By Tony Cole reposted with permission from eBookAnoid Today I came across a report about a group that has been started up on FaceBook, with the aim of getting governments all over the world to ensure that Libraries can lend their public eBooks — complete with the eReaders needed to read them. This strikes me [...]
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New Facebook group launched to promote free e-readers in libraries
August 9th, 2010 · No Comments · opinion
Tags:ereaders·facebook·free·group·launched·libraries·promote
IEEE announces DRM Working Group
June 17th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
From the press release: The Working Group developing IEEE P1817TM, a new Standard for Consumer-Ownable Digital Personal Property, is currently being formed. It will hold its first meeting next month in Santa Clara, California. Any interested parties are invited to join and participate.The IEEE P1817TM is a standard for the creation, distribution, and perpetual consumer-ownership [...]
Wenhui-xinmin United Press Group signs deal with Hanvon
May 24th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
Wenhui-xinmin United Press Group is a Chinese newspaper conglomerate that publishes foreign language newspapers in 10 countries ( including English language editions in China). They’ve signed a deal with E-reader manufacturer Hanvon so their periodicals will be carried in Hanvon’s ebookstore. From the Shanghai Daily: United Press Group, the parent of Shanghai Daily, has tied [...]
Hachette Book Group Selects RoyaltyShare to Manage eBook Transaction Data
May 18th, 2010 · No Comments · press release, publishing news
*sniff* I love the smell of data processing in the morning. From the press release: Hachette Book Group (HBG), a division of Hachette Livre, the world’s second-largest book publisher, and RoyaltyShare, Inc, a leading provider of digital revenue management and reporting solutions, today announced that Hachette has chosen RoyaltyShare’s Digital Advantage™ for eBooks as its [...]
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RR Donnelley to print books for Penguin Group (USA) Inc
May 5th, 2010 · No Comments · digitization projects
This isn’t ebook news, but I thought somewhat interesting. Yesterday RR Donnelly announced that they would print books for Penguin. FYI, publishers rarely own the actual printing presses anymore. The actual making a physical book is often contracted out to a third party. From the press release: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company today announced an [...]
BISG & The Gilbane Group Announce Research Partnership
March 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
From the announcement: The Gilbane Group, a division of Outsell, Inc., and the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) today announced a strategic partnership to help members of the book industry succeed through innovative uses of technology. Together, Gilbane and BISG will provide market-centric research and actionable guidance for book industry professionals seeking to profit from [...]
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