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Info-Activist Aaron Swartz Facing 35 Years in Prison for Alleged JSTOR, MIT Hack
The federal government charged 24-year-old Aaron Swartz, a well-known Internet activist, with multiple counts of fraud for allegedly hacking the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s network and downloading as many as four million documents from the nonprofit journal aggregator JSTOR.
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Amazon Launches Kindle Textbook Rental
Amazon has announced the launch of Kindle Textbook Rental, a program that offers up to 80% off textbook list prices when customers rent titles from the Kindle Store.
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Can Short Form Content Deliver More Than Eyeballs?
Publishers have been sharing success stories about luring readers to front- and backlist titles with inexpensive, often short-form, digital content. Short stories, essays, brief missives, priced anywhere from $0.99 to $4.99, seem to be working as bait to bring readers to full-priced new books, as well as to older titles. Now, a growing number of corporate houses as well as start-ups are exploring whether short-form original content can become a reliable revenue stream.
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This Week in Apps: July 15, 2011
This week in apps features Leo the Lightning Bug, which focuses on building self-confidence and believing in yourself as players follow Leo's quest to make his very own light, based on the award-winning children's book. Also this week is Go Coach Football, a handy app for football coaches that gives advice, video clips and suggested drills, as well as advice for how to make a practice schedule for a team.
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Blio Released For Apple Devices
K-NFB Reading Technology, developer of Blio, a multimedia-optimized e-reading software, has released a much-anticipated version of Blio for Apple iOS devices.
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This Week in Children's Apps: July 14, 2011
This week in apps features a royal princess adventure complete with toys and animals – Princess Baby lets players pick one of four characters to give the royal treatment. Also this week, Into the Snow: A Stella and Sam Adventure comes to digital platforms after becoming a bestselling children's book. Players follow Stella, Sam, and their dog Fred as they search for their toboggan. Leo the Lightning Bug focuses on building self-confidence and believing in yourself as players follow Leo's quest to make his very own light.
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July 13, 2011
AT&T has sponsored Amazon's Kindle 3G, helping to drop the price to $139.
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July 13, 2011
The U.S. Government Printing Office has expanded its collection of e-books to more than 200 titles, most recently including titles like The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report and Wings in Orbit.
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Webcast Covers Digital Workflow for Publishers
“Integration is the way forward,” Firebrand's Laura Dawson said during the latest Publishers Weekly/Digital Book World webcast Tuesday on what steps publishers need to consider to develop workflows that will allow them to take full advantage of digital and print opportunities.
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FSG, 'Scientific American' Debut 'Exoplanets' App
Farrar, Straus & Giroux is planning an August release for Scientific American’s Journey to the Exoplanets by Edward Bell and Ron Miller, FSG's first app and the first product produced under the Scientific American imprint at FSG.
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Kindle Singles Gains Traction
In the six months since the launch of Kindle Singles, Amazon's newest venture into short-form digital content, the e-tailer has published 75 titles to the platform and has worked to distinguish Singles titles from regular Kindle titles by making them part of a carefully selected catalogue.
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This Week in Apps: July 8, 2011
This week in apps features a royal princess adventure complete with toys and animals--Princess Baby lets players pick one of four characters to give the royal treatment. Also this week, Into the Snow: A Stella and Sam Adventure comes to digital platforms after becoming a bestselling children's book. Players follow Stella, Sam, and their dog Fred as they search for their toboggan.
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Boston Globe Republishes Three Whitey Bulger Reports as E-Singles
The Boston Globe is republishing three of its special investigative reports on James J. “Whitey” Bulger as e-singles available on Kindle, Nook and iTunes. All three e-books are available for $2.99.
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Harper Children's Books Debuts Digital 'I Can Read' Series
HarperCollins Children's Books is teaming with both the Apple iBookstore and Barnes & Noble's Nook Bookstore to launch digital editions of its popular I Can Read early reader series. Harper will set up I Can Read digital boutiques at each online store, launching with 80 titles with plans for more to come.
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Broadside Books Experiments with Original E-books
Broadside Books, the HarperCollins imprint launched in January with a focus on conservative nonfiction, has already taken its fair share of risks in its short history, none more so than its decisions on the digital front. In April, Broadside launched its original e-book series Voices of the Tea Party, single-subject "pamphlets," each about 5,000 words and priced at $1.99. According to Adam Bellow, editorial director of Broadside, launching the e-book–only series has come with lessons, both good and bad.
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This Week in Apps: July 1, 2011
This week in apps features an opera-loving hippo named Hildegard in a game that lets players help her get her voice back through games and activities. Also this week is an app based on the picture book The Heart and the Bottle, formerly a bestselling app in the U.K., and now featuring the voice of Helena Bonham Carter in the U.S. version.
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Ingram Acquires VPG Integrated Media
The Ingram Content Group has expanded its digital textbook offerings with the acquisition of VPG Integrated Media, an interactive textbook producer based in Boston, Mass.
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Thomas Nelson Releases Apps Based on Best-Selling Devotional Titles
Thomas Nelson Gift Books has announced a line of apps for their bestselling devotionals. The first apps in the launch include the platinum selling devotional Jesus Calling and Max Lucado’s newest devotional Live Loved.
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