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IEEE Spectrum
September 2012
Grotta & Grotta |
Self-Publishing 101 Electronic books offer a direct channel to readers   |
PC World
September 22, 2006
Scott Spanbauer |
Internet Tips: Self-Publish Your Books, Songs, and Movies Online Finished with your latest masterpiece? New distribution channels let you make it available to the masses. |
Searcher
May 2012
Nancy K. Herther |
Feature: The Ebook Wars - Amazon Versus the Rest The move to electronic publication of books is creating some of the same issues and problems for publishers and distributors that the music industry -- not to mention, the information industry -- has been dealing with for years now: disintermediation. |
Information Today
March 8, 2012
Nancy K. Herther |
Amazon's Squeeze on Booksellers Leads to Boycotts and Protests In January, Barnes & Noble made the decision to no longer carry Amazon-published titles in their brick-and-mortar stores "based on Amazon's continued push for exclusivity with publishers, agents and the authors they represent." |
Information Today
September 29, 2011
Dan Tonkery |
Amazon Launches Library Ebook Lending Support for Kindle and an All-New Kindle Family Support for ebook lending is a major departure for Amazon and is an important milestone for libraries. Previously, Amazon only sold ebooks and did not support ebook lending for libraries even though there has been significant demand from libraries. |
Information Today
January 17, 2013
Nancy K. Herther |
Ebook Trends 2013 -- The New World of Ebook Publishing Changes are coming much faster in the publishing world today -- prices for titles are dropping and we are seeing the development of new models and channels for publishing, distribution, and sales. |
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
August 5, 2014
George H. Pike |
Latest Salvo Fired in Amazon and Hachette's Dispute Last week, Amazon launched the latest salvo in its ongoing spat with Hachette Book Group over sales of Hachette books on Amazon.com, arguing that ebooks "should be less expensive" than print books. |
Information Today
December 16, 2010
Nancy Herther |
Google's eBookstore Takes Ebooks to the Next Level On Monday, Dec. 6, 2010, after months of anticipation, Google officially launched Google eBookstore (previously called Google Editions), marking an important milestone for the ebook industry. |
Information Today
June 3, 2013 |
IngramSpark Service Debuts Publish-on-Demand Platform This online publishing tool grants independent publishers easy-to-use, cost-effective access to Ingram's global distribution network for print and ebooks. |
Information Today
July 30, 2012
George H. Pike |
Justice Department Responds to Ebook Lawsuit Objections The U.S. Department of Justice responded to public comments made objecting to the department's proposed settlement of price fixing charges levied against Apple, Inc., HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and four other publishers. |
Information Today
March 2009
Marji McClure |
Turning a New Page in Ebooks Amazon brought renewed attention to ebooks, especially in the consumer market, with its 2007 launch of the Amazon Kindle and, most recently, the February release of the Amazon Kindle 2. |
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
September 24, 2012
Nancy K. Herther |
Three Publishers Settle in Apple Pricing Collusion Case "In a move that could reshape the publishing industry," The Wall Street Journal declares, "a federal judge has approved a settlement with three of the nation's largest book publishers over alleged collusion in the pricing of e-books." |
Searcher
April 2012
Steve Coffman |
Feature: The Decline and Fall of the Library Empire The past 30 years of library history is littered with projects and plans and sometimes just dreams of ways the library might play a more pivotal role in the digital revolution that continues to transform the information landscape around us. |
Information Today
January 10, 2011
Theresa Cramer |
First One: Leading the Digital Revolution First One is daring to go where so many publishers have still not dared to tread. Companies like Amazon, Apple, and Google may have brought ebooks to the masses, but thus far, few publishers (if any) seem confident enough to take print completely out of the equation. |
Salon.com
October 18, 2001
Elizabeth Manus |
The instant book that wasn't "09/11 8:48" -- the first book published about the terrorist attacks -- was print-on-demand. So why wasn't it available everywhere, immediately? |
Information Today
April 12, 2012
Nancy K. Herther |
Ebook Tsunami -- From Antitrust to Burgeoning Sales The ebook tsunami is still in play; new issues, problems, and possibilities occur almost daily. We can do little more than watch, wonder, and improvise as the forces of innovation and commercialism work through this time of change in publishing. |
Information Today
November 2, 2009
Nancy Herther |
Internet Archive Dishes up BookServer as Digital Books Market Heats Up BookServer is intended to be easy-to-use, while respecting authors' and publishers' interests |
Information Today
November 8, 2012
Nancy K. Herther |
Random House and Penguin Merge to Meet the Digital Imperative "The merger will create the largest consumer book publisher in the world," noted The New York Times, "with a global market share of more than 25 percent and a book list that includes contemporary best-sellers. |
Information Today
August 5, 2014
Brandi Scardilli |
Five Ways to Get Discounted and Free Ebooks The summer reading season is in full swing, and there are lots of options for downloading discounted ebooks. |
PC World
October 27, 2007
Jeff Bertolucci |
39 Ways to Put Yourself on the Web Whether you're interested in blogging, making music, shooting videos, publishing your novel, or starting your own social network, these great services can help. |
Information Today
February 14, 2011
Cindy Shamel |
eBookFling Enters Scene as Ebook Lending Option Using the lending features offered through Amazon for the Kindle and Barnes & Noble for the nook, eBookFling facilitates book sharing between consumers. |
InternetNews
September 30, 2009 |
Sony Moves to Woo E-Book Publishers, Authors In its latest push into the burgeoning e-reader market, Sony today unveiled a new portal for aspiring authors who want to publish titles for the electronics giant's e-book store. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
April 5, 2010
Tim Beyers |
The iPad: A Huge Winner for Amazon The e-tailer one-ups Apple in its e-reader debut. |
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
June 11, 2012
Dan Tonkery |
BEA 2012: Libraries Still Draw the Short Stick Libraries do not have much to celebrate from Book Expo other than their copyright win at the Georgia State University and even that win may be short lived as the publishers have requested an injunction to stop certain types of usage of reserve material. |
Information Today
April 2009
Donald T. Hawkins |
Report from the Field: O'Reilly TOC 2009: Books, Reading, and Publishing O'Reilly Media held its third Tools of Change (TOC) for Publishing conference in February in New York. |
Information Today
August 2007
Donald T. Hawkins |
O'Reilly Media Launches TOC Conference O'Reilly Media - publishers of computer technology and programming books with pictures of animals on the covers, the Hacks and Missing Manual series of books, MAKE and CRAFT magazines, and similar publications - launched a Tools of Change for Publishing conference in June. |
Information Today
August 2, 2012 |
Vook Launches New Features on Ebook Publishing Platform Vook, a cloud-based ebook publishing platform, announced new features: a new Vook Store, personalized eBook Webpages, and the ability for authors to sell ebooks via a browser reader and keep 85% of their royalties. |
PC Magazine
May 29, 2009
Dan Costa |
It's a Great Time to Be in Publishing! There are plenty of reasons to be bullish on the publishing industry -- you just have to read between the lines. |
Information Today
January 10, 2012
Nancy K. Herther |
Ebook Trends 2013 -- The Transformation Accelerates In the past year, the "if" and "when" questions for ebooks were answered -- electronic media are now clearly in the mainstream and even driving changes in all aspects of publication/distribution/use of information and literature. |
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. |
InternetNews
August 18, 2009 |
Self-Publishing Gets a Digital Assist FastPencil has a low cost system for would be authors of both digital and physical books, fast start templates and a social network twist as well. |
Information Today
April 28, 2011
Theresa Cramer |
Kindle Library Lending Announcement Raises Questions Kindle-using library patrons will now be able to get ebooks in their preferred format, and that's about the whole of it. |
Information Today
April 25, 2013
Nancy K. Herther |
Simon & Schuster Joins `Big 6' in Moving Ebooks Into Libraries On April 15, 2013, Simon & Schuster became the last of the "Big Six" (now actually five with the merger of Random House and Penguin) publishers to dip their toes into the waters of ebook sales to libraries. |
AskMen.com
February 18, 2015
Ian Taylor |
How To Write A Book The rise of the e-book means the traditional publishing model is increasingly outdated. If you have a story to tell, you don't need an agent or a deal with a publishing house. |
Information Today
February 2001
Paula J. Hane |
E-Publishing Competition Heats Up Traditional book publishers have had a tough time lately... |
The Motley Fool
December 8, 2010
Manikandan Raman |
Amazon Vs. Google: Who Will Win the E-Book War? How long will the one-ups last? |
The Motley Fool
December 7, 2011
John Grgurich |
What You Need to Know About Amazon's Book-Publishing Move The online giant is moving into children's books. |
The Motley Fool
December 16, 2011
Jeremy Bowman |
Amazon's Dance With the Devil The retail giant's shady business practices go well beyond its recent price comparison offer. |
The Motley Fool
April 4, 2005
Alyce Lomax |
A Boost for Amazon's Book Sales? The on-line bookseller purchases a print-on-demand concern. Will Amazon enjoy a particularly robust stream of excess revenue? |
Information Today
June 3, 2010 |
Barnes & Noble Announces PubIt! Digital Publishing Platform The easy-to-use digital publishing and distribution platform is designed to offer qualified independent publishers and authors of self-published works expanded distribution, visibility, and protection. |
Information Today
August 22, 2011
Nancy K. Herther |
Books & Media Move to the Clouds; Apple, Amazon, and Walmart Fight for Market Share We can expect to see more posturing, product announcements, legal wrangling and, hopefully, consumers will see better ebook/app products at competitive prices. |
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
July 16, 2013
George H. Pike |
Apple Ebook Dealings Violated Antitrust Law A federal court in New York has found Apple guilty of violating federal antitrust laws, stating that the company "played a central role in facilitating and executing a conspiracy" to raise ebook prices. |
PC Magazine
August 23, 2010
Dan Costa |
Amazon Kindle (3G + Wi-Fi) The latest edition's improvements aren't revolutionary, but the Amazon Kindle remains the best dedicated ebook reader on the market. |
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. |
PC Magazine
February 1, 2008
Dan Costa |
Print Is Dead. Long Live Print. How publishing-on-demand will transform the publishing industry. |
