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Rakuten Completes Acquisition of OverDrive

By Calvin Reid | 04/29/2015 @ 09:00AM

Global e-commerce platform Rakuten, which owns e-book retailer Kobo, completes the acquisition of library digital content vendor OverDrive for $410 million.
Ghomeshi Bio to Be First Original Title Published by Kobo

By Laura Godfrey | 04/27/2015 @ 11:20AM

This June, Canadian e-book retailer Kobo will publish its first original e-book when it releases Kevin Donovan's 'Jian Ghomeshi: Secret Life.'
Expertise on Display: Projects Showcase: Digital Solutions in India 2015

By Teri Tan | 04/27/2015 @ 12:00AM

Convoluted RFPs (request for proposals), complex NDA (non-disclosure agreements), abstract briefings and impossible deadlines are nothing new to India-based vendors. In fact, they thrive on the difficult and challenging, as shown by the following projects (or abbreviated case studies) that fully encapsulate their capabilities and unique solutions.
Markup Standards for Books and Journals: Digital Solutions in India 2015

By Evan Owens (v-p for publishing technologies) and Marianne Calilhanna (marketing director), Cenveo Publisher Services | 04/24/2015 @ 07:00PM

In any standards landscape, there is diversity and not likely to be a single or permanent solution. Because content often has to connect to bibliographic and business metadata, integration with other standards can be a requirement and a challenge.
Digital Solutions Industry: Then, Now and the Future: Digital Solutions in India 2015

By Nishith Arora, chairman of MPS Limited | 04/24/2015 @ 07:00PM

Over the last decade, publishers have seen many external factors impacting their business models.
Workflow Management that Works: Digital Solutions in India 2015

By Rahul Arora, CMO of MPS Limited | 04/24/2015 @ 07:00PM

The publishing industry is constantly evolving with improved workflows and processes.
Digital Discoverability of Relevant Content: Digital Solutions in India 2015

By Kannan Narayanaswamy, CEO of ePagemaker (a Newgen KnowledgeWorks company) | 04/24/2015 @ 07:00PM

Until recently, our conversations about e-books with publishing clients centered on conversion—on tools and workflows, competing standards, best practices, and retailer requirements, decisions around fixed layout v. reflow, opportunities for enhancement and interactivity, accessibility, and the reader experience.
Personalization and Customization in E-learning: Digital Solutions in India 2015

By Prasad Mohare, v-p of publishing at LearningMate | 04/24/2015 @ 07:00PM

When introducing new learning products to today’s market, personalization is key to success.
Meeting the Demand for More Agile and Mobile Content: Digital Solutions in India 2015

By Teri Tan | 04/24/2015 @ 07:00PM

Ten years ago, it was all about content conversion and e-deliverables.
Charting the Transformation in Digital Content and Solutions: Digital Solutions in India 2015

By Teri Tan | 04/24/2015 @ 07:00PM

The first PW coverage of the India-based digital solutions industry, which was then widely known as “content services,” coincided with the launch of Twitter and Google’s acquisition of a 22-month-old startup called Android Inc.
Digital Solutions in India 2015: The 10th Annual Review

| 04/24/2015 @ 07:00PM

Welcome to the 10th annual coverage on the India-based digital publishing solutions industry.
Apple iBooks Category Bestsellers, April 19, 2015

| 04/24/2015 @ 12:00PM

The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, and more for the week ended April 19, 2015.
Penguin Random House Debuts New Unified Website

By Calvin Reid | 04/22/2015 @ 09:40AM

The publisher's newly designed website, which brings Random House and Penguin together online, is optimized for mobile devices and, according to PRH CEO Markus Dohle is “consumer-focused.”
iBooks Bestsellers: ‘The Liar’ Reaches #2

By Clare Swanson | 04/22/2015 @ 09:15AM

The latest from Nora Roberts debuted at #2 on Apple’s iBooks bestseller list.
Olive Software Offers New E-book Enhancement Tool

By Calvin Reid | 04/17/2015 @ 12:00AM

Olive Software's SmartLayers technology claims to turn a publisher's generic prose e-books into an easily revised and upgradeable multimedia-enriched content platform.
Apple E-book Monitor Reports 'Setbacks'

by Andrew Albanese | 04/17/2015 @ 12:00AM

The latest report, for the six-month period ending in February, hints at the tension that has marked Apple's monitorship thus far.
Scribd Subscription Adds Penguin Random Audiobooks

By Calvin Reid | 04/16/2015 @ 08:00AM

Penguin Random House will offer its audiobooks, though not its e-book titles, via the Scribd subscription service.
Orbit Plans to Serialize New K.J. Parker Fantasy Epic

By Calvin Reid | 04/15/2015 @ 09:00AM

In a literary experiment, fantasy novelist K.J. Parker will serialize a new epic story in monthly e-books, writing it as the book's episodes are released.
iBooks Bestsellers: No Stopping Hawkins

By Clare Swanson | 04/14/2015 @ 04:40PM

Paula Hawkins’s 'The Girl on the Train' held onto its #1 spot on Apple’s iBooks bestseller list, for the week ended April 13.

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