Barnes & Noble announced today that they would be the exclusive seller of 15 new children’s books titles from Disney.They’re getting the ebooks, the first-ever interactive Disney Cars and Cars 2 titles, just in time for the sequel to hit theaters this Friday. B&N also got around 50 titles from HarperCollins “I Can Read”, but [...]
Entries from June 23rd, 2011
B&N scored a new exclusive – 15 ebooks from Disney
June 23rd, 2011 · 1 Comment · ebookstore news
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US ebook sales continue to plateau in April while print sales drop
June 23rd, 2011 · 3 Comments · statistics
The AAP released their sales figures for April 2011 and the is quite fascinating. The AAP’s member publishers reported that ebook sales for April totaled $72.8 million, and hat’s up a smidgen from March 2011 ($69.9 million) but still down from February ($90.3 million). Print was down in most categories but 20% or more, which [...]
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Onswipe – not bad for a first attempt
June 23rd, 2011 · 3 Comments · software reviews
Onswipe launched their new tablet publishing service a few days ago. There was a lot of hype, and even a little substance. The service isn’t live for the public yet, but the press release mentioned a half dozen major websites as launch partners. Unfortunately, most of the launch partners haven’t actually launched yet. As I [...]
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Harry Potter ebooks coming this fall – DRM-free
June 23rd, 2011 · 8 Comments · ebookstore news
The hot story today was the official launch of Pottermore, J.K. Rowling’s new website. it’s going to have all sorts of interesting content for the pottermaniacs, including Harry Potter ebooks as well as “sumptuous newly-commissioned illustrations and interactive ‘Moments’ through which you can navigate, starting with the first book” and that Rowling has brought to [...]
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New Sony Readers coming soon?
June 23rd, 2011 · 7 Comments · hardware rumors
Mike Cane tipped me to the tweet above. It’s one of a pair of of tweets from a Sony Reader owner. She’s amazed by the level of service she’s received from Sony, and so am I.
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The Internet Archive now support Flash,HTML5 video
June 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · Internet Archive
Today the Internet Archive signed a deal with Kaltera. The IA will be using Kaltera’s software to manage their video libraries. The IA have over 500k video titles, most of which are CC licensed. It’s not much news, no. But the really neat part about this is that Kaltera’s browser based video player is designed [...]
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Datalogics now offering OEM reading apps for iOS
June 22nd, 2011 · 1 Comment · apps
A new app maker has appeared on the horizon. Datalogics, a company previously known for being a license distributor for Adobe, have just announced the launch of their newest product. They’ve just developed a reading app for iOS, and they’re looking for bookstores and other content distributors who want to license it. (They also plan [...]
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Sony added a new comics-friendly format to Sony Readers
June 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news
But it’s only available in Japan. Sony announced earlier today that they were releasing a new firmware for the local Japanese edition of the Sony Readers. They added support for the “dot Book” (.book) format, which (according to the press release) is a comics friendly format.
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US Army just released a manual for the Zombie Apocolypse
June 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · humor
The Army Zombie Combat Command* have just published their first official Amry manual. The FM999-3 is a 21 page guide for small teams. It covers basic background, equipment, tactics, and it also has a section on dealing with civilians. This is defintely going on my TBR pile. via Gizmodo
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The eBook Revolution’s Effects on My Book Buying & Reading
June 22nd, 2011 · 3 Comments · opinion
For many years my reading habits ran in cycles. For x period of time, I read only fantasy and science fiction. When that cycle came to an end, it was replaced with mysteries. As that cycle ended, I moved to nonfiction biography. And the pattern kept going — I would come to the book-buying and [...]
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