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Vook Acquires Coliloquy
The digital publisher has acquired Coliloquy, a company that produces choose-your-own-adventure enhanced e-books and apps.
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iBooks Bestsellers: Connelly Overtakes Grisham
'The Burning Room,' Michael Connelly’s 19th Harry Bosch mystery, was the top selling title in Apple’s iBooks store for the week ended November 10.
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Blurb Debuts ‘Dream Team’ Skills Marketplace
Blurb has recruited industry veterans Molly Barton and Richard Nash to a overseenew marketplace of skilled book professionals available to support new book projects.
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Scribd Adds 30,000 Audiobooks
The popularity of the digital subscription model continues to grow with the announcement that e-book subscription service Scribd will now offer unlimited access to more than 30,000 audiobooks.
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iBooks Bestsellers: Grisham Pushes to the Top
Gillian Flynn’s 'Gone Girl' has been ousted from the top spot by John Grisham’s 'Gray Mountain.'
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Diversion Books Launches Romance Retail App
E-book publisher Diversion Books has launched EverAfter, a bookstore app dedicated to romance titles.
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Oyster Adds Book List Recommendations
E-book subscription service Oyster is adding a Book Lists feature to expand its ability to offer book recommendations to readers.
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Google Play Jazzes Up E-book Nonfiction
Google has launched a new version of Google Play Books that it hopes will make for a better reading experience for nonfiction titles.
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iBooks Bestsellers: Grisham Lands at #2
'Gray Mountain,' the latest novel from John Grisham, debuted on Apple’s iBooks chart at #2.
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Al Jazeera Web Comic Looks at Big Data and the Future of Privacy
Al Jazeera America has released 'Terms of Service,' an online graphic novel that is part of the network’s strategy of tapping into new forms of storytelling.
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Kobo Adds Marvel Digital Graphic Novels
E-book retailer Kobo has reached an agreement with Marvel Comics to sell digital editions of its collected graphic novels.
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Amazon's Kindle Scout Open for Voting
Voting begins today on Kindle Scout, Amazon’s new crowdsourced publishing program, letting readers preview and vote on which unpublished manuscripts they believe should be published.
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HarperCollins Debuts Global Podcast Network
HarperCollins has launched HarperCollins Presents, a global podcast network that incorporates the publisher’s existing podcast programs such as BookD and HarperAudio Presents.
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New E-book Subscription Service Debuts in U.K.
Blloon, a new e-book subscription service aimed at kids, has launched in the U.K. Its
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iBooks Bestsellers: Picoult Hits #2
'Leaving Time,' the latest from Jodi Picoult, came in at #2 on Apple’s iBooks bestseller list for the week ended October 20.
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Atavist Books to Close
Atavist Books, a multiplatform book company formed by media mogul Barry Diller, chairman of the IAC/InterActiveCorp, film producer Scott Rudin, and former Picador publisher Frances Coady in September 2012, will shutter at the end of the year.
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Vook Releases First Byliner Original E-book
A month after its acquisition of digital publisher Byliner, Vook is publishing 'Five Fires,' by Laura Lippman, its first Byliner original e-book.