Bloomberg have the scoop: Borders Group Inc., the second- largest U.S. bookstore chain, will start selling items from Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc., relying less on books for sales as more people use electronic reading devices.Most of Borders’ more than 500 stores will create sections next month dedicated to Build-a-Bear, the maker of kits kids can use [...]
Entries from August 30th, 2010
Borders to carry Build-a-Bear in stores
August 30th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
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OPDS standard achieves v1.0
August 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
From the OPDS dev group blog: The open ebook community and the Internet Archive are pleased to announce the release of the first production version of the Open Publication Distribution System (OPDS) Catalog format for digital content. OPDS Catalogs are an open standard designed to enable the discovery of digital content from any location, on [...]
OED may not be going digital after all
August 30th, 2010 · No Comments · ebook format
There was a story in yesterday’s Telegraph about how the 3rd edition of the Oxford English Dictionary will not be released in paper but will only be offered in digital form. Guess what? That story probably wasn’t true. I liked the idea that the OED would go digital only. At this point the OED is [...]
More details emerge on the iPad pilot programs
August 30th, 2010 · No Comments · ipad pilot, press release
You might have caught the launch of the Inkling digital textbook iPad app a couple weeks ago. I just came across a new detail today that most of the stories on Inkling seemed to have missed. Do you recall the iPad pilot programs I’ve been posting about? Well, according to the Inkling press release 4 [...]
“iBookstore vs Kindle Bookstore” & “Which Device Wins?”
August 30th, 2010 · No Comments · opinion
Here are two somewhat related questions I’m being asked a lot lately: #1: Which bookstore experience do you prefer, Apple’s iBookstore or Amazon’s Kindle bookstore? #2: Which e-reader device do you believe is going to “win”? My answers to both of these might surprise you.
Tags:bookstore·device·ibookstore·kindle·wins
iPad Magazines
August 30th, 2010 · Comments Off · opinion
After much disappointment with Amazon, and their inability to offer a comprehensive magazine portfolio on the Kindle, I had high hopes for the iPad. And while the iPad is still fairly new, the magazine experience up to now has been pretty disappointing.
Abdo Digital now online
August 30th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: The ABDO Group announced today their launch of Abdo Digital, a Web-based division that will house and deliver the educational publisher’s complete line of eBook versions of its print titles, its line of interactive books called “ABDO iBooks,” and its new line of online databases. Abdo Digital’s new database collection launches [...]
Interview: Ding Huiwen, CEO of Yeahmore E-Reading Media Co.
August 30th, 2010 · No Comments · interview
Yeahmore are one of the smaller fish in the Chinese market. It started as a partnership between the e-reader maker Edo and 2 media companies. They formed Yeahmore so they could better compete against Hanvon, the dominant e-reader maker in China. Ding Huiwen was interviewed by Beijing Review. Here’s an excerpt: What do you think [...]
4 Opinions on the Chinese ebook market
August 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
The Beijing Review posted 4 interviews about ebooks in China. Okay, they only translated one question from each interview, but I think it’s still worth a read. Here are some excerpts: Ge Xiaozheng, Vice President of the Chinese Writers’ Publishing Group: E-books will not replace print publications, as large numbers of readers are accustomed to [...]
Asus, Txtr announce partnership
August 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment · ebookstore news
According to Wiwo.de, the 2 companies will announce a new partnership at IFA Berlin next week. Txtr will run the European Asus ebookstore. It’s going to launch this fall and initially cover Germany, Britain, Spain and the Netherlands. More countries will be added later. Update: This has been confirmed. Txtr licensed their ebookstore platform to [...]
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