Industry News
BookPlace DB50: Toshiba Introduces Android-Based Color E-Book Reader
26th January, 2012Following Fujitsu, another Japanese electronics maker is ready to sell color e-book readers: Toshiba announced [JP] the so-called BookPlace DB50 today, a 7-Inch device that comes with direct access to big T's BookPlace store (which currently offers a...
Kindle Fire Had Its Chance At Christmas. Now the iPad's Unstoppable
24th January, 2012The Fire was getting a pass with people in their reviews of the device over the holidays, Rob Walch, host of Today in iOS , says???but that's done now.
'Switched' Author Amanda Hocking On Being A Self-Publishing Phenomenon
24th January, 2012If the self-publishing revolution is looking for its Che Guevara, Amanda Hocking doesnât want to be it. The quiet, slightly nervy 27-year-old has little appetite...
Rex Pickett: It's the End of the Word as We Know It
23rd January, 2012You would think with a publishing contract, a high-powered agent, a movie in the works, that I was the most grateful writer on the planet. I was... and then I wasn't.
Thanks To Santa, Tablets And E-Readers Are (Almost) Everywhere
23rd January, 2012Ownership of tablets and e-book readers saw a big spike over the holidays — in fact, it nearly doubled in the United States, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project. The study was based on telepho...
Tablet and e-book reader ownership takes off
23rd January, 2012Computer tablets and e-book readers are surging in popularity with nearly a third of Americans owning at least one of the digital devices, according to a new study.
Apple’s iBooks Textbooks: 4 Reasons to Be Skeptical
20th January, 2012I should know better than to look at a new Apple creation and call it an outright failure. The company's batting average is too high lately. There's not a lot of room for nay-saying. Still, I think a dose of skepticism doesn't hurt with Apple's lates...
Jane Chafin: More on Artists and the Future of Books: An Interview With Kirk Pedersen, Founder of Zero+ Publishing
19th January, 2012The good news is that the future of books, having lost their monopoly as conveyors of information, lies in aesthetics. There will always be a market for interesting, beautiful books -- and artists are, of course, leading the way.
Ebooks help Dixons to look on the bright side
17th January, 2012Electricals firm confident it can repay £160m bond as IT support service demand improves profit marginsThe electricals company Dixons has reported better than expected Christmas trading and said it was now confident it could repay a make-or-break £...
Publisher: Amazon Will Destroy Us
17th January, 2012When you see Snookiâs book on the New York Times Best Seller List, you know publishing is in trouble....