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Epic! Adds Macmillan Kids’ E-books

By Calvin Reid | 05/21/2015 @ 05:00PM

Epic!, an e-book subscription service for kids, is adding titles from another Big Five publisher to its inventory of 10,000 e-books.
iBooks Bestsellers: Hawkins, Knoll Top the List

| 05/20/2015 @ 09:15AM

'The Girl on the Train' by Paula Hawkins was, once again, the #1 title on Apple’s bestseller list. 'Luckiest Girl Alive' by Jessica Knoll, released May 12, debuted on the chart at #2, for the week ended May 18.
Hoopla Launches E-book, Comics Service for Libraries

By Andrew Albanese | 05/19/2015 @ 10:22AM

Midwest Tape, which distributes various media to libraries, has announced the roll-out of its new e-book offerings through its hoopla platform.
Vook Pivots, Becomes Self-Pub Platform Pronoun

By Calvin Reid | 05/19/2015 @ 09:45AM

Pronoun combines the digital tools and services of Vook, Booklr and Byliner in a new self-publishing venture that will offer authors a 100% royalty on earnings and complete control of rights.
iBooks Bestsellers: ’14th Deadly Sin’ at #2

By Clare Swanson | 05/13/2015 @ 05:30PM

James Patterson and Maxine Paetro’s '14th Deadly Sin,' released May 4, made its first appearance on Apple’s iBooks bestseller list at #2.
S&S Tries Geo-Targeting in New Marketing Outreach

By Calvin Reid | 05/13/2015 @ 10:15AM

Using location-based wireless technology, S&S is offering a complimentary selection of full-text frontlist titles to visitors at airports, hotels and museums around the country.
Southwest to Offer Kobo E-books Inflight

By Calvin Reid | 05/13/2015 @ 09:00AM

Passengers flying on Southwest Airlines will now be able to access frontlist e-books, as well as excerpts from frontlist titles, from major publishers.
Avon Impulse Trumpets Sales Milestone

By Clare Swanson | 05/12/2015 @ 10:20AM

HarperCollins's digital-first romance fiction imprint, created in 2011, announced that in the four years since its launch it has sold more than three million e-books.
iBooks Bestsellers: 'Hope' Debuts at #4

| 05/06/2015 @ 08:30AM

Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus's account of their abduction by Ariel Castro, came in at #4 on Apple's iBooks bestseller list for the week ended May 4.
Apple iBooks Category Bestsellers, April 26, 2015

| 05/01/2015 @ 12:00PM

The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, and more for the week ended April 26, 2015.
Pubs Partner with White House on E-reading Initiative

By Calvin Reid | 04/30/2015 @ 10:30AM

President Obama announced today digital reading initiatives for low income students that include major e-book donations from corporate publishers, and a commitment to ensuring all students have access to a library card.
iBooks Bestsellers: Hawkins Still Hot

| 04/29/2015 @ 09:20AM

Paula Hawkins’s 'The Girl on the Train' was once again the top selling title in Apple’s iBooks store for the week ended April 27.
Rakuten Completes Acquisition of OverDrive

By Calvin Reid | 04/29/2015 @ 09:00AM

Global e-commerce platform Rakuten, which owns e-book retailer Kobo, completes the acquisition of library digital content vendor OverDrive for $410 million.
Ghomeshi Bio to Be First Original Title Published by Kobo

By Laura Godfrey | 04/27/2015 @ 11:20AM

This June, Canadian e-book retailer Kobo will publish its first original e-book when it releases Kevin Donovan's 'Jian Ghomeshi: Secret Life.'
Expertise on Display: Projects Showcase: Digital Solutions in India 2015

By Teri Tan | 04/27/2015 @ 12:00AM

Convoluted RFPs (request for proposals), complex NDA (non-disclosure agreements), abstract briefings and impossible deadlines are nothing new to India-based vendors. In fact, they thrive on the difficult and challenging, as shown by the following projects (or abbreviated case studies) that fully encapsulate their capabilities and unique solutions.
Markup Standards for Books and Journals: Digital Solutions in India 2015

By Evan Owens (v-p for publishing technologies) and Marianne Calilhanna (marketing director), Cenveo Publisher Services | 04/24/2015 @ 07:00PM

In any standards landscape, there is diversity and not likely to be a single or permanent solution. Because content often has to connect to bibliographic and business metadata, integration with other standards can be a requirement and a challenge.
Digital Solutions Industry: Then, Now and the Future: Digital Solutions in India 2015

By Nishith Arora, chairman of MPS Limited | 04/24/2015 @ 07:00PM

Over the last decade, publishers have seen many external factors impacting their business models.
Workflow Management that Works: Digital Solutions in India 2015

By Rahul Arora, CMO of MPS Limited | 04/24/2015 @ 07:00PM

The publishing industry is constantly evolving with improved workflows and processes.

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