Digital publishing and technology

Presses de l’UniversitÃ© de Laval launches e-reading app, e-bookstore

Presses de l'Université Laval has released an online e-bookstore and a free iPad e-reading app. The products were developed by Nu-book, a Quebec-based digital publishing company, and launched last week. Presently, 213 iPad-ready versions of ... Read More »

April 20, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology

Kobo to open 100 boutiques within WHSmith stores

By Sue Carter

Tech website AppNewser is reporting that Kobo will open branded shops inside 100 locations of the U.K. retailer, WHSmith. According to the blog, the e-reading company has been testing booths in select WHSmith locations. The ... Read More »

April 19, 2012 | Filed under: Bookselling, Digital publishing and technology

Kobo to expand digital publishing services before end of quarter

By Natalie Samson

Now that things have settled down at Kobo following its acquisition by Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten, the e-reading company seems poised to roll out the next stage of its digital publishing services in the coming ... Read More »

April 18, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology

The “agency” model for ebooks goes on trial

By Stuart Woods

News broke earlier today that the U.S. Department of Justice is pressing ahead with a lawsuit against Apple and the five original "agency" publishers for allegedly colluding to raise the price of ebooks. According to ... Read More »

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

Nova Scotia libraries boycott Random House ebooks

By Natalie Samson

Nova Scotia's South Shore Public Libraries has stopped acquiring ebooks from Random House to protest the publisher's recent price increase on digital titles. In a press release, chief librarian Troy Myers said the increase will ... Read More »

April 2, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology, Libraries

HarperCollins U.K. to offer erotica ebook imprint

By Natalie Samson

Romance and erotica are among the hottest categories in ebook sales and library lending. With this in mind, HarperCollins U.K. has announced a line of digital-only erotica that will launch at the end of the ... Read More »

March 14, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Scott Turow responds to U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust threat

By Steven W. Beattie

At the end of last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. Department of Justice was looking into the possibility of filing an antitrust lawsuit against five major publishers “ Simon & Schuster, ... Read More »

March 12, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Annick to offer digital versions of classic titles by Munsch, Schwartz

By Natalie Samson

Annick Press has partnered with Open Road Integrated Media to produce digital versions of 34 illustrated children's titles. The U.S. digital publishing and multimedia outfit will publish and market electronic versions of classic Annick titles ... Read More »

March 9, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology

Book trailer spotlight: Kyo Maclear and Isabelle Arsenault’s Virginia Wolf

By Sue Carter

This lovely book trailer for Kyo Maclear and Isabelle Arsenault's picture book,Virginia Wolf (Kids Can Press), combines Arsenault's gorgeous ... Read More »

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

Penguin pulls out of OverDrive, stops ebook sales to libraries

By Natalie Samson

Penguin Group has announced it will no longer provide ebooks to OverDrive, effective immediately. With the termination of the relationship between the publisher and the U.S. digital content distributor, public libraries are effectively cut off ... Read More »

February 10, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology, Libraries

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