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  • IREX Offers New Digital Reader; Open Platform, More e-Book Competition

    By Calvin Reid | 09/24/2009 @ 01:45PM

    IREX CEO Hans Brons was on hand yesterday to unveil the latest entry in the digital reading device derby, the DR800SG, a $399 3G wireless stylus-touchscreen e-book reader with a 8.1” screen, designed and priced to compete with the Amazon Kindle ($299-$489) and Sony’s just announced wireless ereader, Daily Edition ($399).

  • Copyright Clearance Center to Host Google Discussion on Wednesday

    By Andrew Albanese | 09/22/2009 @ 01:34PM

    Talk about good timing—on Wednesday, September 23, the Copyright Clearance Center will host the sixth installment in its online informational seminar on the Google Book Search Settlement, including a discussion of the recent Department of Justice brief and its implications going forward.

  • Free E-books Spur Sales at Kensington

    By Calvin Reid | 09/21/2009 @ 06:00AM

    While the question of whether offering free e-books will lead customers to buy more books continues as a hot industry topic, Kensington Publishing is utilizing targeted promotions offering free one-week downloads of e-book releases to push the sales of digital and print titles as well as attract readers to first-time authors.

  • Children’s Publishing in the Digital Age

    By Diane Roback | 09/17/2009 @ 10:30PM

    In a forum this past Tuesday on “The Current State of E: Publishing in the Digital Age,” a group of panelists discussed some of the thorniest issues that the industry is currently facing: where digital publishing stands and where it is headed. Speakers included Len Feldman of Follett Digital Resources, Andrew Weinstein of Ingram Digital, Erica Lazarro of OverDrive and Josh Koppel of ScrollMotion; digital publishing reporter Craig Morgan Teicher served as moderator.

  • Espresso Book Machine Adds Google Books, More Stores

    By Judith Rosen | 09/17/2009 @ 02:15PM

    The maker of the Espresso Book Machine, On Demand Books, more than doubled the number of books that it supplies to bookstores and libraries that use its POD system with today’s announcement that it signed an agreement to provide access to more than two million public-domain titles in the Google digital files. More stores havew also signed on to use the machine.

  • Court Acknowledges More Than 400 Submissions in Google Settlement

    By Andrew Albanese | 09/17/2009 @ 01:45PM

    In an order posted Wednesday, federal judge Denny Chin said the fairness hearing for the Google Book Search settlement scheduled for October 7th will go on, despite the receipt of over 400 submissions.

  • Lightning Enters France in Deal with Hachette Livre

    | 09/17/2009 @ 01:18PM

    Lightning Source has expanded into France through a joint venture with Hachette Livre to build a print-on-demand facility in Hachette’s distribution center in Maurepas, a city near Paris.

  • DNAML Releases PDF to ePub Conversion Software

    | 09/16/2009 @ 01:23PM

    DNAML, a software development house based in Australia, has released PDF to ePub, new software that it claims will allow publishers, authors and production houses to easily and quickly convert PDF documents, the industry standard format for e-books.

  • Google Hearing Raises Questions, Brings Concessions

    by Andrew Albanese | 09/14/2009 @ 06:00AM

    In testimony before a hastily announced House Judiciary Committee hearing on September 10, U.S. Register of Copyrights Marybeth Peters, in her first detailed comments on the subject, called the Google Book Search Settlement “fundamentally at odds with the law.” In a blistering assessment, Peters told lawmakers that the settlement was in essence a compulsory license, and that only Co...

  • Namelos Editions to Publish Electronic and POD Books

    By Karen Springen | 09/11/2009 @ 07:18PM

    In January, Stephen Roxburgh started namelos, a consortium of editors, art directors and designers who work with authors to develop projects for placement with publishers. He began the second phase of his company, namelos editions, on Labor Day—"because it’s a lot of work," he said. Namelos editions will publish one-color children’s and YA fiction, nonfiction and poetry in electronic and print-on-demand editions. The company’s tagline...

  • U.S. Register of Copyrights Slams Google Book Search Settlement

    By Andrew Albanese | 09/10/2009 @ 03:40PM

    In a blistering assessment of the deal, Marybeth Peters told lawmakers at today's hearing that the settlement is in essence a compulsory license that would give Google the ability to engage in activities that are “indisputable acts of copyright infringement.”

  • As Deadline Passes, NWU, Consumer Watchdog Join Google Books Objectors

    By Andrew Albanese | 09/08/2009 @ 02:51PM

    The National Writers Union and Consumer Watchdog were among those to file briefs urging rejection as the Google Book Search Settlement deadline officially passed this morning.

  • Authors Guild Slams Amazon Over Its Google Settlement Stance; Other Groups Opt Out of Settlement

    By Andrew Albanese | 09/03/2009 @ 01:50PM

    After Amazon came out against the Google Settlement earlier this week, the Authors Guild has come back with a response.

  • Kiyosaki’s Online Book Ready for Print

    By Lynn Andriani | 09/02/2009 @ 02:02PM

    Robert Kiyosaki’s experiment to write a personal finance book in one-chapter installments and release them online for free has come to an end—and now it’s time for the hard copy of the book to make its way into readers’ hands the traditional way. Rich Dad's Conspiracy of the Rich, a $12.99 trade paperback, will go on sale September 8 from the Grand Central imprint Business Plus, featuring the material Kiyosaki posted online as well as selected comments from readers.

  • Court Denies Amazon's Motion to Dismiss BookLocker Antitrust Lawsuit

    By Lynn Andriani | 08/27/2009 @ 01:52PM

    Independent print-on-demand publisher and bookseller BookLocker said yesterday a court has denied Amazon’s motion to dismiss the antitrust lawsuit that BookLocker filed against Amazon, meaning that BookLocker can proceed with its case.

  • Small Beer Press Big into e-Books

    by Craig Morgan Teicher | 08/17/2009 @ 06:00AM

    Indie presses have been slower than the trade houses to make their books available as e-books, for obvious reasons—less capital for risky ventures and no dedicated in-house digital departments chief among them—but by now, most presses are getting their digital programs underway. Lots of them are looking to Northampton, Mass.

  • Creative Commons License Holders Distributing Content on Google Books

    By Lynn Andriani | 08/14/2009 @ 01:18PM

    Google began yesterday giving authors and publishers who have made their work available under Creative Commons licenses a way to distribute their books via Google Books. The company has partnered with Creative Commons to allow rightsholders to enable readers to download, share and reuse PDFs of CC-licensed books via Google Books.

  • University of Michigan Expands Print on Demand Effort with Amazon's BookSurge

    | 07/22/2009 @ 02:15PM

    The University of Michigan Library announced this week that it will make thousands of public domain books —including rare and one-of-a-kind titles—available for sale in print-on-demand edition under a new agreement with Amazon’s BookSurge. The program will make 400,000 titles in more than 200 languages available, and will include books digitized by UM and books digitized through the university’s partnership with Google.

  • Morgan James Selling E-Books on Scribd

    By Lynn Andriani | 07/16/2009 @ 01:35PM

    Independent publisher Morgan James--one of PW's fastest growing small presses of 2009--is making its titles available on Scribd.com. Fourteen of the house’s bestsellers are currently for sale on the site, and its entire 500-title backlist will eventually be there as well.

  • Chinese Show Off Kindle-like e-Reader

    By Michael Fitzpatrick | 07/14/2009 @ 01:15PM

    The Chinese IT giant Founder Group displayed its $200 e-reader last week and is preparing to launch it in China by the end of the year.

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