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Lightning Source, PediaPress Team to Produce Custom Wiki Books

By Calvin Reid | 06/11/2010 @ 12:00AM

Lightning Source, Ingram Content Group's POD unit, has entered into an agreement with PediaPress, a web-to-print service that enables consumers to create customized books using the content in Wikipedia, the popular free online reference site. Lightning Source will provide POD book manufacturing and international distribution for the customized books created using PediaPress technology.
Ingram Adds Windsor, Alarm, and Schilt

by Publishers Weekly Staff | 06/08/2010 @ 12:00AM

Ingram Publishers Services has added three new clients: Alarm Press LLC, Windsor Peak Press, and Schilt Publishing. Alarm focuses on arts and music titles, and also publishes Alarm magazine, a quarterly title featuring underground musicians of note. Windsor Peak is focused on parenting and wedding titles, and some of its bestsellers include Bridal Bargains, Expecting 411, and Baby Bargains. Schilt, which does high-end photography books, recently won the 2010 Best Photography Book of the Year for The Rape of a Nation, a documentary photography book about the Congo war.
Distribution Moves: Getty Goes With UCP; Cursor With PGW

by Publishers Weekly Staff | 05/25/2010 @ 12:00AM

Getty Publications is moving its distribution to University of Chicago Press, after being distributed by Oxford University Press. Also on the distribution moves front, Richard Nash's start-up, Cursor, which is billed as a "community/imprint," will be distributed by PGW. The first imprint to launch from Cursor is called Red Lemonade and its first title is set to publish in Spring 2011, Some Day This Will Be Funny by Lynne Tillman.
Distribution Deals: S&S Takes Over Manhattan GMAT

| 05/14/2010 @ 12:00AM

Effective May 10, Simon & Schuster took over worldwide sales, distribution and fulfillment for Manhattan GMAT. The publishing line of Manhattan GMAT, and its sister company Atlas LSAT, includes GMAT and LSAT test prep books and in the fall they will publish a new set of test prep books for the GRE exam.
Cenveo to Acquire Glyph International

by Judith Rosen | 05/05/2010 @ 12:00AM

Commercial printer Cenveo, one of the largest graphic communication companies in North America with sales for fiscal 2009 of $1.7 billion, announced that through its subsidiaries it has entered an agreement to acquire Glyph International from Infomedia 18 Limited. Glyph, which has 550 employees worldwide, provides content solutions to publishers through its operations in Fort Lauderdale, Bangalore, New Delhi, and London.
Thomson-Shore Adds Digital Print Center

by Publishers Weekly Staff | 04/29/2010 @ 12:00AM

Thomson-Shore has completed a two-year $12 million capital improvement project with the installation of a $2 million digital print center that will move the company into the quick turnaround print-on-demand market.
Rowman & Littlefield, NBN Sign Up for DocZone ‘Pay Per Page'

by PW Staff | 04/21/2010 @ 12:00AM

Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group and the National Book Network announced plans to become pilot clients of DocZone, an XML content management system, through a new pricing model designed for publishers.
Mobifusion Releases MOBIeReader for Mobile Devices

By Andrew Alabanese | 03/25/2010 @ 02:23PM

Mobifusion, a Silicon Valley-based technology provider for media and publishing, announced the release of MOBIeReader, an e-reading software application that will run on most mobile phones.
Copia Is Coming to Tools of Change

Calvin Reid | 02/18/2010 @ 02:08PM

Fresh off a buzz-generating appearance at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the enterprise and consumer electronics firm DMC Worldwide is in New York City showing off Copia, a new Web site offering a reading social network platform and e-commerce that includes a suite of linked digital reading devices set to hit the market this spring.
John Wiley Signs Blio Deal

| 02/10/2010 @ 01:36PM

John Wiley has become the first major publisher to sign on to use Blio, the e-reader software application created by knfbReading Technology and powered by Baker & Taylor.
The Nook Headed to Barnes & Noble Stores

| 02/08/2010 @ 04:15PM

After running out of stock on the Nook over the holidays, Barnes & Noble has caught up on orders and is shipping the e-reader to stores this week.
Digital Book World: Baker & Taylor Shows Off Kurzweil’s Blio e-Reader

By Calvin Reid | 01/28/2010 @ 02:55PM

Baker & Taylor senior v-p Linda Gagnon showed off Blio, e-reading software developed by visionary technologist Ray Kurzweil’s KNFB Reading Technology, at a session during the final day of Digital Book World.
Apple Unveils $499 iPad; Random House Out of iBooks Store

By Rachel Deahl | 01/27/2010 @ 06:22PM

The iPad, Apple's new device features a 9.7 inch-wide screen; has 10 hours of battery life; and is half an inch thick. The cheapest model is $499, which gets you 16GB of memory with wi-fi, but without 3G.
Kobo Prepares Tablet Apps

By Leigh Anne Williams | 01/27/2010 @ 03:07PM

Kobo, the newly independent incarnation of Canadian Indigo Books & Music’s e-bookstore Shortcovers, has announced that it is developing applications for Windows 7, Android and additional operating systems, which will make Kobo’s service available for tablet and slate computers in February.
Amazon Invites Software Developers to Upload and Sell Content on Kindle

By Lynn Andriani | 01/21/2010 @ 03:07PM

Although it's unlikely Kindle will have as many apps as the iPhone, Amazon announced an initiative today that suggests it is expanding the device's capabilities: it's extending to software developers its offer for creators to upload and sell content in the Kindle Store.
'Alchemist' and Other Coelho Titles Available in Portuguese on Kindle

| 01/08/2010 @ 02:38PM

Worldwide bestselling author Paulo Coelho is making 17 of his books, including The Alchemist, available in his native Portuguese exclusively for worldwide distribution in Amazon’s Kindle store. It will be the first time any of the editions have been available as e-books, and they will be exclusive to the Kindle store for six months.
Kindle DX Adds Global Wireless

By Lynn Andriani | 01/06/2010 @ 03:43PM

Kindle DX is now available with global wireless access, Amazon announced last night. Customers can now pre-order new versions of the 9.7-inch e-reader with wireless content delivery in more than 100 countries. The device also features auto-rotate capability and storage for up to 3,500 books. It is priced at $489 and ships January 19.
Google, Spring Design Offer Access to 1 Million E-books Via Alex Reader

By Calvin Reid | 01/05/2010 @ 03:12PM

Spring Design, the developers of the Alex Reader, a two-screen digital reader featuring both b&w E-Ink and full -color LCD screens, has reached an agreement with Google to provide access to more than a million public domain digital books online or through download.
Pre-Ordered Nooks On Way

| 12/23/2009 @ 03:58PM

Barnes & Noble issued a statement around noon on Wednesday announcing that all customers who had ordered the Nook before November 20 will receive the e-reader by Christmas. Last week, B&N said there was a chance a small percentage of customers who pre-ordered before November 20 may not receive the Nook by the holiday.
Aldiko Startup Offers E-book Software for Android OS

By Calvin Reid | 12/22/2009 @ 02:47PM

Over the next year, as smartphone manufacturers and wireless carriers prepare to release a batch of new phones that run Google’s Android operating system, developers are scrambling to create e-book applications to support the new OS. Aldiko is a new e-book reader designed to run on the Android OS.

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