Publishing NewsBlack Panther / children / digital books / diversity / History / Internet Archive / Libraries / marriage / Marvel Comics / metadata / print books / publishing / Ta-Nehisi Coates / Virginia Woolf12 Comments
Ta-Nehisi Coates To Write New Black Panther Comic Book Series For Marvel – So this is pretty exciting. It turns out that Ta-Nehisi Coates, “Marvel superfan,” is writing a new Black Panther series for the comics company. Although there is no release date in the article, Marvel has already produced a ... more >
Publishing NewsAmazon / book-sales / metadata / subscriptions11 Comments
Wal-Mart aims to one-up Amazon with same-day delivery – Rumors have been swirling that with Amazon’s increased warehouse presence, same day delivery will start to erode businesses other than bookstores. Wal-Mart has stepped up to provide competition to Amazon with same day delivery service: “The service, called Wal-Mart To Go, ... more >
Dear JaneBook Organization / Calibre / metadata46 Comments
Introduction I am a huge fan of the free open source software written by Kovid called Calibre. It is an organization, management, conversion tool for both print and digital books. I’ve had several people email me asking what the best set up is for Calibre along with what plugins that they ... more >
Publishing NewsAmazon / Apple / Books-a-Million / metadata / piracy130 Comments
Sony has been promoting its iPhone App for some time but it has never made it to the app store. The New York Times now reports on why. Apple told Sony that it cannot sell content within its apps or allow customers to access content purchased outside the Apple App ... more >