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New Study Tracks Canadian Publishers' Digital Progress
A new report from BookNet Canada released on Monday, tracking the digital publishing programs of the country's publishers, has found that 90% have e-book programs.
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Humble Bundle Releasing Doctorow Audiobook
Humble Bundle, the online venture that distributes bundles of digital content for a price decided by the consumer, is releasing its third bundle of e-books, including a self-produced DRM-free audiobook of Cory Doctorow's novel "Homeland."
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Correction: Open Road Not Liable for Millions in Damages
In an earlier version of our story on HarperCollins' victory in its copyright infringement suit against Open Road, we mistakenly put the damages as applying per copy, rather per work infringed. In fact, there is a single infringement infringement in this case, not multiple infringements per copy sold. Thus, damages could not run into the millions.
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Judge Rules for HarperCollins in Open Road E-Book Dispute
A New York court has held that e-book publisher Open Road infringed HarperCollins’ copyright with its e-book edition of Jean Craighead George’s 1973 bestselling children’s book "Julie of the Wolves."
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Apple: No Consent for Damages Trial in New York
In a reply brief filed late last week, Apple rejected claims that it consented to a damages trial in New York, or that its conduct represented a waiver of its right to have the trial moved.
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iBooks Bestsellers: Divergent Series Claims Top Three Spots
The novels landed in series order, with "Divergent" at #1, "Insurgent" at #2, and "Allegiant" at #3.
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ShiftyLook Webcomics Site to Shut Down
ShiftyLook, a portal launched by videogame giant Namco/Bandai in early 2013 to revive old gaming properties as webcomics, is being shuttered. The ShiftyLook site will shut down completely on September 20, 2014.
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Plympton/DailyLit Debuts Rooster App at SXSW
Plympton/DailyLit, a digital reading venture focused on serialized content, is launching Rooster, a reading app that picks books for its users to read and delivers them in installments to mobile devices for $4.99 a month.
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Plaintiffs: No 'Do-Overs' For Apple in E-book Case
Attorneys for the consumer class argue there is enough evidence to assess damages against Apple via a summary judgment.
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Comixology Submit Marks Birthday With Big Offer
Digital comics vendor Comixology marked the one year anniversary of Comixology Submit, its fast-growing self-publishing platform, with the offer of a bargain e-bundle collecting the top 100 books from the Submit program for $10.
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3M Adds Audiobooks to Cloud Library System
The collection will debut with 40,000 titles, powered by Findaway World, including offerings from every major publisher.
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Comixology Hacked, Subscribers Change Your Password
On the eve of Comixology’s appearance at SXSW Interactive, the annual tech festival, the digital comics vendor has discovered a security breach and urged all its subscribers to change their passwords.
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Kobo Inks Digital Deal for 'A Suitable Boy'
Kobo will publish the first English-language digital edition of Vikram Seth’s 600,000 word novel "A Suitable Boy" in India.
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Apple: Biased Judge Should Not Decide Damages
In a summary judgment filing, Apple argues that Judge Denise Cote is biased, and should not decide Apple's damages.
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Gene Yang Returns with 'The Shadow Hero'
Fresh off a year in which his graphic novel, "Boxers and Saints," was nominated for a National Book Award, cartoonist Gene Yang, along with artist Sonny Liew, is back with "The Shadow Hero," a new work about arguably the first Asian American superhero.
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iBooks Bestsellers: Roth Hangs on to Top Spots
Two titles in Veronica Roth's Divergent trilogy, once again, held the top two spots on Apple's iBooks bestseller list.
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Marvel Unlimited Offers Digital Comics Access for 99 Cents
In a reprise of a similar promotion at last year’s SXSW Interactive, Marvel is marking its appearance at the annual tech festival with an introductory offer of 99 cents for a month’s access to Marvel Unlimited, its e-comics subscription service.
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Rowman & Littlefield Signs Library E-Book Deal
Under the new partnership the publisher will provide e-books directly to the Douglas County Libraries at a flat discount, which will then own, and host the content on its own proprietary system for e-book lending.
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Vook Debuts Free E-book Sales Tracking Service
Vook, a digital publishing and distribution platform, is launching Author Control, a new data service that allows authors and publishers to track e-book sales and unit downloads across every major retail channel.
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Amplify Debuts Digital Curriculum at SXSWedu
Amplify, a NewsCorp educational venture focused on using technology to transform K-12 education, showed off its much-anticipated English Language Arts digital curriculum during an online press conference last week.
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