Industry News
GoodReads’ Recommendation Engine Acquisition Gooses The Publishing Game
28th December, 2011While bookstores are reporting increased sales this month, I foresee a time when "Staff Picks" at the local booke shoppe will soon be replaced by recommendation engines that tell you what ebook to pick up next. Services like Amazon's own recommenda...
Fill Your E-Reader With These 12 Books And It'll Pay For Itself
26th December, 2011Twelve investing and personal finance books to fill your iPad or Kindle library.
Andy Wilson: You Just Got a Kindle or Nook -- Now What? 5 Books and Apps to Try Now!
26th December, 2011The Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet are amazing gadgets, not to mention their e-ink black and white cousins and the various other tablets and the iPad. But now that they're out of the box, what to do with them?
Bits Blog: The Book Beyond the Book
25th December, 2011As you open your Kindle or iPad on Christmas, consider this publisher who suggests that e-books and print books can live peacefully together.
Digital Domain: For Libraries and Publishers, an E-Book Tug of War
24th December, 2011Several publishers have barred libraries from buying their e-books, saying that allowing unlimited e-reading isn’t a sustainable business model. But one publisher is trying a different approach.
The great ebook price swindle | Dan Gillmor
23rd December, 2011Publishers are facing an uncertain time in the digital world – but increasing the prices of their ebooks is a retrograde stepI want to offer a word of thanks to the American book publishing industry, or at least the traditional big companies that h...
Will There Ever Be A Universal, MP3-Like Standard For E-Books?
22nd December, 2011Digital music is now mainstream, thanks in part to the MP3. Will the e-book market be next to produce a one-size-fits-all format—a format that is universally readable, freely sharable, and with a reasonably good reproduction quality? T...
Amazon Debuts Store To Recommend ‘Best Of’ Digital Books, Apps, Movies, Software, Music And More
22nd December, 2011Amazon is making it easier for its users to discover recommended content today with the launch of a new 'best of' digital store, where consumers can find recommendations from Amazon’s team of editors on the year's best of movies & TV shows, mus...
Amazon Releases Over-The-Air Update To Kindle Fire
21st December, 2011? Online retailer Amazon released an over-the-air update to its $200 Kindle Fire media tablet late Tuesday. The update promises to improve touch navigation responsiveness, allow users to choose which items to show on the device's media 'carousel,' an...
Why Publishers Should Care About HTML5
21st December, 2011Everyone in the publishing world seems to be boasting about HTML5, but what does HTML5 actually address and how should it be used? In this interview, "HTML5 for Publishers" author Sanders Kleinfeld discusses the technology's practical application.