E-Books and Interactive Publishing
October 28, 2016 at 2:07 pm
Parsippany, N.J. and New York – Oct. 19, 2016 – Vistaar Technologies, Inc. (Vistaar), a leading provider of price management solutions, and Open Road Integrated Media (Open Road), a digital publisher and multimedia content company, today announced a partnership on a global pricing initiative to drive optimized price management of Open Road’s ebook catalog. Vistaar’s…
October 28, 2016 at 1:51 pm
SEATTLE--Oct. 27, 2016-- Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2016. Operating cash flow increased 49% to $14.6 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $9.8 billion for the trailing twelve months ended September 30, 2015. Free cash flow increased to $8.6 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared…
October 24, 2016 at 11:31 am
No, the printed book is not dead—in fact, confirms the latest research from the Pew Research Center, print books are showing surprising staying power. But reading still faces stiff challenges from other electronic media, and beyond format changes, the Internet has forever changed the way people connect not only to books, but to each other.…
October 21, 2016 at 2:23 pm
Book publishers face an interesting puzzle. The amount of time consumers spend with digital media is growing significantly year over year. According to comScore, U.S. consumers spent 35% more time with digital content in 2015 than they did in 2013. Yet in the book industry, ebooks sales are on the decline, as is overall revenue,…
October 17, 2016 at 11:26 am
A controversy has been brewing in the world of ebook standards. The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) have proposed to combine. At first glance, this seems a sensible thing to do; IDPF's EPUB work leans heavily on W3C's HTML5 standard, and IDPF has been over-achieving with limited infrastructure…
October 17, 2016 at 9:03 am
How are you helping consumers find the perfect book for their needs or interests? If you’re like most publishers, you offer a search function on your site. Visitors simply type in a topic and relevant titles from your catalog are displayed. This is pretty similar to how search works on Amazon. In both cases, book…
October 13, 2016 at 5:03 pm
When Open Road Integrated Media was founded by former HarperCollins CEO Jane Friedman in 2009, the industry as a whole was still fumbling over ebooks and the uncertain financial impact of digital publishing. Indeed, it was the rare publishing house that demanded digital rights in its contracts, and that was precisely why Open Road’s business…
October 11, 2016 at 12:33 pm
The ebook has made continued inroads into the publishing world but the printed book has defied predictions of its death. Research by Professor John Thompson focuses on the challenges facing the publishing industry as it embraces the opportunities afforded by the digital revolution. In his book Merchants of Culture, Professor John Thompson recounts a conversation…
October 5, 2016 at 12:59 pm
Seattle--(BUSINESS WIRE)--October, 5, 2016-- Amazon today introduced Prime Reading, a new reading benefit for U.S. Prime members. Prime members can now enjoy unlimited reading from a rotating selection of books, magazines, comics and more – at no additional cost. Prime Reading joins the growing list of all-you-can-eat benefits for Prime members including unlimited fast, free…
October 4, 2016 at 11:18 am
NEW YORK, NY (October 4, 2016)–– Hachette Audio, a division of Hachette Book Group, and literary technology pioneer Booktrack (www.booktrack.com) launch a new generation of audiobooks with an industry-first partnership, bringing full soundtracks to young adult novellas. This collaboration offers YA listeners an innovative new way to experience their favorite stories through immersive, synchronized movie-style…
