- Internet Archive To Shutter 'Emergency' Digital Library
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 11, 2020
Faced with a legal challenge by book publishers, the nonprofit Internet Archive will end its "National Emergency Library" program, which enabled the large-scale borrowing of digitized books. ...
- Apple Discontinuing iBooks Author And iTunes U
Around the Net In Digital, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, June 11, 2020
Apple is discontinuing iBooks Author and iTunes U, 9To5Mac reports. "iBooks Author will no longer be updated, and iTunes U is being discontinued at the end of 2021," it wri ...
- Book Publishers Sue Internet Archive Over Digital Library
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, June 1, 2020
The nonprofit Internet Archive has engaged in "willful digital piracy on an industrial scale" by scanning print books and making the entire texts available to web users, publishers claim in ...
- Online 'Reading Tax' Abolished
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, March 12, 2020
It was always an unfair tax and now the Chancellor has gotten rid of VAT on digital magazines, papers and books. The BBC reports on yesterday's announcement that the Government ...
- Book Publishers Settle Copyright Battle With Audible Over Captioning Service
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Seven book publishers have settled a lawsuit with Amazon's Audible over a captioning service that could allow people to read along while listening to books, according to court papers filed ...
- Scribd Raises $58 Million To Boost Growth, Product Innovation
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Scribd, which offers access to ebooks, audiobooks and articles, will use the funds to support product innovation and enhance operations. ...
- 'The Washington Post' To Publish Illustrated Book On Mueller Report
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Wednesday, November 6, 2019
The ebook focuses on the findings of the special counsel's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, with analysis from 'Post' reporters. ...
- Authors Guild Sides With Publishers In Battle Over Audible's Captioning Service
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 24, 2019
"Authors and their agents will bear the loss of a valuable right and revenue stream, along with a loss of control of their work, if Audible is permitted to proceed ...
- Audible Asks Court To Throw Out Lawsuit Over Book Captions
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 13, 2019
"Audible Captions is a quintessential fair use," the company says in papers filed Thursday with U.S. District Court Judge Valerie Caproni in Manhattan. ...
- Publishers Sue Audible, Seek To Block Captioning Feature
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, August 23, 2019
"Audible's actions -- taking copyrighted works and repurposing them for its own benefit without permission -- are the kind of quintessential infringement that the Copyright Act directly forbids," seven publishers ...
- Audiobooks Give Rise To Major Revenues, Celebrity Narrators
Publishers Daily, Fern Siegel - Tuesday, February 5, 2019
Total audiobook sales in 2017 hit an estimated $2.5 billion in the U.S, rising 22.7% over the previous year and marking six years of double-digit sales revenue growth. ...
- Walmart's New Ebooks Takes On Amazon's Kindle And Audible
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Wednesday, August 22, 2018
The retail giant is offering ereaders working with its Japanese ecommerce partner Rakuten, which owns the Kobo ereader. ...
- Scribd Returns To 'Unlimited' Subscription Model
Around the Net In Digital, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, February 8, 2018
For a fee, Scribd is once again offering what it’s calling “unlimited” access to its library of ebooks and audiobooks. “Subscribers who pay for the $8.99 monthly subscription no longer ...
- Google Search Direct Links To Let Readers Borrow Ebooks From Local Library
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Google announced the search tool in a tweet on Twitter. "Calling all U.S. bookworms! Now you can take a look at what e-books are available to borrow at your local ...
- Bertelsman Hits EUR500 First-Half Profit For The First Time
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, September 1, 2017
The hit record Despacito and the success of tv series "American Gods" and "13 Reasons Why" have given first-half profits a boost at Bertelsmann. The German publisher co-owns Penguin Random ...
- Electronic Books Will See First Sales Decline This Year
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Sales of electronic books are forecast to decline 1% this year while their physical counterpart is expected to see sales growth of 6%. The forecast from Mintel has prompted The ...
- Amazon Settles EU Antitrust Probe
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Thursday, May 4, 2017
European antitrust authorities have reached a settlement with Amazon over its ebook licensing contracts. The deal requires Amazon to stop including "most-favored nation" clauses in its contracts with publishers; those ...
- Google Books Drags After Court Victory
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Google Books recently won a lengthy legal battle, but "lost its drive and ambition" during the 10-year court fight with the Authors Guild. "You’d think a Supreme Court victory would ...
- Real Books Sales Up 7%, eBooks Down 4%
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, March 16, 2017
Books sales in the UK rose 6% last year, buoyed by increased purchases of physical books. In the digital realm, ebook sales fell by 4%, but ecommerce expanded its share ...
- Print Bookworms Outnumber E-Readers 2 to 1
Research Brief, Jack Loechner - Wednesday, October 19, 2016
a recent Pew Research Center survey, authored by Andrew Perrin, finds that the share of Americans who have read a book in the last 12 months (73%) has remained largely ...
- Amazon Unveils 'Prime Reading'
Around the Net in Mobile, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, October 5, 2016
Amazon is now offering domestic Prime subscribers access to “over a thousand” Kindle books, comics, magazines, and more. “With Prime Reading, those paying for Amazon’s $99 annual subscription can access ...
- Audiobooks Become Big Business
Around the Net in Mobile, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, July 25, 2016
Audiobooks are now the fastest-growing format in the book business. Year-over-year, sales in the U.S. and Canada jumped 21% in 2015, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing new data from ...
- NEW! Harlequin Offers 'Romance When You Need It'
Out to Launch, Amy Corr - Monday, March 14, 2016
Every woman deserves some me-time, and Harlequin wants to help women escape reality with "Romance When You Need It," a platform that offers 17 downloadable Harlequin books for free. That ...
- Supreme Court Won't Hear Apple E-Books Antitrust Appeal
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Monday, March 7, 2016
The Supreme Court rejected Apple's request to review a finding that the company violated antitrust laws by orchestrating a conspiracy to increase the price of ebooks. The antitrust finding grew ...
- Honda Launches Honda Road Readers, Giving Kids Access To Free Audiobooks
Out to Launch, Amy Corr - Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Random iPhone App of the week:Honda wants families to put car time to good use with the launch of Honda Road Readers, a new app that gives Honda drivers ...
- Apple Presses Supreme Court To Hear Ebooks Antitrust Appeal
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 22, 2016
Firing back at the Department of Justice, Apple says its decision to enter the ebook market had "tremendous procompetitive effects," resulting in benefits like an increase in digital book sa ...
- Amazon Allowing Kindle Instant Book Previews
Around the Net In Publishing, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Amazon this week is debuting Kindle instant book previews so third-party bloggers and the like can let their readers browse excerpts from books without leaving their properties. “If the strategy works, it’s ...
- DOJ Asks Supreme Court To Turn Away Apple
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 29, 2015
The Department of Justice is asking the Supreme Court to refuse to hear Apple's appeal of a ruling that it conspired with publishers to raise the price of e-books. ...
- Authors Guild Backs Apple In E-Book Price-Fixing Battle
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, December 4, 2015
The Authors Guild is asking the Supreme Court to hear Apple's appeal of a finding that it illegally conspired with publishers to raise the price of e-books. ...
- Google Play Adds Vertical Scrolling Mode
Around the Net in Mobile, Gavin O'Malley - Friday, November 13, 2015
Google just announcing an update to the Play Books app designed to allow for a better comic reading experience. “To enable it, readers can simply rotate their phones into landscape ...
