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The iPad Meets the Children's Book
On launch day last Saturday, Apple sold more than 300,000 iPads—and users downloaded more than one million apps and more than 250,000 ebooks from the iBookstore. Parents immediately started snapping up picture book apps from Apple's online store. In fact, children's stories held six of the top 10 paid iPad book-app sales spots as of press time. Typical prices for children's book apps range anywhere from $2.99 for The Cat in the Hat to $9.99 for Miss Spider's Tea Party. So far the big winners seem to be household names....
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The More Things Change....
Publisher Stephen Roxburgh test-drives his brand-new iPad with his five-year-old granddaughter.
Since founding namelos, my print-on-demand and ebook-based publishing house, I have been accused of having an unnatural attachment to hardware and all things digital. However, in spite of what some people are saying, I was more excited about the birth of my children than the arrival of my iPad. But the kids are grown up now and... well, maybe I'm not. Be that as it may, the iPad is a thing of beauty and a wonder to behold. -
NYU's Brennan Center Launches Book Site
The Brennan Center for Justice, a public policy Institute at NYU Law School, has launched a site called Just Books dedicated to, in its phrasing, "justice books and ideas."
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IDPF to Revise ePub Standard
The IDPF is planning a major change to the e-book ePub standard.
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LibreDigital, Apple Team Up to Deliver e-Books to the iPad
E-book wholesaler LibreDigital has been selected to be
a certified Apple e-book aggregator and a recommended partner to publishers
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Ingram to Distribute to iBookstore
In keeping with its traditional role of a middleman between publishers and retailers, Ingram is now offering publishers access to Apple's iBookstore through CoreSource.
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F+W Media Signs with Apple
F+W Media has signed with Apple and has added 50 titles to the iPad.
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Vook Releases 19 Titles for iPad
Mixed-media book publisher Vook announced yesterday that it is releasing 19 titles on the iPad.
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Content on the Move
Mobility is the buzzword in the current content industry. And the e-book has finally landed. After all, who needs more convincing when 13 American publishers reported that their e-book sales soared 176.6% in 2009 to $169.5 million? Numbers talk, and everybody—especially trade publishers and their content services providers—is listening.
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Kobo Debuts Dedicated e-Book Reader
E-book retailer Kobo is making good on plans to release its own dedicated reading device and has also launched "Powered by Kobo," a partnership and e-book software and infrastructure program aimed at helping device manufacturers and retailers work with the company.
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Apple to Sell Perseus Titles through iBookstore
The Perseus Books Group has reached an agreement with Apple to sell its e-book titles through the iBookstore in time for the launch of Apple's much anticipated multimedia reading device, the iPad, in April.
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Google Strikes Back, Claims Viacom Secretly Uploaded YouTube Videos
In its motion for summary judgment unsealed yesterday, Google strongly asserted its "safe harbor" status in defense of a $1 billion lawsuit filed by Viacom over videos on its Google's YouTube platform, and dropped a bomb of its own: Viacom employees were actually paid to secretly upload content to the site, even as the company sued.
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Alex Reader Starts Taking Pre-Orders
Spring Design, the firm that produces the dual-screen Alex Reader, will begin taking pre-orders for the device at its Web site, tough delivery has been delayed until mid-April.
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Hachette Corporate Launches Social
Media SitesThe Hachette Book Group has
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Barnes & Noble to Test Bundling e-Books, p-Books
Barnes & Noble will begin testing the sale of bundled print books and e-books in the next 60 to 90 days, Barnes & Noble.com president William Lynch said at yesterday's AAP annual meeting.
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ECPA Teams with NetGalley to Offer Christian Publisher e-Galleys
The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association is partnering with NetGalley to provide digital galleys and press kits for ECPA's members to the media.
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Rendezvous with Readeo
With a new subscription site called Readeo.com, which launches this week, children and adults in different cities can see live video of each other sharing digital picture books. All that's missing: snuggling while reading the stories. So far four publishers—Candlewick Press, Simon & Schuster, Chronicle Books, and Blue Apple Books—are licensing titles to Chicago-based Readeo. In return, they receive an undisclosed percentage of Readeo's revenues—and expose their books to a new audience.
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Scribd's Going Mobile, Moves to Open Content
Scribd has unveiled its "send-to-device" feature that allows consumers to send the more than 10 million documents on the site directly to their e-reader and smart phones.
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Tools of Change: Cool Market Solutions and Mind-Blowing Paradigms
Even a cold poring rain couldn’t hold down attendance at O’Reilly Media’s fourth annual Tools of Change for Publishing Conference, held once again in Manhattan.
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O'Reilly Digital Distribution Debuts at TOC
Looking to turn its e-publishing expertise into a new business, O'Reilly Media is launching O'Reilly Digital Distribution, a new division offering publishers a complete e-book publishing service.
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