That will change. New York Public Library Launches ebooks on Instagram15 August 2018 (Good e-Reader)NYPL staff writes, “The full book, short story, or novella is uploaded into Instagram ‘Stories’, complete with unique and engaging design elements. Amazonâs Patent on One-Click Purchase Expires Next Month19 August 2017 (Quartz)The patent application was filed in 1997 and granted in 1999. Library ebook lending surges as UK turns to fiction during lockdown23 Oct 2020 (The Guardian)Ebooks borrowing up 146% from March to August, with crime thrillers popular. Italy is experiencing a piracy problem with ebooks23 Jan 2020 (Good E-Reader)The Association of Italian Publishers recently conducted a study and they found that pirated ebooks account for â¬528 million in loses, which is around 23% of all digital sales. The app also includes a new Reading Now tab that will host all the ebooks and audiobooks that you’re currently reading or listening to. JOB Digital Operations Manager at Hachette NY13 Nov 2019 (MediaBistro)Manage the processes, protocols, and systems for distribution of ebooks and metadata into the digital supply chain for Hachette Book Group. Guinness Asset Management, clients of wealth management firm Stonehage Fleming and investors associated with impact investment bank ClearlySo also participated. The other major publishers will follow at a safe enough distance to avoid antitrust scrutiny. A purchaser’s right to on-sell ebooks to be tested in Europe?9 Oct 2019 (Lexology)Watch this space: A French court just ruled that a computer game, once bought by a user, is subject to the “right of exhaustion”. They say the Emergency Library will make things worse. 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Ingram Lightning Source is going to remove thousands of books26 Feb 2020 (Good EReader)In a welcome move, Ingram is bringing the hammer down on thousands of dodgy and harmful books. [Job] Online Sales and Data Manager at Welbeck Publishing, London28 Jan 2020 (The Bookseller)Based in the very trendy Fitzrovia, close to Goodge Street and a stone throw away from Oxford Circus. That change in supply has forced Eastern to re-think its current textbook rental model. EUâs antitrust division is investigating the iPhone makerâs practices around its App Store charges and Apple Pay practices. (US) Barnes & Noble’s Nook Revenue Down 17%19 June 2019 (The Digital Reader)Nook revenues totaled $92 million for the fiscal year. Audible Claps Back at Publishers Over Copyright Infringement17 Sep 2019 (Geek.com)Itâs the underhanded way Audible approached the feature that publishers are not on board with. Feedbook, Aldiko Bought in Bankruptcy Sale for 230,000 Euros29 August 2019 (The Digital Reader)According to Livres Hebdo, Feedbooks had gone bankrupt back in June, and is now being sold off in a fire sale. Or is the simple, text-based format of books a feature, not a deficit? There has been an uptick in the share of Americans who report listening to audiobooks, from 14% to 20%. Digital books also have the option to enter an ISBN number and it will fetch some ebook metadata and sales could be tracked from Nielson. *Must type in code at checkout to receive $10 off order subtotal of $50 or more. Of those surveyed, about a third still accessed at least some of their online content from unlicensed sources, but thatâs 5% less than the last time the EUIPO did a study of this kind in 2016. Malware Embedded in Pirated e-Textbooks3 Sep 2019 (cnet)“We detected 122,000 attacks by malware that was disguised as textbooks. The hack, which has since been confirmed as a ransomware attack, originated in B&Nâs corporate offices before spreading to their servers, store computers, and even the cash registers. Major Publishers Sue the Internet Archive’s Digital Library Program in the Midst of Pandemic4 June 2020 (TechDirt)The publishers didn’t just decide to sue over the National Emergency Library: instead they’re also suing over the entire “Controlled Digital Lending” process. BOOM. [How this works with agency pricing restrictions is unclear.]. (UK) Ebook sales decline 2% in 201826 June 2019 (Guardian)Overall, the digital book market, which as well as audiobooks includes ebook sales and subscriptions to services such as Amazonâs Kindle Unlimited, rose 4.6% to £653m. (How different is this from piracy?). Do we want to have a soundtrack playing along, a video embedded partway through a nonfiction book, or an animated illustration in a novel? Publishers Dismayed By 25% Increase in eBook Revenues in July 202010 September 2020 (The Digital Reader)Publisher revenue was down 9.4% for the month of July, and down 5.8% year to date. “Weâre seeing people with capital be opportunistic, who say this is the time to buy a company in a different subject area to round out their portfolio.”. Canadian authors angry too23 January 2019 (Writers Union of Canada)“This is an outrageous trespass on the rights of authors,” said TWUC Chair Eric Enno Tamm. Penguin-RH Tightens Terms for Public Libraries4 September 2018 (PW)All ebooks sold after 1st October will expire after the library has owned them for two years. [Analysis] The future book is here but …20 December 2018 (Wired)About 45 percent (up from 37 percent in 2015) of all print sales, and 83 percent of all ebook sales happen through Amazon channels. Walmart launches a $99 tablet including Walmart Ebooks18 May 2020 (The Verge)$99 for the eight-inch and $129 for the 10-inch model. Amazon capitulates in Chinese Kindle deal with Alibaba22 September 2017 (Recode)At one time Amazon thought it could really compete with Alibaba. definition of - senses, usage, synonyms, thesaurus. 10,000 Arabic books have been digitized to ebooks13 February 2019 (The Good E-Reader)Project aims to digitize, preserve, and provide free open access to a wide variety of Arabic language ebooks in subjects such as literature, philosophy, law, religion, and more. This role on the Ebook Operations and Development team will convert titles into electronic formats, distribute the electronic books (Ebooks) to retailers and maintain these products once they are in market. The US-based author sued McCrea in a Texas court demanding more than $200,000 in damages and costs. For the second month in a row they are starting to see gains. Purchased ebooks will be inaccessible after 30 April 2018. Founded in 2016, Perlego will use the money to improve its non-English content and expand into European markets, according to a statement Tuesday. “It is the closest anyone has come to mimicking the real book experience on e-paper.”. This chorus of bold women—including Lisa Brenninkmeyer, founder of Walking with Purpose; Jen Settle, managing director of the Theology of the Body Institute; Debra Herbeck, founder of Be Love Revolution; Judy Bailey, executive director of John Paul II Healing Center; and Jeannie Hannemann, founder and executive director of Elizabeth Ministry International—will encourage you to explore and undo the knots in your own life as well. Walmart and Kobo Are Launching Their Partner eBookstore on 21 August30 July 2018 (The Digital Reader)I can now point you to a couple new pages on Walmart’s website where you will shortly find Kobo’s ereaders and ebooks. Pearson: US education unit remains a drag on sales21 February 2020 (iNews)Operating profit at the group was hit hard — halved from the previous year to £275m. Pirating ebooks is an offence against moral justice15 April 2019 (Good Ereader)Michael Kozlowski responds in support of angry authors’ open letter: “I believe that ebook piracy is morally reprehensible. Ultimately this could lead to big publishers releasing content on the web, without users having to download additional e-reader software. Patagonia to Stop Printing Galleys23 Oct 2019 (Publishers Weekly)“The printing and distribution of ARCs requires unnecessary expenditure of natural resourcesâpaper to print, fossil fuel to distribute,” Karla Olson, director of Patagonia Books, said. Reasons to scrap the EUâs tax on ebooks20 November 2017 (The Times)It was recognised from the very beginning that books were essential to peopleâs lives and that a tax on knowledge would be wholly inappropriate and economically counter-productive. Ebook Pirate Fined & Handed 20-Day Suspended Sentence10 Oct 2019 (Torrentfreak)A 28-year-old man from Denmark has been handed a 20-day suspended prison sentence for selling pirated ebooks via the Internet. mail carriers. Digital isnât dead for book publishers21 August 2017 (The Bookseller)Weâre just waking up from the first hangover. Amazon abandons virtual textbook contract with UMass26 October 2017 (Greenfield Recorder)After just three years on campus, the retail behemoth Amazon will end its run as the virtual textbook store for the University of Massachusetts Amherst. They can mix their collections with a variety of access models â from one copy/one user, metered access to simultaneous use and Cost-per-Circ for eBooks and audiobooks â depending on the title, expected demand, and budget. Cannot be used with other coupon codes or on
UK Libraries have lent out 3.5 million ebooks during pandemic28 Sep 2020 (Good E-Reader)Chrys Mellor, libraries general manager for North Yorkshire County Council, said ebook and audio were up 78% and 3,000 new members have signed up for cards during lockdown. You would not walk into a bookstore or secondhand bookstore and steal a book, because you do not want to pay for it or cannot afford to buy it. mail carriers. End of The Pirate Bay? Ebooks more popular with girls than boys2 March 2018 (BDAILY News)Are we surprised? Audible Will Exclude Publishersâ Works from Captions Program â For Now29 Aug 2019 (Publishers Weekly)Audible has agreed to exclude works from a group of major publishers from its Captions program until copyright and licensing issues raised in a recent lawsuit are resolved. When the "Execute p1" button is clicked the javascript function p1 is executed. College Textbook Spending Dropped 17% Since 200728 August 2017 (The Digital Reader)Survey shows why textbook publishers are running scared. Copyright Alliance blasts Internet Archiveâs âvileâ Emergency Library 31 Mar 2020 (ZDnet)The organization of professional writers said it was “shocked” at the scheme, as the Internet Archive has “no rights whatsoever to these books, much less to give them away indiscriminately without consent of the publisher or author.” The Authors Guild said that COVID-19 has been used “as an excuse to push copyright law further out to the edges” which, in turn, is causing authors that are already struggling to pay the bills additional harm. E Ink unveils new foldable 32 inch e-paper display21 June 2020 (Good E-Reader)E Ink has just unveiled a new prototype that has a 32 inch foldable display. Riggio explained that when e-book sales began exploding several years ago, B&N felt it had no choice but to enter the digital market. At the beginning of this year, Chegg recorded more than 3 million subscribers. This VAT reduction was made possible by the passing of the VAT Directive from 2018, which created the possibility of equal tax treatment for printed and digital publishing products. This opening is a great opportunity to learn about the production of Ebooks as part of a fun, energetic team working in a high-paced, rapidly changing environment. US ebook sales down 3% in 201815 January 2019 (AAP)But up slightly in October and November. The preliminary injunction orders the defendants to stop selling the alleged counterfeit books. eBook sales are undergoing a revival in 20209 May 2020 (Good E-Reader)Digital book sales are increasing across the board, due to the viral pandemic. Overdrive Launches Cost Per Circ31 January 2018 (Good E-Reader)Provides one more option for libraries and schools. A spokesperson explained theyâre informing all schools impacted by the breach and leaving it to those schools to inform their communities. Sales of physical books declined 30 per cent, with the growth of digital products only making up for it slightly with “modest” growth. Ebook market share 2019 Ebooks make up 18% of total book sales. “The Writersâ Union is calling on the Internet Archive to stop this practice immediately, and to respect the licence terms for works in library collections.”.