The Book Industry Study Group held a meeting last week where they looked into whether publishers, retailers, and content creators are using ISBNs the way they’re supposed to. FYI: An ISBN is basically a serial number for an ebook or paper book. The short answer is that a lot of companies are going their own [...]
Entries Tagged as 'released'
President Bush’s memoirs to be released as enhanced ebook
October 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
The memoirs of the 43rd President of the USA will be released on 9 November. Normally I wouldn’t have noticed, but I just learned that there will be 2 ebook editions. One will be enhanced with source content. Now this is a smart way to create an enhanced ebook. You won’t have to rely on [...]
“50 Benefits of Ebooks” to be released as a paperback
October 6th, 2010 · No Comments · opinion
I’m poking fun; the title is already available as an ebook (in multiple formats). Sue Polanka pointed me at this book. Michael Pastore has released an updated and revised edition of 50 Benefits of Ebooks: A revised and expanded new ebook about ebooks, published today, is packed with information about how to understand, and enjoy, [...]
DocBook-XSL 1.76.0 released for testing with many EPUB enhancements
September 4th, 2010 · No Comments · software news
From the ThreePress Consulting blog: Version 1.76.0 of the open source DocBook-XSL stylesheets, which convert DocBook documents into a variety of outputs including PDF, HTML, and EPUB, has just been released into the wild for testing. It includes a number of EPUB enhancements and bugfixes that we’ve contributed over the last year, so we’d love [...]
Wattpad site traffic report released
August 26th, 2010 · No Comments · surveys & polls
Watpad have released the Metrics Report for the second quarter 2010.This report analyzes the amount of traffic their site received over the last 3 months. It’s 8 pages long and only slightly denser than a powerpoint, so I’d say it’s worth a read. You can download it here. Here are the highlights: Usage of Apple [...]
Shmoop released 1000 new titles for iBooks, Android apps
August 25th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
I’ve used their ebooks on one occasion. I got mine through the Kindle Store, and it was a pretty good study guide. From the press release:
B&N released their 1Q finance report today
August 24th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: B&N today reported sales and earnings for its fiscal 2011 first quarter ended July 31, 2010. The company also announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.25 per share payable on September 30, 2010 to stockholders of record on September 9, 2010. … FIRST QUARTER [...]
Ebook Apps have released new firmware for Sony Readers
July 30th, 2010 · 3 Comments · software news
The independent firmware developers EbookApps have just announced v1.7 firmware for the Sony PRS-300 and PRS-505. Major improvements include: dictionary custom font support page formatting settings (margins and line spacing) The good thing about this firmware is that it you can run it without actually replacing the original Sony firmware. This means you can try [...]
New IP Watchlist Report released
April 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Do you remember the IIPA watchlist published a couple months back (the one that described Canada as just short of a child molester)? That list was a load of BS created by Big Media (RIAA, MPAA).The one released today is different. Consumers International just released their watchlist for 2010. Trust me, it’s not your usual [...]
UK Literacy Report released
April 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
The UK National Literacy Trust has just released a report titled Literacy: State of the Nation, and it’s described as the first coherent picture of literacy in the UK today. Some of the findings of the report include: One in six people in the UK struggle with literacy. This means their literacy is below the [...]
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