Industry News
Lev Raphael: Riding the E-Book Wave
2nd July, 2012From writing through production, I was done in two months. That included having the book professionally edited and copy-edited, getting a cover designed, my own proofreading, and seeing the novella formatted and loaded for Kindle and the Nook.
E-Book Is Reading You
29th June, 2012Digital-book publishers and retailers now know more about their readers than ever before. How that's changing the experience of reading.
What Publishing Companies Do in a World Where Anyone Can Publish a Book
27th June, 2012If an author can go to Kindle Direct Publishing or Barnes & Noble?s PubIt!, instantly publish their own book and then collect up to 70% of the sale price as a royalty as opposed to the 15% to 25% that many traditional publishers offer on e-books, why...
Novelist Russo boycotts e-books
26th June, 2012Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Russo says his new work is a "tribute to the printed book" and will not be sold online.
Most U.S. Readers Unaware Of eBooks At Libraries
22nd June, 2012By Joseph O'Leary NEW YORK (Reuters) - Though Kindles and Nooks are becoming almost as common as books, more than half of all U.S. readers...
Study released on library e-book borrowing
21st June, 2012NEW YORK (AP) — E-book readers have been relatively slow to borrow digital works from the library, frustrated by a limited selection and by not even knowing if their local branch offers e-releases, according to a new study.
Flying off the eBook shelf
18th June, 2012Readers want the cheapest read – and eBooks are winningReaders are voting with their wallets: The eBook is winning. In the US, eBooks sales are now topping hardbacks for the first time (story in TechCrunch). Not everywhere of course. According to t...
Notes From The Ebook Trenches
16th June, 2012I keep a close and interested eye on the world of ebooks, and I'm pleased to report that it keeps getting weirder. British supermarket chain Sainsbury - who I worked for once, helping to program a new payroll system for a few months, until they scrap...
EBook Revenues Beat Hardcovers For The First Time
15th June, 2012The Association of American Publishers released a report today that shows that ebooks have beaten hardcover revenues for the first time. Ebook revenues topped out at $282.3 million YTD while hardcovers hit $229.6. Almost exactly a year ago the tables...
The five key features of a quality ebook
14th June, 2012Ebooks can make an important contribution to knowledge but quality remains an issue for the academic community. Sophie Tergeist lists five ways to ensure your ebook is up to scratchAs one of the commissioning editors at an online publishing house spe...