Wednesday News: EverAfter Romance app; Ingram signs independent publishers; PricewaterhouseCoopers predicts ebook dominance (again); and super cool flip books
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EverAfter Romance App – Diversion books has created a new app dedicated to Romance. They have told Jane that they will be trying hard to provide freebies and discounted books, as well as full catalogs from the traditional publishers and indie authors, through a distribution agreement with Page Foundry.
Currently new subscribers will receive a freebie from Lisa Renee Jones. There are upcoming specials from Jen Alberts and Raine Miller.
It looks like you can download through Google Play and the Apple App Store. According to the press release:
Once inside the app, readers will discover deals, offers, recommendations, and free eBooks. Bargain hunters will delight in one-day flash sales, weekly deals, and thousands of free eBooks organized by subcategory. Devoted romance readers will appreciate features such as Author Spotlight and curated EverAfter Essentials categories such as “Alpha Male Essentials” and “Love at First Sight.” And unlike other apps which invariably force users to make their eBook purchases at another retailer, EverAfter is the first to let users purchase their eBooks—and start reading—in the same experience. –Diversion Books
Distribution: Ingram Signs Diversion, Inkshares, AMPress – Speaking of Diversion Press, they are among three new independent publishers that have signed a distribution deal with Ingram, along with Inkshares, which crowd funds its titles, and AMP, a mystery publisher started by author Archer Mayor.
Ingram Publisher Services has signed publishers AMPress, Diversion Publishing and Inkshares to its roster of clients. Ingram will handle sales and distribution in the U.S. and Canada for all three publishers, who will also utilize Lightning Source, the distributor’s print-on-demand service. –Publishers Weekly
PwC Claims eBook Sales Will Exceed Print in 2018 – So apparently the New York Times is quoting PricewaterhouseCoopers as saying that ebooks will sell more than either print or audiobooks by 2018. There is even a graph. Before everyone gets too excited (or freaked), though, Nate Hoffelder that this is not the first time that PricewaterhouseCoopers has made this prediction. In fact,
it is something of an annual tradition for the tea leaf readers at PricewaterhouseCoopers to make the same prediction about the US ebook market, namely that it would exceed the print market in 4 years. In 2012 PwC said that ebooks would pass print in 2016, and in 2013 the goalpost was moved to 2017. And now PwC has moved the goalpost yet again, this time predicting that ebook sales would exceed print sales in 2018. –The Digital Reader
Amazing Little Flip Books Use Negative Space and Secret Compartments – Jane sent me a link yesterday to these little Japanese flip books, and I told her that I remembered reading a story not too long ago about them. After a minute of Googling, I found it, and decided to share with all of you the coolness of these books, which “make use of negative space and secret “compartments” that are gradually revealed as you flip through the books.” Check out the videos on Colossal, where you can also find a link to Amazon if you want to purchase any of them. –Colossal
I had problems when I couldn’t recall the password for my Adobe ID when I was setting up my new account in the app, but they responded quickly to my submitted feedback and were able to reset the ID so I could enter the correct password. What was really nice was how they were so happy to get that feedback that they gifted me a free book of my choice in thanks. I’m looking forward to seeing if this app works better than BookShout.
Interesting. I’ll be curious to see what the adoption rate of EverAfter will be.