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The Common Core Toolkit: September 2013
Common Core-related resources and news for the September, 2013, edition of PW's Cut to the Core column
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Amazon Debuts New Kindle Paperwhite with Goodreads Upgrade
Amazon announced plans to release an upgraded Kindle Paperwhite digital e-reader featuring the first integration of Goodreads, the popular book recommendation site Amazon acquired, into the Amazon digital reading platform.
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Smashwords Debuts India E-book Distribution, Preorder Services
Smashwords, a self-publishing platform and indie e-book distributor, has launched a series of new features to aid authors and publishers in distribution and marketing of e-books.
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Kobo Unveils New Devices, Kids’ Store and More
In an elaborate presentation, e-book retailer Kobo unveiled a suite of upgraded tablets and e-readers and debuted new book recommendation features and plans for a Kobo Kids bookstore coming in the fall.
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Spotlight on Book-Buying Behavior
Consumers who use e-book reading devices steadily increased the share of e-books in their overall book purchases throughout 2012 while simultaneously reducing the share of print books they bought, according to Bowker’s 2013 U.S.
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B&N Not Selling Retail Business; Outlines New Strategies
In a conference call B&N executives cited the importance of device production to content providers, pointed to the advantages of its physical stores in conjunction with digital distribution and outlined new strategies to address mounting Nook Media losses.
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PM Launches E-book Bundling Program
Starting this month, the Oakland, Calif.-based press is offering a free e-book edition with the purchase of almost every one of its print books purchased from its Web site.
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Gauging the Print, E-book Divide
There’s still no more relevant topic of debate in the publishing industry than the future of the physical book versus the exponentially growing influence of digital publishing.
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Taking Stock of Overstock
Until Overstock began its price war with Amazon in late July, the companay and its CEO Patrick M. Byrne had kept a relatively low profile in the book business.
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Comixology at Comic-Con 2013: Exponential Growth
Launched at Comic-Con in 2007 with about eight publishers and less than a hundred comics, Comixology now offers more than 40,000 titles via a digital reader and Web site and consumers can read and buy comics across every platform and device from phones to tablets.
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With the Verdict In, What’s Next For Apple?
On July 10, federal Judge Denise Cote ruled that Apple and five major publishers did conspire to fix e-book prices in 2010.
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Comics Retailers Upbeat on 2013 Sales, Digital, Indie Comics
Practically every store that participated in the Publishers Weekly 2013 Annual Comics Retailer Survey reported that sales have remained healthy after last year’s dramatic increase of nearly 15% in sales across all comic book formats.
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Why Apple Loses
During the opening moments of last week’s summations in Apple’s e-book price-fixing trial, Judge Denise Cote interjected with a question for Orin Snyder, Apple’s lead attorney.
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Librify: The BOMC For E-books?
Online subscription services have proved successful for entertainment businesses like Netflix, Hulu, and Spotify, but other than O’Reilly’s Safari Books Online, which is geared to professionals, trade e-book subscriptions have gained little traction.
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Apple Trial: B&N's Horner Touts Agency Model
Nook Media v-p of digital content Theresa Horner took the stand at the Apple e-book price fixing trial and the government and Apple clashed over questions about the profitability—or lack of it—in the e-book market of 2009-2010.
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Cue Counters DoJ Claims That the Fix Was In
Apple senior v-p Eddy Cue faced questions on inappropriate contact with publishers, claims that the iBookstore is a failure because of high prices and his description of S&S CEO Reidy, as “a leader,” and that he was “indebted” to her.
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More Publishers and Tech Companies Getting Into E-book Retailing
As e-book sales continue to climb, so too does the number of companies retailing e-books and developing applications that can read them regardless of platform.
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Random’s McIntosh Will Not Testify; Apple’s Snyder Goes Ballistic
Apple lawyer Orin Snyder was very unhappy to hear that Random House COO Madeleine McIntosh will not testify in open Court.
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Macmillan’s Sargent, Apple’s Moerer Testify at the Apple Trial
Macmillan CEO John Sargent returned to the witness stand again on the sixth day of the Apple e-book price fixing trial and was followed by Apple executive Keith Moerer.
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