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iBooks Bestsellers: 'Allegiant' Pushes to the Top

| 10/30/2013 @ 09:50AM

Veronica Roth's much-anticipated closer to her Divergent trilogy, Allegiant, was the top-selling paid book in the Apple iBooks store for the week ended October 28.
Amazon's MatchBook Launches

| 10/29/2013 @ 10:30AM

Amazon has officially launched the bundling program it announced in September, Kindle MatchBook, noting it has expanded from featuring 10,000 titles to 70,000.
Random House Acquires Figment

By Calvin Reid | 10/29/2013 @ 09:30AM

Random House Children's Books has acquired Figment, an online writing community for teens founded by Jacob Lewis and Dana Goodyear in 2010 that has attracted more than 300,000 users.
Kodansha, Crunchyroll To Offer Digital Manga

by Deb Aoki | 10/28/2013 @ 01:00PM

Kodansha is teaming with Crunchyroll, an online platform offering legal access to streamed anime and manga, to digitally distribute 12 current Kodansha manga titles in English, via the Crunchyroll Manga platform starting on October 30.
iBooks Bestsellers: Moriarty Reaches Number One

| 10/23/2013 @ 09:50AM

The Husband's Secret bested the previous top seller, the much-anticipated next book from Rick Riordan, The House of Hades, which landed at #5.
Apple Disputes $307 Million Damage Figure in E-book Case

By Andrew Albanese | 10/23/2013 @ 12:00AM

Apple attorneys are disputing an expert report by Stanford economist Roger Noll that put potential damages in its e-book price-fixing case at over $307 million.
Skyhorse Announces New Library Focused Imprint

| 10/23/2013 @ 12:00AM

Skyhorse officials say Carrel Books will publish its first list for libraries in 2014, with an "eclectic mix” of titles and subjects.
Inkling Acquires Two Digital Book Brands from Open Air Publishing

By Calvin Reid | 10/22/2013 @ 09:30AM

Inkling, a software platform for creating online interactive e-books, has acquired two branded book series—the Betterbook and Ready, Set, Baby! brands—from Open Air Publishing, a digital-first nonfiction e-book and app producer.
Damages in E-Book Case Pegged at $307 Million

By Andrew Albanese | 10/22/2013 @ 12:00AM

An expert for the Plaintiffs contends that higher e-book prices during the "collusion period" yielded an extra $307,808,414 for the settling publishers on revenues of more than $1.5 billion—an added margin of about 19.9%.
Hurix Adds PDF-to-EPub3 Fixed Layout

By Teri Tan | 10/22/2013 @ 12:00AM

Mumbai-based Hurix, a leading digital solutions company, has added a new feature to its KITABOO e-book platform to enable fully automated PDF-to-EPub3 fixed layout conversion.
Kobo Goes Extra Mile Reassuring Pubs About Content Policies

| 10/21/2013 @ 10:00AM

After becoming ensnared in a battle over censorship of erotic titles, Kobo has begun to go out of its way to make certain publishers feel comfortable using the distributor.
Macmillan to Offer Entire E-book Backlist to Libraries

By Andrew Albanese | 10/17/2013 @ 12:00AM

Library users can now access more than 11,000 titles including bestselling titles from Orson Scott Card, Madeleine L'Engle, and Jeffrey Eugenides.
iBooks Bestsellers: Riordan Dominates

| 10/16/2013 @ 10:30AM

The hotly anticipated newest release from Rick Riordan, The House of Hades, was the top selling paid book in Apple's iBooks store for the week ended October 14.
Oyster Opens to Public, Releases iPad App

By Calvin Reid | 10/16/2013 @ 09:00AM

After launching in September with invitation-only access for the iPhone, Oyster, the New York-based subscription e-book service, is releasing its iPad app today and opening the service to public download with the offer of a free 30-day trial period.
Graphic Novels Rise 6% in Q3; Comixology, Viz Europe Ink Deal

By Calvin Reid and Heidi MacDonald | 10/10/2013 @ 10:00AM

The graphic novel market reported sales growth of 6% in the third quarter of 2013, according to the annual industry White Paper; and Comixology, the digital comics vendor and marketplace, announced a digital distribution agreement with Viz Media Europe and released some consumer data.
Graphicly Adds e-Book Conversion to Distribution Platform.

| 10/09/2013 @ 09:00AM

Graphicly, a platform for the distribution, storage and promotion of digital content, is launching a new SaaS (Software as a Service) tool that allows publishers to easily convert any document into the ePub3 or KF8 e-book format with a few simple clicks.
iBooks Bestsellers: 'Killing Jesus' at Number One

| 10/08/2013 @ 05:10PM

Martin Dugard and Bill O'Reilly's Killing Jesus was the new top selling title on Apple's iBooks bestseller list for the week ended October 7.
DC Comics’ Book Collections Now on Comixology, Google Play

| 10/08/2013 @ 01:00AM

DC Entertainment announced plans to release nearly 100 graphic novels and book collections of its iconic lineup of superheros comics on Comixology, the digital distributor and marketplace, and via the Google Play e-book store.
App Annie Debuts E-book Sales Tracking, Analytics Service

By Calvin Reid | 10/08/2013 @ 12:00AM

App Annie, which offers sophisticated visualizations of market data and analytics on mobile app sales, is expanding into the e-book market with App Annie For E-books.
Charisma House Launches Christian Print on Demand Service

By Lynn Garrett | 10/04/2013 @ 03:40PM

The service offers authors free typesetting, custom cover design, and preparation for electronic publication in formats for Kindle, Nook, iBook, and Kobo.

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