Digital publishing and technology

Sony e-reading platform moves over to Kobo

Sony and Kobo have entered into an arrangement that will result in Sony's e-reading customers in Canada and the U.S. moving over to the Kobo platform. Effective late March, the Sony Reader Store will close ... Read More »

February 6, 2014 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Michael Serbinis out as Kobo CEO

By Stuart Woods

Michael Serbinis has been at the helm of Kobo since the company's earliest days, overseeing its development as Indigo's digital content division (known at the time as Shortcovers), helping rebrand the firm as a global ... Read More »

February 4, 2014 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Apple facing $840 million ebook price-fixing claim

By Sue Carter

Apple's legal troubles are heating up again, less than a year since a judge concluded that the tech giant conspired with five publishers to fix ebook prices. On Jan. 31, attorney Steve Berman filed an $840 ... Read More »

February 3, 2014 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Toronto Star Dispatches shortlisted for Digital Book Awards

By Sue Carter

Two Toronto Star ebooks have been shortlisted for Digital Book Awards, which "celebrate innovation in apps and ebook publishing." Life after Life: The Story of Wayne Ford, Rehabilitated Teenage Murderer by Paul Hunter and That ... Read More »

December 19, 2013 | Filed under: Awards, Digital publishing and technology

Can a video game “revolutionize” publishing?

By Sue Carter

As the glut of "best of 2013" content begins (guilty as charged), The Atlantic makes a bold statement by calling a video game the "most exciting literary innovation of the year." Created by Swedish studio ... Read More »

November 27, 2013 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Bringing Canadian art books online with the Art Canada Institute

By Julie Baldassi

"I am very hopeful that some day my art will be rediscovered," wrote Canadian visual artist Kathleen Munn in her notebook in 1974, the year she died. But while art historians have since recognized Munn ... Read More »

November 25, 2013 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Authors lose out in Google Books ruling

By Stuart Woods

After a lengthy legal battle lasting the better part of a decade, the lawsuit against Google's massive book-scanning project has been dismissed by a New York court. U.S. circuit judge Denny Chin ruled against a ... Read More »

November 14, 2013 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Rogers removes digital magazines from libraries

By Sue Carter

In October, the Toronto Public Library launched a public-transit advertising campaign for "free ebooks and e-magazines." According to a TPL press release, borrowing rates have doubled since September, when the library began actively promoting its digital ... Read More »

November 12, 2013 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology, Libraries

How Emily Schultz’s Joyland became victim of mistaken literary identity

By Sue Carter

Joyland is the name of Emily Schultz's 2006 debut novel and the online literary magazine of which she is co-publisher. It also happens to be the name of a Stephen King novel that was released ... Read More »

October 9, 2013 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

HarperCollins partners with Scribd for ebook subscription service

By Sue Carter

HarperCollins has partnered with document-sharing website Scribd on a new ebook subscription service. Dubbed "Netflix for ebooks," subscribers pay $8.99 a month for the ability to check out an unlimited number of ebooks “ up ... Read More »

October 1, 2013 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

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