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Information Today January 31, 2011 |
Aldiko Introduces Aldiko BookReader 2.0 The new version of the company's eReader software for Android devices adds support for ePub and PDF formats, support for Adobe Content Server 4 DRM, support for ebooks from public libraries, a marketplace, and redesigned user interface. |
Information Today February 12, 2009 |
Publishers Join EPUB eBooks Distribution Channel Through OverDrive OverDrive, Inc., a global distributor of digital books for libraries and retailers, announced a growing list of leading publishers from around the world who are selling ebooks in the emerging EPUB format. |
Information Today May 31, 2012 |
Data Conversion Laboratory Introduces New `Convert On Demand' Portal This new online publishing portal is designed to re-energize previously dormant content into highly accurate digital knowledge that can be searched, reorganized, ported to ebooks, and published in virtually any format; all leading to new revenue streams. |
Information Today June 2, 2011 Paula J. Hane |
Sources for Free Ebooks and Ereader Software The majority of the free ebooks available are older, out-of-copyright, pre-1923 books. Some sites, such as Amazon, offer newer free ebooks on limited time promotional offers. Barnes & Noble offers a limited number of Free Nook Books. The Sony Reader Store also offers some free ebooks. |
Information Today January 19, 2009 |
Cleveland Public Library First to Offer EPUB Ebook Downloads Readers at both Cleveland Public Library and CLEVNET member libraries can check out and download EPUB eBooks from the library's download website. |
Information Today March 4, 2010 |
IEEE-Wiley eBooks Collection Added to IEEE Xplore Digital Library This will offer IEEE customers online access to the more than 400 ebooks that comprise the IEEE-Wiley eBooks collection, which spans numerous content areas including bioengineering, power and energy, and communication technologies. |
Information Today December 19, 2013 Brandi Scardilli |
Moving Toward an Ebook Standard There are dozens of ways to make an ebook, but one format is emerging as the international standard: the EPUB. One day soon, the EPUB format may be the first ebook picture that comes to mind. |
Information Today November 5, 2012 |
iPublishCentral Powers New Bowker 'Book as an Android App' "Book as an Android App" allows authors and small publishers to use Bowker's www.myidentifiers.com to create Android-compatible ebook apps from any PDF or EPUB document, opening new sales channels. |
Information Today July 2, 2007 Karie Kirkpatrick |
Injecting Life Into the Ebook: Adobe Digital Editions 1.0 Released Adobe announced the release of its new ebook software, Adobe Digital Editions. |
Information Today November 30, 2009 Paula J. Hane |
Aptara eGen to Launch at Online Information in London Aptara has developed eGen, a web-based technology for converting high volumes of content into the EPUB format for distribution to multiple ebook readers. |
Information Today October 1, 2009 |
Sony Store to Offer Ebook Self-Publishing Tool Sony announced relationships with ebook distributors Author Solutions and Smashwords to offer a self-publishing tool for the Sony online store. |
Information Today April 18, 2013 |
Elsevier and O'Reilly Media Sign New Ebook Distribution Deal This expands the depth of ebooks available from O'Reilly in areas such as computer security and networking, and includes leading imprints such as Morgan Kaufmann, Syngress, Academic Press, Butterworth-Heinemann, Newnes, and Elsevier with more than 1,200 individual titles. |
Information Today May 9, 2013 |
Baker & Taylor Releases New App for Axis 360 The new, free application for tablets and smartphones called axisReader allows patrons of libraries with the Axis 360 digital media platform to discover, checkout, and read ebooks in EPUB and PDF formats on their mobile devices. |
Macworld October 2002 Bill Briggs |
Industrial-Strength Document Application Eases Publishing to Expanded Formats FrameMaker 7.0 consists of what was previously two products: plain-vanilla FrameMaker, and FrameMaker+SGML, the structured-document-authoring version. |
InternetNews August 13, 2009 |
Sony Plans New Kindle Rival, Adopts Open Format Sony may unveil plans for a wireless e-reader while ditching proprietary digital book formats in a new assault on front-runner Amazon. |
Information Today June 7, 2012 |
Impelsys Unveils iPublishCentral 4.0 With iPublishCentral 4.0, publishers can more aggressively pursue the key library market segment with the confidence that they're able to deliver mobile content to library patrons whenever and wherever they want that access. |
Information Today February 17, 2011 |
Springer eBooks Now Available in the Google eBookstore Google currently holds the biggest collection of Springer ebooks with more than 52,000, which is a combination of physically scanned books published prior to 2006 and PDF file submissions since 2006. |
Information Today February 13, 2014 |
Aquafadas Updates Go Live Aquafadas added more than 30 new features to version 3.2 of its Digital Publishing System for ebooks, e-magazines, and other digital content. |
Information Today November 3, 2011 Paula J. Hane |
EPUB 3 Becomes Final IDPF Specification -- Poised to Unleash an Econtent Revolution If you think that developments in ebooks and the e-reading experience have been hitting at a fast pace, get ready for it to get really exciting. |
Information Today March 7, 2011 Barbara Quint |
New Lending Model for Ebooks in Libraries from Internet Archive's OpenLibrary The swirling, chaotic ebook revolution continues to generate controversies, particularly in the library arena. |
InternetNews August 28, 2009 |
Google's EPUB Embrace Challenges Kindle As Google's backing of open format for digital books lends merit to EPUB, is Amazon camped on boundary between front-runner and future failure? |
Information Today March 11, 2010 Theresa Cramer |
O'Reilly Offers Ebook Expertise to Publishers Through Digital Distribution Services Division With the announcement of O'Reilly Media's Digital Distribution Services, things may have gotten a little simpler for many publishers. |
Information Today June 27, 2013 |
Springer Introduces French and Italian Ebook Collections There are about 330 ebooks in the three French collections and more than 400 titles in the two Italian collections, all published in 2005 or later. |
Information Today October 26, 2009 |
Barnes & Noble Introduces Ebook Reader; Collaborates on Standards The new device is an Android-based wireless touchscreen ebook reader with an E Ink display and a secondary color touchscreen for navigation. |
Information Today April 28, 2015 |
SAGE Rolls Out Ebooks for iOS Users SAGE Publications and Corwin (a SAGE company) now offer nearly 2,000 ebooks through Apple's iBooks, including titles in many subjects. |
Information Today July 7, 2008 Paula J. Hane |
Come to the World eBook Fair! This year, the theme of the fair is Own Your Own Library and it promises 1 million-plus books free for the taking. |
Information Today May 20, 2010 |
OverDrive to Release Free eBook Reading Apps "The significant investments that libraries and retailers are making in premium ebook collections will have even greater value when users can access titles on their mobile devices," said David Burleigh, director of marketing for OverDrive. |
Information Today January 28, 2010 |
Apple Launches iPad Tablet The new device works for browsing the web, reading and sending email, enjoying photos, watching videos, playing games, reading ebooks, etc. |
Information Today July 1, 2010 |
LibreDigital Acquires Symtio Ecommerce Platform For the past 10 years, LibreDigital has helped publishers power the marketing and delivery of millions of ebooks to digital devices and marketplaces. |
The Motley Fool August 20, 2010 |
Kindle's Big Flaw The one big flaw is it can't check out e-books from the library like almost every one of its competitors can. |
Information Today August 31, 2009 |
Google Books Offers Downloads in EPUB Format It's supported by a wide variety of applications, so once you download a book, you'll be able to read it on any device or through any reading application that supports the format. |
Information Today August 31, 2009 |
Sony Announces Wireless Ebook Reader and Library Finder Sony Electronics, Inc. announced the third member of its new ebook Reader family, the Reader Daily Edition, a wireless model with 3G connectivity. |
Information Today April 2, 2012 Paula J. Hane |
Expanding Options for Ebooks Here are some of the recently launched services that are aiming to redefine the book experience. |
Information Today April 19, 2010 |
Spring Design Now Shipping Multimedia Alex eReader Weighing only 11 ounces, the Android-based Alex eReader supporting ebooks in EPUB, PDF, HTML, and TXT formats, offers full internet browsing using WiFi connectivity, and later this year will also feature 3G and EVDO/CDMA connectivity. |
Information Today February 14, 2013 |
DCL Teams With Bowker to Support Self-Publishers Digital publishing services provider Data Conversion Laboratory announced a partnership with bibliographic information provider Bowker to better serve the self-publishing market. |
Information Today May 19, 2015 |
hoopla Begins Lending Ebooks and E-Comics There are currently more than 5,000 ebooks available and nearly 600 e-comics. |