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'Hidden Order' Knocks 'Inferno' From Top iBooks Spot
For the week ending in July 15, Brad Thor's Hidden Order was iBooks new top-seller, followed by last week's bestseller, Inferno.
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‘Megatokyo’ Raises Over $258K on Kickstarter
Fred Gallagher, creator of Megatokyo, a pioneering English-language manga webcomic and book series, has raised nearly $260,000 on Kickstarter to develop a Megatokyo visual novel game.
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Inkling Signs Deals with Pearson, Elsevier; Raises $16M in Funding
Multimedia software developer Inkling has reached agreements with Pearson and Elsevier to create “next generation,” digital educational content using its Habitat authoring tool, and has raised another $16 million in funding.
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Rosetta Releases Spitzer E-book
With Eliot Spitzer’s candidacy to become comptroller of New York City gaining some traction, RosettaBooks has released a new e-book by the former New York State attorney general who later resigned as governor, Protecting Capitalism Case By Case.
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AcademicPub Launches Low Cost 'Intro Books' Textbooks
AcademicPub, an automated coursepack service, is launching a line of “Intro Books,” low cost textbooks designed for introductory seminars for basic college courses.
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Bolano Goes to E
Two of Robert Bolaño's most famous works, 2666 and The Savage Detectives, will be available as e-books from Picador for the first time on July 15 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the author's death.
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Goucher College Creates Minor In Book Studies
Goucher College, in Baltimore, Md., is starting an undergraduate concentration called Book Studies. The program, open to students this fall, is an 18-credit interdisciplinary minor.
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Publishing Insider Launches Digital Start-Up
Author, former book editor and social media mainstay Jason Pinter has launched a new digital publishing venture called Polis Books.
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Apple Loses: Judge Finds Price-Fixing in E-Book Case
In a comprehensive 159-page ruling, judge Denise Cote ruled Apple did participate in a price-fixing scheme with publishers. And in the final analysis, the case wasn’t even close.
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This Man Trilogy Takes Three iBooks Spots
Inferno stayed at #1 on the iBooks e-book bestseller list for the week ended July 8, but it was Jodi Ellen Malpas who was the big winner in the week. The three titles from her This Man trilogy cracked the top 10 led by This Man, which landed in the third spot.
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Vital Source Launches E-textbook Building Block for Blackboard
Ingram Content Group adds Building Block that integrates its VitalSource Bookshelf platform with Blackboard Learn.
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Author Solutions Case Gets New Schedule
The motion to amend the complaint comes after Penguin last week officially became Penguin Random House, and follows the defendants' June motion to dismiss the lawsuit.
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iBookstore Bestsellers: Dan Brown’s ‘Inferno’ Still on Top
While Dan Brown’s Inferno continues as the top selling paid e-book in Apple’s iBookstore, the week ending July 1 saw a number of new titles move into the top 10 fiction list.
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Grimmelmann: The Google Case Grinds On
The Google Books litigation, now in its eighth year, is not so much out of gas as low on motor oil. It grinds on, with more smoke and noise than forward progress.
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Google Wins Appeal, Authors Guild Loses Class Action Status
In a major blow to the Authors Guild, the Second Circuit has vacated the 2011 ruling granting the organization class action status in its suit to stop Google’s library scanning project.
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ALA 2013: Libraries to Offer Monthly 'Top 10' Book List
To start, LibraryReads will feature ten adult titles each month that library staff “have read, have loved, and cannot wait to share” with their patrons.
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ALA 2013: ALA Kicks Up E-Book Advocacy Efforts with Author Campaign
The campaign, Authors for Library Ebooks, kicks off with public support from three bestselling authors Cory Doctorow, Ursula K. Le Guin and Jodi Picoult.
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Human Kinetics Offers Digital Subscription to Sports E-book Series
Human Kinetics is offering digital subscription access to its Steps to Success series, a line of 21 e-books that offer instructions on the skills and strategies needed to play a wide range of sports.
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iBookstore Bestsellers: 'Inferno' Stays on Top
There was little change among the very top titles in the iBooksore for the week ended June 23 with Inferno again #1 followed by Entwinded with You.
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