As the publication world is dragged, kicking and screaming, into the digital world, a lot of complex issues come up. One of the most important, especially for librarians and archivists (not to mention Continue reading…
Nokia's Reading for Windows Phone app is rolling out to select markets this week, exclusively on the company's range of Lumia handsets. France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain, and the UK will receive Continue reading…
It's not even been two months since Pottermore.com started exclusively selling the Harry Potter series in ebook form, but there's already a new way for Kindle users to get their Harry Potter fix. As Continue reading…
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has previously opted to sell her fantasy book series at Pottermore.com, an online portal setup exclusively for Harry Potter ebooks and other writing from Rowling. It Continue reading…
Microsoft and Barnes & Noble have this morning announced a "strategic partnership" on e-reading, focused on the creation of a new B&N subsidiary that will spin off that company's digital and College Continue reading…
When Google began scanning library collections for its Books project, Harvard University was one of the first partners. Since then, its library system's director, Robert Darnton, has become a vocal Continue reading…
Tom Doherty Associates, which published books under the Tor, Forge, Orb, Starscape, and Tor Teen imprints, has announced that it will begin publishing ebooks without DRM beginning in July. The change Continue reading…
Google has released an update for its iOS Play Books app, bringing a number of new features to the iBooks rival. The key update here is annotation and bookmarking: users can now bookmark pages simply Continue reading…
We just got our hands on the DOJ's antitrust complaint against Apple and seven major publishers, including HarperCollins, Penguin, Simon & Schuster, and Macmillan, and it's rather something: the Continue reading…
Emily Gould (pictured right) is 1/2 of Emily Books and the author of an essay collection, And The Heart Says Whatever. She was previously an Associate Editor at Hyperion Books, and an Editor at Gawker. Continue reading…
