trailer Park, a Hollywood, Calif.-based entertainment marketing agency, has named Scott Tobin to the post of senior v-p of its publishing division.
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NetGalley Enters UK Market
Through a deal with Faber and Faber, NetGalley is making its debut across the pond, debuting its digital galley delivery service in the UK market.
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S&S Partners With Klout for Stephen King E-Short
To generate early word-of-mouth for Stephen King's November novel, 11/22/63, Scribner is releasing an e-short by the author called Mile 81, working with social media company Klout.
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Inkling Releases Software Upgrade for Digital Textbooks
Inkling, an interactive textbook publisher that reconceives textbook content for the iPad, has released Inkling 2.0, an upgrade of its software that adds new functionality for creating study groups, organizing notes, search and accessing discussion from experts.
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Flatworld Knowledge Reports Growth, Adds 'All-Access' Digital Pass
Flatworld Knowledge reports that the number of students using its products has doubled to more than 300,000 and announced plans to offer an “all-access” pass to its digital formats and the formation of a site license division at the company.
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Nook Newsstand to Carry Twenty-One Time Inc. Magazines
By the end of the year, the NOOK Newsstand will carry all 21 of Time Inc.'s magazines, including Fortune, People and Sports Illustrated.
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S&S to Distribute Kindle Bestseller John Locke
John Locke, the first self-published author to sell over 1 million copies of his books in the Kindle Store, has struck a distribution deal with Simon & Schuster.
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Ebook Services Enters E-Galley Arena with Digital Comps
Digital Comps, Ebook Services' foray into the e-galley market, has transformed into a seamlessly integrated portal for end users to place requests and redeem promotional vouchers.
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Chegg Partners with Ingram
Leading online textbook rental company Chegg has selected Ingram Content Group's Vital Source Technologies to power their new e-textbook program for students.
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The Latest E-Book Buying Trends
Dedicated e-readers as well as multifunctional devices continued to gain in popularity this spring as the favored way to read e-books, while computers continued to lose ground, according to BISG's "Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading."
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Holistic Publishing 1O1: New in Textbooks 2011
Digital technology is transforming the world of textbook publishing much as it is changing every other aspect of the book world. Digitization is bringing down the cost of textbook content, transforming static print works into interactive learning experiences and allowing publishers to create and customize content, be it for an individual, a specific class, or an entire university.
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'Julie of the Wolves' Released as Open Road E-book
Open Road Integrated Media has announced plans to release Jean Craighead George’s Julie of the Wolves as an e-book, along with 11 more of the author's titles, which were originally published between 1948 and 1985.
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Donnelley Buys LibreDigital
As book printers look to move beyond just manufacturing print products, R.R. Donelley has acquired LibreDigital, the e-book distributor and provider of other digital services.
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DeVry Picks VitalSource
DeVry University will use Ingram’s VitalSource to provide e-textbook management and distribution. VitalSource will be integrated into DeVry’s learning management system, eCollege, for its global community. Using the platform, students and faculty will be able to access content via download, online or mobile options including the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch devices.
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Does Sony Have Exclusive Deal to Sell Harry Potter E-books?
According to a report in the U.K.’s The Register, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling plans to release all seven Harry Potter novels as e-books exclusively on Sony e-reader devices for a limited time beginning in November.
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Crown Releasing Rick Perry E-Chapter, Teasing Fall Release
Rick Perry, the Texas governor who made his presidential bid official on Saturday, is the focus of a new e-original from Crown called Rick Perry and His Eggheads: Inside the Brainiest Political Operation in America.
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