February 3, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology
It's no secret that Kobo, the e-reading company formerly owned by Indigo Books & Music, is betting big on the "social in-book e-reading experience" to set it apart from competitors such as Amazon's Kindle and ... Read More »
While NPR urges the world to stop the ebook versus print debate, in Quebec, the debate has shifted to how digital titles are taxed, and what constitutes a "real book." According to Montreal's The Gazette, ... Read More »
February 2, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology
The Digital Book World expo and conference wrapped up in New York City on Thursday, and judging from the number of tweets with the #dbw12 hashtag, it was an engaging and informative event. Metadata, digital ... Read More »
January 26, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology
Rumours of Apple's entry into the digital textbook market were confirmed this morning with the announcement of iBooks 2. The latest version of Apple's e-reading platform focuses on media-rich, interactive digital textbooks designed for the ... Read More »
January 19, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology
An Apple event scheduled for Jan. 19 has insiders speculating the technology giant will announce its entrance into the e-textbook market. In advance of the education-themed event, tech website betanews.com compiled a list of Apple's ... Read More »
January 17, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology
Fast Company has a fascinating article about the volume of plagiarized erotica on Amazon's Kindle Select self-publishing platform. According to the story, small press owner and erotica author Sharazade, suspicious of another top-selling author, Maria ... Read More »
January 13, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology
You have to give them credit for their dramatic sense of timing. Nearly two months to the day after news of Kobo's impending sale to Japanese tech giant Rakuten became a buzz topic for publishing ... Read More »
January 11, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology
It's not an easy time to be a book. Prey to the depredations of digital books that offer convenience and (theoretical) low cost, the traditional paper-and-ink book is beleaguered and battling cultural irrelevance. So what ... Read More »
January 9, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology, Libraries
Popular PEI writer and comedian Patrick Ledwell spends a lot of time onstage, and now he's turning to his audiences to help fund his first book. I Am an Islander, a collection of sketches, rants, ... Read More »
January 5, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology
What does an acclaimed online literary magazine do when in need of funds? If you're Joyland, the short fiction "hub" founded by Emily Schultz and Brian Joseph Davis, one answer is to embrace a cutting-edge ... Read More »
January 5, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology