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Samhain Launches New Line for Out-of-Print Romance
Samhain Publishing, the mostly digital romance publisher, has started a new fiction e-book line, Retro Romance, which brings back romances originally published in the 1970s, ‘80s, ‘90s, and early ‘00s. Publisher Christina Brashear said the imprint is a way for the publisher “to bring these romances to a new reading public."
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Diverging Digital Roads: Poetry and E-books
This year the most pressing issue facing poetry publishers is the the digital transition. While digitizing poetry collections wasn't anyone's first priority, the time has come, and, in one way or another, most of the important poetry presses will make at least some of their books available as e-books by the fall.
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McGraw-Hill, Pearson Invest Big in Inkling Digital Textbook Platform
Inkling, a 2009 San Francisco startup specializing in creating interactive textbooks specifically for the iPad, has secured "multimillion dollar" minority investments from McGraw-Hill and Pearson with plans to produce versions of their textbooks in the Inkling multimedia platform.
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The Week in Apps: March 25, 2011
This week we take a look at apps for getting flat abs, travelers who fly United and Continental airlines, and students on the go.
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Brilliance Audio Adds QR Codes to Audiobook Packaging
Audiobook publisher Brilliance Audio announced plans to add two-dimensional QR Codes—a coded “Quick Response” graphic linked to additional audiobook content—to its packaging that will allow consumers to instantly access free audio excerpts of the audiobooks they are considering. Consumers with barscanner apps can use their cameraphones to snap a picture of the QR code that will link them to the free audio excerpt.
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Wowio Acquires, Relaunches Spacedog Digital Comics Imprint
Continuing to revamp and reposition its strategic business model, Wowio.com, an online hub for the aggregation, creation and distribution of digital content, is launching the newly acquired Spacedog Entertainment, a digital comics imprint with a library of original comics properties that include previously released print works as well as comics properties that have been adapted into feature films. Wowio plans updated versions of many Spacedog properties that will be serialized digitally through the Wowio/Spacedog website.
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Blio, B&T Ink Bundling Pact with T-Mobile
In the wake of the announcement of AT&T's planned acquisition of T-Mobile, e-reading software vendor Blio and its partner Baker & Taylor, announced an agreement with T-Mobile to preload Blio on selected mobile phones offered through the mobile carrier. The deal will focus on devices running the Android OS and give T-Mobile customers access to Blio's online storefront and inventory of visual and feature enhanced digital titles.
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NBM Turns Phil Yeh's 'Dinosaurs Across America' into iPad App
Created to give kids a fun way to learn U.S. geography, cartoonist Phil Yeh’s popular graphic novel Dinosaurs Across America has been published in hardcover by NBM since 2007, selling more than 15,000 copies. Now, the popular, full color work has been adapted into fully interactive iPad app and e-book for the PC available through the App store for $9.99.
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Google Settlement Is Rejected
In a stunning setback, Judge Denny Chin today rejected the Google Book Settlement, some 13 months after its final fairness hearing. "In the end, I conclude that the [Settlement Agreement] is not fair, adequate, and reasonable." Chin set a date of April 25th for a status conference, and suggested his concerns with the agreement could be ameliorated with one simple change. "As the United States and other objectors have noted, many of the concerns raised in the objections would be ameliorated if the ASA were converted from an opt-out settlement to an opt-in settlement. I urge the parties to consider revising the ASA accordingly."
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Backlist to the Future: Open Road Publishes Enhanced E-Book Edition of Gleick’s First Book, 'Chaos'
In his fascinating new book, The Information (Pantheon), renowned author James Gleick tackles the ever-growing flood of information and the digital technology that is rapidly changing our lives. So what better time for the author to re-publish his first book, Chaos: Making a New Science, a national bestseller in both traditional and enhanced e-book editions? Today, Open Road officials announced that an enhanced edition of Chaos is now available in Apple’s iBookstore and on Kindle AV platforms.
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The Week in Apps: March 18, 2011
This week brings apps based on Finding Nemo and Dora the Explorer’s new musical special; an app for kids to learn about world landmarks; a collection of illustrated children’s books; and an app from cartoonist Phil Yeh.
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Patrick Carman Launches New Digital Storytelling Project
This week—quite fittingly on March 15—novelist Patrick Carman debuted "3:15," an app for Android and iPhone that introduces nine spooky stories and involves listening to an audio introduction, reading a text story, and watching its conclusion on video—the three components represented in the app's title.
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The Week in Children's Apps: March 17, 2011
This week brings an app based on 'Finding Nemo'; Dora the Explorer's new musical special; an app for kids to learn about world landmarks; a collection of illustrated children's books; and an app from cartoonist Phil Yeh.
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E-books Rock
Back in March 2000, the big publishing news was Stephen King's novella Riding the Bullet being published exclusively in e-book format. King was the first major bestselling author to publish in an electronic format.
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Wiley Adds 'Sub-Chapter' Option to Custom Select
John Wiley is adding a new option to its Custom Select program that will enable college instructors to select content at the sub-chapter level to use in customized course materials.
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In Statement, ALA Criticizes HarperCollins’ E-Book Lending Restrictions
The American Library Association has released an official statement in response to HarperCollins' decision to restrict library e-book lending, criticizing the publisher for threatening patron access at a time when library budgets are in crisis. "This new limitation means that fewer people will have access to an increasingly important format for delivering information," said ALA president Roberta Stevens. "At a time when libraries are struggling to remain open and staffed, this is of grave concern."
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Republican Senator Calls for Antitrust Hearings on Google
Does Google's dominant position in Internet search pose an antitrust threat? That's the question, after Senator Michael Lee (R-UT) last week called for the Senate Judiciary Committee's Antitrust Subcommittee to conduct an oversight hearing on Google Inc.
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The Week in Apps: March 11, 2011
This week, there are apps based on Sandra Boynton's bestselling Going to Bed Book, Cinderella, a fairy named Penelope, two stories from Ladybug magazine, and more.
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The Week in Children's Apps: March 10, 2011
This week, there are apps based on Sandra Boynton's bestselling Going to Bed Book, Cinderella, a fairy named Penelope, two stories from Ladybug magazine, and more.
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Flat World Knowledge, University System of Ohio, Ink Site License Deal
Looking to expand its digital site licensing program, Flatworld Knowledge has entered into a joint pilot program with the university system of Ohio that will give 1,000 Ohio students access to digital textbook content for free.
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