Search Results by tag: digital publishing

What is Kobo?

Remember that rumour from this past summer that Indigo was planning to unveil a dedicated e-reading device? Well, some intrigue at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office is reviving such speculation. Yesterday, blogger Mark Bertils noted ... Read More »

December 11, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Publishers take stand against e-books

By Alison Potstra

Simon & Schuster is taking action against the cut-rate $9.99 pricing of digital bestsellers by delaying the e-book editions of approximately 35 titles coming out in 2010. Hachette Book Group plans to follow suit. According ... Read More »

December 9, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Going Rogue mistakes, aliens and werewolves, Xbox Bibles, and more

By Alison Potstra

A few bookish links from around the Web: Sarah Palin's much-anticipated memoir hits shelves today. Palin tells Oprah in an unused clip from yesterday's interview that "logistically speaking, practically speaking, it wasn't a real difficult ... Read More »

November 17, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Harlequin tries for some online love with digital publishing venture

By Steven W. Beattie

Harlequin Enterprises, best known as a publisher of romance novels in the traditional "dead tree" format, has just launched an online publishing house, Carina Press. According to the Carina home page, the new venture will ... Read More »

November 9, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

One more reason not to trust reader reviews

By Scott MacDonald

We're not sure how long the website readerspoils.com has been around, but we thought we should bring it to your attention. It's a site from out of the U.S. that allows authors to pay cold, ... Read More »

November 4, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Suing the Nook, profitable poetry, and more

By Alison Potstra

Bookish links from around the Web: According to Amazon, Colum McCann's Let the Great World Spin is the best book of 2009. Also on its list of the top 10 books of 2009: Strength in ... Read More »

November 3, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Level 26: CSI creator’s new “digi-novel”

By Alison Potstra

As if creating the CSI juggernaut wasn't enough, Anthony Zuiker has now cooked up the concept for the first "digi-novel," an innovative blend of novel, movie, and interactive website. The blood-and-guts-soaked murder mystery Level 26: Dark Origins, ... Read More »

October 20, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

2018: the year of total digital takeover?

By Alison Potstra

The end is nigh ... In a survey of 840 international industry experts conducted by the Frankfurt Book Fair, nearly half said that by 2018, digital sales will overtake those of conventionally published books. According ... Read More »

September 30, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Google gets friendly, Quartet Press shuts down, and more

By Stuart Woods

Sundry links from around the Web: Google will allow rivals to sell copies of its digital books Upstart digital publisher Quartet Press shuts down before it ever really got started Marion Boyers, the venerable independent U.K. ... Read More »

September 10, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Indigo deals with the digital revolution

By Steven W. Beattie

Information wants to be free, or so the popular bromide has it. Heather Reisman, CEO and "chief booklover" of Indigo Books & Music, has another formula: "All content wants to be digital." According to an ... Read More »

June 29, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Deals

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Search Results by tag: digital publishing

What is Kobo?

Publishers take stand against e-books

Bookmarks: Going Rogue mistakes, aliens and werewolves, Xbox Bibles, and more

Harlequin tries for some online love with digital publishing venture

One more reason not to trust reader reviews

Level 26: CSI creator’s new “digi-novel”

2018: the year of total digital takeover?

Bookmarks: Google gets friendly, Quartet Press shuts down, and more

Indigo deals with the digital revolution

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