January 30, 2013 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology
While Amazon yesterday reported lower-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings and a decrease in sales for physical books, the company also announced that sales for ebooks have been steadily climbing. In a press release, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos ... Read More »
Canadians wanting to get their hands on a Kindle can now look closer to home. Amazon announced today that the latest generation of the popular e-reader is now available for sale on the company's ... Read More »
January 23, 2013 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology
A consortium of Nova Scotian universities is testing a pilot inter-library ebook lending service that is being touted as a "breakthrough for academic libraries in North America,"according to the Halifax website unews.ca. Novanet “ a ... Read More »
January 22, 2013 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology, Libraries
Proving that social media is useful for more than stalking celebrities, the world's first Twitter Fiction Festival kicks off today. Until Dec. 2, a dedicated Twitter page will showcase 140-character experimental fiction, including a story ... Read More »
November 28, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology
Self-publishing platform Wattpad has released the first three chapters of The Happy Zombie Sunrise Home, a serialized novel co-written by Margaret Atwood and U.K. author Naomi Alderman. Atwood and Alderman's collaboration originated through the Rolex Mentor ... Read More »
October 24, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology
Although most of the social-media buzz around Apple's product launch today focused on the new iPad Mini, the tech giant's ebooks program received a facelift, too. The new version of iBooks supports 40 languages, continuous ... Read More »
October 23, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology
After an eight-year legal dispute, Google has settled with U.S. publishers over its book-scanning Library Project. In a joint statement, Google and the Association of American Publishers report that "U.S. publishers can choose to make available ... Read More »
October 4, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology
While most of the hoopla around yesterday's Amazon press conference focused on its new e-readers and upgraded Kindle Fire tablet, the tech company also announced its new Kindle Serials subscription series. Charles Dickens is credited ... Read More »
September 7, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology
Today was a big day for device junkies and e-book addicts in Canada and the U.S. At competing press conferences in Toronto and Santa Monica, California, Kobo and Amazon each unveiled a pair of new ... Read More »
September 6, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology
Kobo is set to announce a trio of new devices at a press event in Toronto this morning. The new line of e-readers includes an Android-powered tablet (known as the Kobo Arc), a pocket-sized device ... Read More »
September 6, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology