Digital publishing and technology

Kobo expands to Italy

Kobo will expand its European presence this fall through a new partnership with Italy's largest book publisher and retailer, the Mondadori Group. The Kobo Touch will be the first of the e-reading company's devices available ... Read More »

July 11, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

E-reading’s shift to “big data”

By Stuart Woods

Should we be concerned that ebook companies are collecting reams of data on customers' reading habits? Is big e-reader really watching us? These are some of the questions raised by a Wall Street Journal story ... Read More »

July 5, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Simon & Schuster book jackets to feature QR codes

By Katie Gowrie

This fall, in an effort to boost newsletter subscriptions, Simon & Schuster will feature QR codes on the back of every new book jacket. Scanning the code will lead consumers to an author page on ... Read More »

July 3, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Google reaches book-scanning detente in France

By Steven W. Beattie

France has become the first country in which Google has reached an industry-wide deal to scan out-of-print works still under copyright. According to The New York Times, Google has struck a deal with the French ... Read More »

June 11, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Kobo reports significant growth in ebook and e-reader sales

By Katie Gowrie

Kobo announced today it has seen substantial growth in ebook and Kobo Touch sales over the past year, with ebook downloads up 400 per cent and e-reader sales up 160 per cent. Most significantly, the ... Read More »

June 4, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Kobo releases classic novels as digital comics

By Katie Gowrie

Kobo users can now read ebooks like Alice in Wonderland, The Last of the Mohicans, and War of the Worlds as illustrated comics, through a content distribution deal between Kobo and the digital publisher Trajectory. ... Read More »

May 25, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Jennifer Egan short story to be serialized on Twitter

By Sue Carter

Starting tonight, Jennifer Egan's latest short story, "Black Box," will be tweeted by The New Yorker's fiction department (@NYerFiction) over 10 nightly instalments. The story will appear in its entirety in the magazine's June 4 ... Read More »

May 24, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Open Book puts literary events on the map with new app

By Stuart Woods

Do you have a hard time keeping track of all the literary events taking place in Toronto and across Ontario? If you own an iPhone, Open Book: Toronto and Open Book: Ontario may have a ... Read More »

May 15, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Tor, Forge to remove digital rights management from ebooks

By Natalie Samson

Starting in July 2012, ebooks from Tom Doherty Associates imprints Tor, Forge, Orb, Starscape, and Tor Teen will be distributed without digital rights management. The New York“based publisher, a subsidiary of Macmillan, posted the announcement ... Read More »

April 24, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology

Prev 5 678 9....11 12 Next