Episode 104 – Jim Dovey Special Guest Jim Dovey Digital Content Format Evangelist at Kobo. News Google Play on Nook HD & HD+ Microsoft buying Nook? Courier acquires FastPencil Hachette selling to libraries again The end of O’Reilly TOC Creative Suite going subscription only InDesign now allows exporting a linked index, but might have other [...]
Episode 101 News Readium SDK announced Amazon in talks with Samsung over Liquivista Amazon buys Goodreads http://paidcontent.org/2013/03/28/amazon-acquires-book-based-social-network-goodreads/ http://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/413-exciting-news-about-goodreads-we-re-joining-the-amazon-family http://www.thekindlechronicles.com/2013/03/28/big-coup-for-kindle-amazon-to-acquire-goodreads/ Kindle Touch is back on sale Kindle Fire now supports audio & video Kobo devices B&N giving away Nook Simple Touches B&N staring down S&S Bookboard & paid subscription for children’s books Penguin to allow libraries [...]
Episode 73 News Series of articles based on academic research showing a different story about file sharing than what you hear from the RIAA, MPAA, etc. Should editors certify that an eBook has been edited? All 7 Harry Potter books coming to the Kindle Owners Lending Library on June 19th. http://paidcontent.org/2012/05/10/harry-potter-kindle-owners-lending-library/ Color Kindle rumors Fire [...]
Episode 66 – Digital Marketing with Iris Blasi Special Guest Iris Blasi News Nook tablet: 8GB 512KB RAM $199 iBooks opens epub3 files OpenRoad responds to Harper Collins Amazon boycott: B&N, Books-A-Million, Indigo, American Bookseller’s Association http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/books/indigo-joins-growing-boycott-of-books-published-by-amazoncom/article2326088/ http://paidcontent.org/article/419-books-a-million-wont-carry-amazon-titles-either/ http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/50551-aba-s-indiecommerce-site-dropping-amazon-publishing-titles.html Librarian gets blasted for re-publishing books with Amazon. Amazon removes IPG titles Penguin Group terminating its [...]