From the Overdrive blog: For more than a year, OverDrive has issued monthly “Most Downloaded Books from the Library” lists, which features popular eBook and audiobook downloads from all libraries in our global network. The lists were an instant hit, helping our library partners guide collection development decisions.
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Overdrive expand Most Downloaded Ebook Lists to include UK, CA, AUS
February 2nd, 2011 · No Comments · digital library
Tags:aus·ca·downloaded·ebook·expand·include·lists·overdrive·uk
Small Rivers raised $2.1m in funding to expand paper.li
January 17th, 2011 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: SmallRivers SA, creator of Paper.li, the leading social news publication application, today announced that it has raised $2.1 million in financing from Highland Capital Partners, SoftBank Capital and Endeavour Vision. In conjunction with the financing, Dan Nova of Highland Capital Partners and Ronald Fisher of SoftBank Capital will join the Company’s [...]
Kobo looking for Taiwanese partners, planning to expand into Asian ebook markets
January 11th, 2011 · No Comments · ebookstore news
You might recall that a month ago I posted that the Kobo Wifi was available in Taiwan in partnership with the local publisher Swinden. I’ve just heard today that Kobo are looking to expand beyond Kong Kong, into other Asian ebook markets. Kobo’s first target is Taiwan. They’ve already begun discussions with several publishers, distributors, [...]
Tags:asian·ebook·expand·kobo·markets·partners·planning·taiwanese
Nexx Digital to expand e-reader line up
November 18th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Nexx Digital have just added a 5″ and 7″ LCD e-readers to their stable. You might recognize the hardware; these 2 models are carried in the UK by Elonex, and the 7″ model can also be found in the USA (though it’s not on the market yet). Aside from the screen, the 2 e-readers have [...]
ACCESS to expand digital publishing platform
October 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
From the press release: ACCESS CO., LTD., a global provider of advanced software technologies to the mobile, beyond-PC and digital TV markets, today announced that it is expanding its e-publishing platform business by adding an innovative eMagazine service for smartphones, tablet terminals and digital TVs. The eMagazine service includes the selection and digitization of eMagazine [...]
KDDI plan to expand e-reader line
October 19th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Bloomberg are reporting: KDDI Corp.’s e-book venture with Sony Corp., Asahi Shimbun Publishing Co. and Toppan Printing Co. is in talks with hardware makers to expand its lineup of reader devices to compete with Apple Inc.’s iPad. “Various negotiations are under way, and we’re hoping to have something concrete by the end of the year,” [...]
Plastic Logic to expand research partnership with Leibniz Institute
October 18th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Apparently they’ve decided to take a page from the grad student’s handbook: if you can’t cope with the market, stay in school. /jk EETimes are reporting that Plastic Logic and the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research in Dresden, Germany will expand their collaboration. The research, partially funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, [...]
Tags:expand·institute·leibniz·logic·partnership·plastic·research
Kobo planning to expand to Europe
October 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment · ebookstore news
So last night I discovered that the Lookbook had a list of the members of the Kobo design team. I of course started Googling the names, and I found the various people on LinkedIn and their personal web sites. Out of curiosity, I checked the Kobo website to see what positions were open and I [...]
Open Road expand their catalog of e-originals
October 7th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: Open Road Integrated Media, a digital content company that publishes and markets ebooks by creating connections between authors and their audiences, announced today from the Frankfurt Book Fair the expansion of its E-riginals publishing program with ebooks from bestselling, award-winning, and debut authors. Open Road will digitally publish new titles from [...]
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Hanvon to expand to Taiwan
September 7th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news, hardware news
I don’t know about you, but this story caught me off guard. Hanvon are already active in Europe, USA, Japan, and China; I’m a littl surprised to find out that they don’t already operate in Taiwan. From english.Cri.com: The Chinese mainland’s biggest e-book maker Hanvon is set to open a branch in Taiwan at the [...]
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