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OverDrive Acquires TeachersNotebook.com
The acquisition gives users of TeachersNotebook.com exposure to OverDrive’s network of schools and libraries.
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Humble Bundle Looks to Add E-books
While video-game players are familiar with the gaming site Humble Bundle, e-book readers will hear a lot more about it in the coming months.
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Podcast: Apple Looking To Buy Time In E-Book Case
In a federal courtroom in Manhattan, attorneys for Apple in its e-book price-fixing case are offering up lessons in creative legal maneuvering.
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Learnist Releases App, Debuts Digital Bookstore
Learnist, an online social learning venture and application, is releasing a new iOS app for mobile devices and launching the Learnist Digital Bookstore, which will sell premium content from a selection of well-known experts and celebrities.
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Apple Appeal: Judge Botched E-book Case
Apple’s appeal of its price-fixing case boils down to this: Judge Denise Cote blew it. "The evidence," Apple argues, "cannot support a finding of a conspiracy."
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StoriesAlive Offers Interactive Children’s Stories
Launched in October 2013, StoriesAlive is an app and subscription service offering access to a library of multimedia-rich, interactive children's stories.
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iBooks Bestsellers: Roth Back at Number One
The titular book in Veronica Roth's Divergent trilogy took the top spot on Apple's iBooks bestseller list for the week ended February 24.
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Dark Horse Debuts ‘Misfits of Avalon’ as Webcomic
Looking to use a webcomic to build support for a forthcoming print edition, Dark Horse is launching "The Misfits of Avalon," a new fantasy series by Kel McDonald that will debut online.
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FSG Brings Out George Selden Classics as E-books
Farrar, Straus and Giroux is releasing George Seldon's Chester Cricket and His Friends series in e-book format for the first time for the new tablet-toting generation of young readers.
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Apple Wants to Move E-book Damages Trial
Apple is looking to escape from New York. In a filing this week, Apple attorneys argue that Judge Denise Cote does not have jurisdiction to oversee its upcoming damages trial.
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McGraw-Hill and B&T Agree
McGraw-Hill Professional has reached an agreement with Baker & Taylor to offer its e-books to libraries through B&T’s Axis 360 digital platform.
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Patreon Raises $2.1 Million
In what could be the biggest variation on crowdfunding, San Francisco startup Patreon has raised $2.1 million in funding for its subscription-based system. Patreon allows fans to pledge recurring payments to a creator rather than provide one-off support to a single project.
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Vook Acquires Booklr
Vook, a digital publishing and distribution platform, has acquired Booklr, a real-time data and analytics service for authors and publishers.
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Apple Remains Defiant After Loss on Monitor Appeal
In a letter filed yesterday, Apple advised the court that it would only provide those documents to the monitor that it viewed as being within the monitor’s narrow mandate.
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After Losing Monitor Appeal, Apple Gets a Referee
The appointment of Dolinger to oversee any future disputes appears designed to ensure any future Apple disputes have merit, and that the parties are at least working constructively to resolve those disputes.
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Hugh Howey and the Indie Author Revolt
With a debate brewing about how much indie authors can, and do, earn, PW asked Mark Coker, founder of Smashwords, to weigh in.
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Kaplan Goes with Vital Source for E-textbooks
Using the VitalSource Bookshelf platform, students and faculty will have one-click access to e-textbooks within their course environment.
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iBooks Bestsellers: Patterson Unseats Green
"Private L.A." was last week's new top seller.
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Digital Manga, Inc. to Publish Tezuka Backlist
Tezuka Productions and Digital Manga, Inc. have announced a deal to translate and digitally publish hundreds of volumes of manga by revered manga and anime creator Osamu Tezuka.
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Byliner Publishes Enhanced 'American Icons' E-Books
The first three titles to be released will be I Love Lucy, The Vietnam Veteran's Memorial, and The Disney Parks.
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