- 2018 Feb 20
'The E-Book Is a Stupid Product'
Hachette Group CEO Arnaud Nourry maligns the e-book in an interview about the future of digital publishing.
- 2017 Nov 09
New Harry Potter Game
"Harry Potter: Wizards Unite" game set to debut in 2018.
- 2017 Nov 01
Coursera Fires 13 Percent of Staff
Five months after receiving over $60 million in new investments, the online education platform has ousted top-level executives and other staffers.
- 2017 Oct 03
Podcasts for Kids
A look at the growing number of podcasts for kids.
- 2017 Aug 24
Get Coding!
The launch of the Girls Who Code franchise.
Snapchat and Instagram Win
A study shows that teens prefer Snapchat and Instagram over Facebook.
- 2017 Jul 13
Trump Jr. Picture Book Titles
Twitter blows up with Donald Trump Jr. picture book titles.
- 2017 May 09
Oculus Story Studio to Close Shop
Facebook's Oculus to shut down its Story Studio division.
- 2017 Apr 11
Book Publishing in the Digital Age
The publisher of 'Thought Catalog' details what he's learned after five years of Thought Catalog Books.
- 2017 Jan 04
AllRomance.com's Closure Hurts Authors
The romance e-book distributor is proposing to slash writers’ royalties after falling victim to the downturn in the digital reading market.
- 2017 Jan 03
Tolino E-Reader Sold to Rakuten Kobo
Deutsche Telekom is selling its e-reader platform technology to Canadian e-reader platform operator Rakuten Kobo.
- 2016 Nov 29
Digital Natives Prefer Print
Studies show that readers who grew up with access to e-books prefer print.
- 2016 Sep 26
Can YouTube Save Publishing?
When 21-year-old vlogger Alfie Deyes released his first book, it was an instant bestseller. Why are books by YouTubers so successful?
- 2016 Sep 08
Potter Fans Not Pleased
Some Harry Potter fans are upset that the new e-books don't have a lot of original writing.
- 2016 Aug 02
Cotsen Library Digitizes Classic Works
Princeton's Cotsen library is digitizing classic Soviet children's books.
- 2016 Jun 02
Teenagers and Print Books
An article discusses why teenagers prefer print.
- 2016 Feb 26
Facebook's AI Uses Children's Books
Facebook is using the text of novels such as 'The Jungle Book' to train it's artificial intelligence network.
- 2016 Feb 23
A Millennial's Tribute to Print Books
Read why one millennial says he will never stop buying and reading physical books despite the electronic alternatives.
- 2016 Feb 09
How to Digitize a 400-Year-Old 3D Book
Columbia's Health Sciences Library is repairing and digitizing a pop-up anatomy book from the 17th century.
- 2016 Jan 29
Reddit's Front Page Overhaul
CEO Steve Huffmans says "big" changes and improvements are coming to the popular website.
- 2016 Jan 22
Indie Bookstores in the Digital Era
The threat of e-books has vanished, and independent bookstores have more reach than ever.
- 2015 Oct 30
2015's Technology Device Ownership
The Pew Research Center revealed new findings that indicate 68% of Americans have smartphones; 45% have tablet computers.
- 2015 Oct 29
Bertelsmann Buys RediLearning
German publisher Bertelsmann acquired the U.S. e-learning company RediLearning at an undisclosed purchase price on Wednesday.
- 2015 Oct 02
Amazon Bans Apple, Google Streaming
The retailer will stop selling media-streaming devices from Google and Apple that aren’t easily compatible with its video service.
- 2015 Sep 23
'NYT' Weighs in on E-book Slowdown
The digital apocalypse never arrived, or at least not on schedule, writes the paper.
Oyster Founders Head to Google
'Fortune' reports that Google has acquired some of Oyster’s core IP assets, and most of the 27-person Oyster team will be working out of a Google Books development center in New York.
- 2015 Sep 17
History as Big Data
Five hundred years of book images, and mapping millions of books.
- 2015 Sep 14
What Ever Happened to Google Books?
Tim Wu chronicles the "most ambitious library project of our time," at the 'New Yorker.'
- 2015 Aug 25
This is Your Brain on a Tablet
An article questions whether tablets are harming children's reading development.
- 2015 Aug 24
Podcast 'The Yarn' is Launched
A new podcast is based on Jennifer L Holm and Matthew Holm's 'Sunny Side Up.'
- 2015 Aug 17
PubSlush to Close
The online community that specialized in connecting writers with potential funding and reading audiences is closing down on August 21.
- 2015 Jul 24
Product Hunt Goes After Books
On Thursday, the startup launched the third vertical of its online leaderboard and community, and this one is focused on books.
- 2015 Jul 06
E-lending Won't Hurt Book Sales
Borrowing from libraries doesn’t pose a threat to bookshops, despite what some cynics would have you believe, writes Anna Baddeley at the 'Guardian.'
- 2015 Jun 16
Lindsey Graham Releasing Memoir
The 126-page work is being released to the general public—for free—as an e-book on Wednesday by the Graham for President campaign.
- 2015 May 26
Google Play Books Publisher Shutters
Google has closed their Play Books publisher program amidst concerns of rampant e-book piracy.
Publishers Win Landmark Case
British publishers have won their first ever blocking order against pirate e-book sites, as the battle over online copyright spreads beyond music and film.
- 2015 May 22
Wiley Partners with Benetech
John Wiley & Sons will begin including alternative text in nearly all of its frontlist books, which will make its content accessible to users of all abilities. The company developed its alt text guidelines in consultation with Benetech’s Diagram Center.
- 2015 May 19
BookBub Raises $7M
The daily deal site for e-books recently closed $7 million in new equity and debt financing.
- 2015 May 01
Publishing Startup Raises $1.2M
Booktrope, a Seattle-based startup with a platform and service for book authors, has raised $1.2 million of a planned $2.3 million funding round, according to a new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
- 2015 Apr 28
Common Sense Media Goes to DC
James P. Steyer of Common Sense Media advocates for the organization and expands its reach.
- 2015 Apr 16
L.A. Schools to Drop Pearson
The country’s second-largest school district is taking another step to back away from an ambitious school technology project, ending its use of content produced by Pearson PLC that was planned for the district’s personal devices.
- 2015 Mar 30
'Granta' Undergoes Digital Makeover
The literary magazine is undergoing a digital transformation that will see its online and mobile offering pulled closer together in the hope of attracting new readers.
- 2015 Mar 25
Authors in Publishing's Digital Age
Alan Cheuse, author of 'Prayers for the Living,' writes that the "link between writer and reader has morphed into a rapidly changing field of play."
- 2015 Mar 24
Atavist Gets a Refresh
The four-year-old digital magazine and publisher unveiled several significant design and functionality changes Monday.
- 2015 Mar 10
Tech Blog GigaOm Shuts Down
Gigaom, a pioneering technology blog that became a fixture in Silicon Valley and claimed 6.4 million monthly readers, abruptly announced on Monday that it would shut down.
- 2015 Mar 04
Former Borders V-P Pitching Startup
Bob Chunn, a former exec at Borders, has been meeting with angel and venture capital investors to help launch his publishing startup, ContentOro LLC.
- 2015 Feb 24
Why Young Adults are Reading Print
An article discusses how many young adults prefer to read in print.
- 2015 Feb 18
'LA Times,' Award-Winning Journo Team Up
The 'Los Angeles Times' has announced a venture with journalist Jose Antonio Vargas to establish #EmergingUS, a multimedia platform which will explore the evolving American identity in the 21st century.
- 2015 Feb 13
Twitter Dystopia
Dana Schwartz making fun of YA dystopian books via Twitter.
- 2015 Feb 05
Hotfile to Settle Piracy Suit
Hotfile and several major book publishers have agreed to an out-of-court settlement of their piracy dispute. Last year the publishers filed a complaint with a Florida District Court, demanding up to $7.5 million from the defunct file-hosting service.
- 2015 Feb 04
E.B. White to E-book
"Charlotte's Web," ''Stuart Little," and "The Trumpet of the Swan" will be available as e-books.
- 2015 Jan 09
Apple, Amazon, or Google
Who will win the battle of the tech titans?
- 2014 Dec 23
Germany Skeptical About Digital for Kids
Surveys in Germany show parents and teachers wary of too much digital media for kids.
Screen Time Means Reading Time
A study shows that boys in low-income families might learn best through touch screens.
- 2014 Nov 11
'Crash Course' Comes to PBS
The Vlogbrothers to bring "Crash Course" to PBS.
- 2014 Oct 23
'We Need Books' Launches
Pearson and First Book to spearhead "We Need Books" digital platform.
- 2014 Oct 17
The Debate Over E-Reading to Toddlers
An article addressing whether e-reading to toddlers helps or hinders development.
- 2014 Oct 16
Doodle Days
Videos of illustrators doodling.
Video Games Help Build Literacy Skills?
An article argues that videogames like "Minecraft" help kids learn to read.
- 2014 Oct 07
Rowling Twitter Tease
J.K. Rowling posts a riddle on Twitter feed.
- 2014 Aug 21
Wattpad Revolution
How Wattpad has helped teen girls.
Rethinking Interactive
An article about low-tech and high-tech interactive books for kids.
- 2014 Jul 28
Apple Buys BookLamp
Apple has acquired the book analytics and recommendation company in an estimated $10-15 million deal.
- 2014 Jul 21
The Best Literary Hashtags on Twitter
From #readwomen2014 to #WeNeedDiverseBooks, hashtags are helping to build community in the literary world.
- 2014 Jul 10
Laureate on Digital Reading
Malorie Blackman discusses children reading digitally.
- 2014 May 27
Music Data Analysts Takes on Books
Next Big Sound, which analyzes vast amounts of data about musicians to show effects on sales, is bringing its analytics to book publishing.
- 2014 May 15
How Your iPhone is Saving Literature
Let pundits blame technology for distracting us from great books. Ordinary readers are rediscovering the classics
- 2014 Apr 17
Is Reading Anti-Social?
Another attempt to socially network books has bitten the dust. Maybe readers just want to be alone.
- 2014 Apr 09
Wattpad Raises $46M
The startup has raised a Series C round of funding worth $46 million, led by OMERS Ventures, and including August Capital, Raine Ventures and Northleaf Venture Catalyst Fund, and all of the company’s existing investors.
- 2014 Mar 27
Zoobean Launches Recommendation Service
The 'Netflix for children's books' is debuting a recommendation service.
- 2014 Mar 20
Tumblr Book Fandoms
A list of seven books with hearty fan bases on Tumblr.
What's Your Faction?
A quiz to determine your 'Divergent' faction.
- 2014 Mar 18
Rowling Quidditch World Cup
"Geeking Out" on the new Quidditch World Cup history.
Young People Not Buying E-Readers
A study finds that only 5% of young people plan to buy an e-reader in the next year.
Rowling Publishes Quidditch History
J.K. Rowling posts online history of the Quidditch World Cup.
- 2014 Mar 14
Best Tumblr Accounts for Book Nerds
If you’re a true bibliophile, Tumblr has lots of blogs to feed your love of the written word. Here’s a small sampling of its book bonanza.
- 2014 Feb 24
Jobs Axed as Digital Shop Collapses
Dozens of jobs have been axed after a digital book retailer collapsed into administration. A total of 24 of the 50 staff at U.K.-based Computer Bookshops have lost their jobs after administrators from Grant Thornton were called in.
- 2014 Feb 10
People-Driven Publishing
Self-publishing used to be synonymous with unprestigious "vanity publishing," where well-off authors who couldn't get their books into print by traditional means paid small, independent presses to publish them. But with the advent of e-books, social reading sites and simple digital self-publishing software and platforms, all that has changed.
- 2014 Jan 14
Digital is Critical
Digital engagement is taking center stage for YA publishers.
- 2014 Jan 10
What's Next in Digital Publishing
U.K. publishing execs talked to "The Guardian" about how they think the book business will transform in 2014.
- 2014 Jan 09
Broadband Speeds Slow Schools
Nationwide schools are expressing frustration over slow broadband speeds.
- 2013 Nov 12
Mobile Kids
Seventeen percent of kids under age 8 use a mobile device every day.
- 2013 Nov 06
Small Demons Faces Closure
Small Demons, the Los Angeles-based start-up, has told publishers that it will close later this month unless a buyer comes in for the business. The company, founded in 2009, had been close to securing a sale to an international tech firm, but said this process had stalled.
Disputes Over Finke's Plans Grow
Hollywood journalist Nikki Finke has parted ways with the website she founded, Deadline.com, but her nearly year-long feud with its owner Jay Penske isn’t over.
- 2013 Oct 24
How Amazon, Goodreads Could Lose Readers
When Amazon bought Goodreads it got a community of passionate readers, not all of whom want to follow the new rules.
On Amazon and Goodreads
An article about claims of censorship on Goodreads.
- 2013 Sep 26
High School Hackers
Students at an L.A. High School hack iPads to surf web.
Study Shows Digital Media Trumps Reading
A Nielsen Book study has found that reading among British children is decreasing due to digital entertainment.
- 2013 Sep 10
Downloading Dilemmas
Classroom's slow internet speeds may hinder access to e-bookstore.
FanGirl Launches Tumblr Bookclub
Rainbow Rowell's FanGirl is the first selection for Tumblr's Reblog Book Club.
- 2013 Jul 16
The Pros and Cons of Digital
A Pew study shows that digital technology both helps and hinders students' writing skills.
- 2013 Jul 05
Why DRM-free Comics are a Big Deal
"When publishers address piracy like rational human beings, we all win."
- 2013 Jun 27
Genre's Changing Rules
Why publishers think genre fiction is the future of e-books.
- 2013 Jun 21
FAA Eases Up on Gadgets?
Experts envision a world with "gate to gate" device use.
- 2013 Jun 19
Amazon Dumps Minn. Affiliates
To avoid collecting online state sales tax.
Amazon Debuts Gifting Platform
Amazon Birthday Gift is the company’s Facebook-integrated social gifting product.
Book Rec Engine Gets $2M
San Francisco startup Parakweet has gotten $2 million from angel investors to help make BookVibe a going concession.
- 2013 Jun 18
More 'Pottermore'
Pottermore gets makeover.
New DRM Changes Words
German researchers have created a new DRM feature that changes the text and punctuation of an e-book ever so slightly.
- 2013 Jun 06
Amazon Resurrects Kindle DX
"It’s almost comically oversized compared to the more popular and current e-reader models, which include the Kobo Aura HD and Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, and the technology within is now almost three years old."