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Random Launches iPhone Apps for Authors

By Lynn Andriani | 12/22/2009 @ 02:45PM

The Random House Publishing Group announced today it will launch free customized iPhone applications connecting bestselling authors to fans using mobile technology. It is working with iPhone app creation platform Mobile Roadie, using an author-focused variation of Mobile Roadie’s app creator that currently supports apps by musicians including Brad Paisley and Alice in Chains.
Kobo Touts Open Access, Hopes for e-Reader

By Leigh Anne Williams | 12/17/2009 @ 02:39PM

Michael Serbinis, CEO of Kobo, the newest player in the e-book market, said the company will challenge competition from the likes of Amazon and Sony by giving consumers more choice. Serbinis said it is also early days in terms of digital devices and the best device has not yet been developed.
Canadian Private School Switches to Sony e-Readers

By Leigh Anne Williams | 12/09/2009 @ 02:59PM

The Blyth Academy, a private school in Toronto, is replacing its traditional textbooks with the Sony Reader Digital Book which will be loaded with electronic versions of students' textbooks.
Vook Does Visual Take on Sherlock Holmes

| 12/02/2009 @ 02:31PM

Vook, the company that blends text and video, announced that it's delivering a take on Arthur Conan Doyle's famed detective with The Sherlock Holmes Experience: A Vook Double Feature.
New Ingram App Delivers Info to Desktops

| 12/02/2009 @ 02:19PM

The Ingram Content Group has developed the Ingram Wire, a downloadable desktop application that will allow booksellers to receive stock information and other book news directly on their Mac or PC.
Kindle A Top Seller, Store Date for Nook Delayed

| 11/30/2009 @ 02:56PM

Amazon reports that the Kindle remains its bestselling product, while B&N is delaying shipping the Nook to stores to first meet online demand.
Barnes & Noble Out of Stock on Nook

| 11/23/2009 @ 03:45PM

Barnes & Noble is out of stock on the Nook, a note on its Web site said Friday. The company said that it expects to ship the e-reader the week of January 4 for customers who pre-order the device.
Canadian Publishers Getting on Kindle Bandwagon

Leigh Anne Williams | 11/19/2009 @ 03:03PM

With the Kindle finally available in Canada, most houses are now getting their titles ready for sale on the e-reader.
Aptara Offers High-Volume ePub Conversion Software

By Calvin Reid | 11/18/2009 @ 02:51PM

Aptara, a digital vendor specializing in e-book data conversion, has developed eGen, a new e-book platform for converting large volumes of digital content into the ePub standard e-book format for distribution to multiple e-reader hardware platforms.
Little Critter Comes to the iPhone

By Craig Morgan Teicher | 11/12/2009 @ 05:10PM

The iPhone is increasingly becoming a popular platform for children's books. Mercer Mayer's Little Critter is following Curious George and a handful of lesser-known characters into the Apple App store. The first Little Critter title to be made available as an iPhone app is Just Me and My Dad; it went live in the App Store last week. Somewhat unusually, this is a case where the rights holder, not the publisher, has developed the app...
Simon & Schuster Unveils Internal E-galley System

By Rachel Deahl | 11/04/2009 @ 03:33PM

Simon & Schuster has unveiled an e-galley program to provide digital ARCs to the media. Galley Grab, which is still in beta at www.galleygrab.com, offers DRM protected downloads of S&S titles, for review and feature coverage, which can be read on varioues e-readers, including the Sony eReader and the Nook.
Marvell, E Ink Team to Create Next Wave of E-reader Components

By Calvin Reid | 11/03/2009 @ 03:14PM

Marvell, a California based semiconductor and microprocessor producer, has entered into an agreement with E Ink, the producer of electronic paper display screens for all the major digital reading devices, to produce a new generation of integrated processors.
ScrollMotion Releases New Iceberg e-book Reader 3.0

By Calvin Reid | 10/29/2009 @ 01:39PM

Phone applications developer ScrollMotion is releasing the Iceberg Reader 3.0, an upgraded version of the e-book reading software.
Vook Partners with HarperStudio on Vaynerchuk Title

| 10/27/2009 @ 02:06PM

Vook, the digital media company turning publishers' titles into interactive videos, has signed up its second book partner in HarperStudio.
Barnes & Noble Unveils the Nook 3G/Wi-Fi Digital Reader

By Calvin Reid | 10/21/2009 @ 12:00AM

Turns out those mysterious photos released last week of a rumored Barnes & Noble-sponsored digital reader were the real deal. B&N CEO Steve Riggio along with B&N.com president William Lynch were on hand to show off the new device—called the Nook—at a packed press conference on the west side of Manhattan Tuesday afternoon.
Kindle Goes International; U.S. Price Lowered

By Jim Milliot | 10/07/2009 @ 01:33PM

Amazon announced last night that it will begin shipping a new device with U.S. and international wireless access October 19. The new Kindle, priced at $279, will be available in more than 100 countries, Amazon said, and will have more than 200,000 English-language books. Amazon also said it is lowering the price of its U.S.-only Kindle from $299 to $259.
Simon & Schuster Launches Inaugural Vooks

By Rachel Deahl | 10/01/2009 @ 02:31PM

In an experiment testing consumers’ interest in integrated print and video content, Simon & Schuster has partnered with multimedia start-up Vook to create a quartet of titles that melds print and video.
OverDrive Offers Free Mobile Phone App For Wireless Downloads

By Calvin Reid | 09/09/2009 @ 01:07PM

Digital content distributor OverDrive is releasing the first in a series of free mobile device applications that will allow consumers with mobile phones running the Windows Mobile operating system to download audiobooks, video and music wirelessly from libraries and retailers.
E-Books Go Interactive

by Craig Morgan Teicher | 08/24/2009 @ 06:00AM

"We're really going after the kids' space in a big way,” said Josh Koppel, co-founder of ScrollMotion, the iPhone book-app developer, which will launch a new kids' e-book reader app this fall that will bring enhanced picture books to the iPhone. The company has already gone after the adult market, bringing many frontlist titles to the iPhone. Now ScrollMotion is making a big push into the YA and children's market.
Leo Paper is Going Greener and Leaner

By Teri Tan | 00/00/0000 @ 12:00AM

Going green and becoming a zero-waste smart factory is not about a single initiative or practice within the company walls, says Henry Woo, Leo Paper’s general manager of the OEM business department.

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