Tag: ebooks

• Google Ends eBook Agreement with Indies – PW

  Posted at 12:48 pm by Laura, on April 6, 2012

  Google Ends eBook Agreement with Indies – Publisher’s Weekly – Judith Rosen

  On Tuesday representatives of Google contacted the American Booksellers Association and Powell’s Books to announce that it will end its Google eBooks reseller program worldwide. In February, it had seemed as if independent booksellers were getting a reprieve when Google reinstated some affiliate stores that had low sales. But in yet another sign of industry consolidation, Google will start selling e-books solely through its recently launched Google Play beginning January 31, 2013.

  If you rely on Google ebooks, don’t worry. They will still be available on bookseller websites. This is still pretty sad news.

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• Harry Potter ebooks now available! – Pottermore

  Posted at 7:24 am by Laura, on March 27, 2012

  Check them out!!! Buy them!!! Enjoy the magical world again, digitally!

  Pottermore is the only place to buy them, as of right now.

  Confirmed by Publisher’s Weekly and Shelf Awareness. Go here to shop.

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• Vook Launches E-book Creation and Publishing Platform – PW

  Posted at 4:36 pm by Laura, on March 26, 2012

  

  Vook Launches E-book Creation and Publishing Platform – Publisher’s Weekly – Craig Morgean Teicher

  Vook, one of the pioneering e-book app developers, is launching a new business today with its Vook e-book creation and publishing platform, a comprehensive, cloud-based tool that allows authors and publishers to turn any document into a professionally styled e-book. Vook’s platform then makes it easy to distribute the finished e-book to Amazon, iBooks and BN.com. The platform also allows users to embed images, videos and other multimedia into e-books to create enhanced e-books. PW has been testing the platform and it could indeed be a game changer, giving small and large publishers fairly inexpensive, one-stop access to e-book publication.

  *impressed, low whistle* Well, there you have it, folks!

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• ALA Asks Random to Scale Back Price Hikes – PW

  Posted at 8:51 pm by Laura, on March 6, 2012

  ALA Asks Random to Scale Back Price Hikes – Publisher’s Weekly – Andrew Albanese

  While ALA president Molly Raphael praised Random House’s “engagement with libraries and its commitment to perpetual access,” she urged Random House to scale back the price increase. “I am deeply disappointed in the severe escalation in e-book pricing,” Raphael said. “The American Library Association strongly urges Random House to reconsider its decision. In a time of extreme financial constraint, a major price increase effectively curtails access for many libraries, and especially our communities that are hardest hit economically.”

  In response, Stuart Applebaum, spokesman for Random House, said the publisher welcomes “continuing discussions on the value we place on the unrestricted perpetuity, as well as the simultaneous release of our titles to retail booksellers and public libraries, the key differentiating factors determining our new pricing to library wholesalers.”

  Remember last week’s news on Random House increasing e-book prices? Here’s the conversation between ALA and Random House.

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• E-Books on Tablets Fight Digital Distractions – NYTimes

  Posted at 8:43 pm by Laura, on March 6, 2012

  E-Books on Tablets Fight Digital Distractions – New York Times – Julie Bosman & Matt Richtel

  People who read e-books on tablets like the iPad are realizing that while a book in print or on a black-and-white Kindle is straightforward and immersive, a tablet offers a menu of distractions that can fragment the reading experience, or stop it in its tracks.

  Interesting article! Be sure to read both pages.

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• Random House Raises E-Book Wholesale Prices Significantly – PL

  Posted at 9:52 pm by Laura, on March 2, 2012

  Random House Raises E-Book Wholesale Prices Significantly – Publisher’s Lunch – Michael Cader

  Random House announced their library ebook pricing, effective as of March 1, which will dampen some of the enthusiasm for the house’s commitment to the “unrestricted and perpetual availability of our complete frontlist and backlist of Random House, Inc.” in ebook form. The new prices, which librarians tell The Digital Shift represent up to a tripling, are calibrated to “bring our titles in price-point symmetry with our Books on Tape audio book downloads for library lending. These long have carried a considerably higher purchase price point than our digital audio books purchased for individual consumption.” The new price structure for library wholesalers is:

  • New hardcovers, “for the most part” are $65 to $85.
  • Titles available for several months, or generally timed to paperback release, move to a range of $25 to $50.
  • New children’s hardcovers are $35 to $85.
  • Older children’s titles and children’s paperbacks are $25 to $45.

  The response to this depends on the various libraries, and also each library’s ebook lending patterns from patrons. Pricing levels, of course, will adjust accordingly.

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• Book Purchases Up, But Not From Bookstores – PW

  Posted at 8:26 pm by Laura, on February 29, 2012

  BISG Report: Book Purchases Up, but Not From Bookstores – Publisher’s Weekly

  Consumers who read e-books are increasing their purchase of books—both print and e-book formats—online and especially through in-app purchasing, and decreasing their use of brick-and-mortar stores, according to the first installment of Volume Three of the Book Industry Study Group’s “Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading” survey.

  I think it’s very interesting that, when e-readers first appeared, the public cried over the “loss of the print book” (I know I definitely did). But, as this study shows, print book purchases are increasing! This could be for multiple reasons. From my experience, I’d say it’s because if I liked a book I read on my Nook, I ended up buying a print version to display on my shelves.

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• Penguin Sales are Roughly Flat as Profits Rise – PL

  Posted at 4:46 pm by Laura, on February 27, 2012

  Per the Trend, Penguins Sales are Roughly Flat as Profits Rise – Publisher’s Lunch – Michael Cader

  For the full year, ebook sales “doubled on the previous year and accounted for 12 percent of Penguin revenues” worldwide, and “more than 20 percent in the US” and they “expect this percentage to increase significantly again in 2012.”

  …

  Alongside the “fantastic” peformance at DK, Makinson said that children’s publishing “was very strong…around the world,” and is “one of the few areas of the market continuing to show very healthy trends.” In the US, Penguin USA ceo David Shanks added that their children’s group “actually sold a lot more books than they had the previous year, even without Borders” in the marketplace.

   

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• Are Teens Embracing E-books? – PW

  Posted at 2:19 pm by Laura, on February 24, 2012

  Are Teens Embracing E-books?: The Digital Divide – Publisher’s Weekly – Karen Springen

  A recent PubTrak survey from R.R. Bowker indicated that teens remain reluctant when it comes to e-books. Accustomed to social media, they find that electronic stories have “too many restrictions,” according to the report. But many industry players—agents, booksellers, publishers, and authors—are saying just the opposite: digital sales are booming for YA fiction.

  …

  As for the dreaded cannibalization of print, it does not appear to be happening in YA. “The whole pie grows,” says Hilt. “There’s a lot more evidence that users are going back and forth between digital and physical. People are now buying more books when they become digital readers. The key is to have the book available in all formats.”

  The goal for books of any format is to create more readers. The article is very optimistic that more and more teens will embrace the e-reading experience. The YA market is expanding, and it also allows for any self-conscious adults who may otherwise steer clear of the YA/children’s section of bookstores to browse more freely with e-readers.

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• B&N Sells More Books, But Liberty Share Dilute Earnings – PL

  Posted at 8:59 am by Laura, on February 22, 2012

  Barnes & Noble Sells More Books, But Liberty Share Dilute Earnings – Publishers Lunch – Michael Cader

  Yesterday’s big announcement was B&N’s quarterly sales report. If you would like to see the specific data, please click the link and continue to read.

  CEO William Lynch says in the release that “our traffic and sales in stores were the highest we’ve seen in five years.” He reports that “physical book sales at our stores increased more than 4 percent over last year, and our merchandising changes in our juvenile business and our toys & games department experienced double-digit revenue growth.” The Nook business continues to grow “and according to some of the largest US publishers, we maintained or slightly gained share in the eBook market during the third quarter.”

  Lynch further explains the future of the Nook business and potential plans.

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