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OverDrive & SourceBooks Test Lending Same eBook to Millions of People

OverDrive has launched a pilot program that will allow millions of library patrons to check out the same eBook all...
Children's progress hindered by e-books and Kindles, charity warns

Children’s progress in the classroom is being hindered by the use of iPads and Kindles, a charity has warned, as...
U.S. Says Apple, Publisher Colluded to Fix Book Prices

Apple Inc. engaged in a horizontal price-fixing scheme with some of the U.S.’s largest publishers to violate antitrust laws by...
Credo Releases 12 New Perpetual Access and Subscription Collections

Credo, the industry leader for information skills solutions, today announced that it has launched 12 new and updated Subject and...
IDPF Digital Book 2013 Reveals an All-Star Lineup

New York, NY, May 8, 2013 – From May 29-30, 2013, the best minds in digital publishing will convene...
Trade Publishing Increases Nearly 7%, Ebooks Grow Nearly 45%, According to "BookStats" Industry Survey for 2012

The US Trade publishing industry – which produces general-interest fiction and non-fiction for adults, children and young adults –...

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OverDrive & SourceBooks Test Lending Same eBook to Millions of People

May 17, 2013 From App Newser

OverDrive has launched a pilot program that will allow millions of library patrons to check out the same eBook all at once during a two-week...

Children's progress hindered by e-books and Kindles, charity warns

May 16, 2013 From The Telegraph

Children’s progress in the classroom is being hindered by the use of iPads and Kindles, a charity has warned, as figures show pupils are now...

U.S. Says Apple, Publisher Colluded to Fix Book Prices

May 16, 2013 From Bloomberg Businessweek

Apple Inc. engaged in a horizontal price-fixing scheme with some of the U.S.’s largest publishers to violate antitrust laws by working “to strip retailers of...

Credo Releases 12 New Perpetual Access and Subscription Collections

May 15, 2013 From Publishing Business Today

Credo, the industry leader for information skills solutions, today announced that it has launched 12 new and updated Subject and Publisher Collections, adding to the...

IDPF Digital Book 2013 Reveals an All-Star Lineup

May 15, 2013 From Publishing Business Today

New York, NY, May 8, 2013 – From May 29-30, 2013, the best minds in digital publishing will convene in the Javits Center in...

Trade Publishing Increases Nearly 7%, Ebooks Grow Nearly 45%, According to "BookStats" Industry Survey for 2012

May 15, 2013 From Publishing Business Today

The US Trade publishing industry – which produces general-interest fiction and non-fiction for adults, children and young adults – experienced significant overall growth in...

Is anyone still paying attention to the DOJ/ebook antitrust case?

May 15, 2013 From Brian Howard

I guess I'd forgotten. Now that all the the publishing players have settled, abandoning agency pricing and returning to the wholesale slums, the DOJ/ebook...

Apple tells DOJ: 'we negotiated individually with publishers'

May 15, 2013 From Bookseller

Apple has responded to the US Department of Justice's charge that it conspired with publishers to raise e-book prices, filing a defence which asserts that...

RosettaBooks Named Publisher for AARP Original eBook Line

May 14, 2013 From Publishing Business Today

Leading independent eBook publisher RosettaBooks today announced that it has been named publisher for AARP’s original eBooks. The 37-million-member nonprofit organization is an advocate for...

Amazon Publishing launches Kindle Love Stories podcast, focused on romance books

May 13, 2013 From paidContent.org

Amazon hopes to harness the large community of romance readers with a new weekly romance podcast, “Kindle Love Stories.” It will feature author interviews, reviews...