E-Books and Interactive Publishing
August 8, 2016 at 1:25 pm
In this session, our speaker will discuss how book publishers take advantage of changing market dynamics.
August 8, 2016 at 11:56 am
A smartphone will not make us smart. Its intrinsic mobility means that it can never really hold our full attention. We don't read stories anymore. Instead we flit between fragments. Never lingering. Constantly moving. Like printed pocketbooks, smartphone reading is essentially a narrative subdivided into easily referenceable, bitesize chunks. Poetry and psalms replaced by Twitter…
August 8, 2016 at 9:28 am
Long considered nothing more than a gimmicky fad, it turns out that augmented reality (AR) is actually alive and well. At least that’s the case when it’s associated with a brand as large as Pokémon. By now you’ve undoubtedly heard all the Pokémon Go stories and maybe you’ve even dodged a player or two, overly-focused…
August 4, 2016 at 3:26 pm
On Monday, Hachette Book Group announced a unique partnership with Tapas Media, the creator of the bite-sized reading app Tapas. The Tapas app allows users to access free “episodes” of comics and books in a variety of genres, from fantasy to comedy and horror. Users can unlock the premium episodes of these stories by paying…
August 4, 2016 at 11:13 am
Leading e-commerce operator Amazon Japan G.K. on Wednesday launched Kindle Unlimited, an all-you-can-read digital book service. According to the company, subscribers can access more than 120,000 Japanese books including novels by Jun Ikeido, Ira Ishida and other high-profile authors, as well as manga and magazines, for a monthly fee of ¥980. Subscribers also have access…
August 2, 2016 at 12:43 pm
A little over six and a half years ago TNM was launched in order to be able to keep track and inform myself in regards to the soon to be huge new digital publishing platform that would emerge for tablets. Smartphone apps from publishers were still a new thing – Apple, after all, had only…
July 27, 2016 at 1:43 pm
I'm a big fan of all types of publishing, from ebooks (obviously!) to print books, magazines and newspapers. Why? Because when it comes digital publishing solutions, we have a lot to learn from each other. Like book publishers, newspapers struggled to adjust to the Internet age (though newspapers arguably struggled more than book publishers). And…
July 25, 2016 at 9:38 am
I remember the first time I heard the phrase “info snacking” back in 2007. It was when the Kindle launched and Jeff Bezos said his newfangled device would slow the info snacking trend and enable deeper engagement with content. The Kindle platform certainly launched the ebook revolution but it’s interesting that it didn’t halt short-form…
July 21, 2016 at 2:51 pm
NEW YORK — July 21, 2016 — Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, a division of Hachette Book Group, and reading technology pioneer Booktrack (www.booktrack.com) launch a new generation of ebooks with an industry-first partnership to bring soundtracks to young adult novellas. The collaboration offers YA readers an innovative new way to experience their favorite…
July 20, 2016 at 1:54 pm
Tor.com is happy to announce the Tor.com Ebook Club, which we, as people who can’t stop reading, writing, and publishing stories, are very much excited about! How it works: Sign up for the Tor.com Ebook Club on the Tor.com website. Receive a download link for the latest Ebook Club offering (in your preferred ebook format). Get super into the story along with us on…
