It’s a pity they can’t extend this to ebooks. The BBJ are reporting: Bookstore 2nd & Charles is opening soon in the former Goody’s space across from the Riverchase Galleria, sources say. As a subsidiary of Books-A-Million (Nasdaq: BAMM), the Birmingham store seems to be the first 2nd & Charles to open. A representative declined [...]
Entries from September 23rd, 2010
Amazon planning ahead for a switch to Epub?
September 23rd, 2010 · 9 Comments · ebook tools
I just got this tweet today. I’ve checked, and it’s correct. That option is indeed missing in the latest version of KindleGen. I don’t know that it was offered in the previous version, though. I don’t see a reason for stashing the Epub inside the Kindle file other than because they are planning ahead for [...]
Audiobook publishing service to launch in November
September 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · press release
From the press release: Folium Partners, LLC, announced today the late-November launch of ModernBookFactory.com (MBF), the world’s first automated audiobook and app-creation service. The ModernBookFactory service will enable independent publishers, authors and copyright owners to upload manuscripts, select narrators, then receive professionally produced audio and have their books produced as self-contained audiobook apps within 30 [...]
Kindle Android app updated
September 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · press release
Amazon just sent out a press release about the new Kindle Android app. They added a number of features that I would have expected in the original release. Search within the book Add, Edit and Delete Notes and Highlights Wikipedia Lookup Shelfari Book Details Orientation Lock The Shelfari one is shiny, I must say. Social [...]
Bookstores Now Selling To The Rats
September 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · opinion
by Mike Cane I don’t think print publishing will know what the hell to make of this — E-book sales begin to cannibalise print — so I will interpret it for them. Sales of printed romance books have fallen for the first time since records began at a time when e-book sales have more than [...]
Tags:bookstores·rats·selling
HP to digitize and distribute Paul McCartney’s personal library
September 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · press release
From the announcement: HP and McCartney Productions Limited (MPL) today announced an agreement to digitize and deliver the library of legendary musician Paul McCartney via a private cloud.McCartney has one of the most comprehensive libraries of any artist, much of which has never been viewed before. His library includes images, artwork, paintings, film and videos, [...]
Tags:digitize·distribute·hp·library·mccartneys·paul·personal
Smashwords Published 20,000th Indie Ebook
September 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
Smashwords author Charlene Bays Rothenberger yesterday published the 20,000th book at Smashwords at 8:23pm Pacific time. Two months ago we reached 15,000 books and five months ago we hit 10,000. To put the growth in context, we published 140 books in 2008, our first year of operation. By the end of 2009, we reached 6,000. [...]
Tags:20000th·ebook·indie·publishes·smashwords
Jerry Pournelle to release his digital backlist
September 22nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · ebookstore news
He just mentioned on his blog Monday that he was trying to convert his backlist so he can sell them on the Kindle. What’s more interesting is how he’s getting the source files. He’s relying on pirates. Useful Pirates?
Ectaco shipped the Jetbook Mini with 2 questionable ebooks
September 22nd, 2010 · 6 Comments · hardware reviews
I had a poll yesterday about which e-reader I should write about next. I had just gotten 2 e-readers, a Jetbook Mini and a Skytex Primer. I’ve decided to write about the Mini first, but not just because it had the most request. It came with a copy of Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol, and [...]
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