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December 9, 2013

Monday News: B&N is being investigated by the SEC, marketing v. publishing, the digital publishing market, intellectual property jobs, and the growth of Harlequin India

JanetPublishing NewsBarnes & Noble / digital publishing / Harlequin / India / intellectual property / Mills & Boon / Nook10 Comments

Were Nook’s Books Cooked? Barnes & Noble’s Accounting Investigated By SEC – Forbes – In the immortal words of Astro and Scooby Doo: Ruh Roh. It seem the SEC is a mite concerned about two issues: (1) the Company’s restatement of earnings announced on July 29, 2013, and (2) a ... more >

November 26, 2013

Tuesday News: Will smartphones become the dominant ebook reader?; Nook App launches into 32 countries with limited content; Beastie Boys in a copyright dispute

JanePublishing Newsbirth control / copyright infringement / Fair Use / Nook / Smartphone15 Comments

Are big smartphones the future of e-books? – Nokia makes the argument that more people will be reading on larger smartphones (or phablets apparently as some people call them). Previous studies show that readers between the ages of 18 and 24 are using their smartphones as readers more than other ... more >

October 30, 2013

Wednesday News: Is the long tail driven by quality or quantity; Cookie tracking replaced by ID tracking (more ominous); BN refreshes the Nook Glow

JanePublishing NewsAmazon / book-sales / long tail / Nook / privacy12 Comments

I have to apologize for not posting any news yesterday. I went to bed early and just forgot! A Tsunami of Wonderful: How the Long Tail of Publishing Is Finally Overwhelming the Early Adopter eBook Bounce — and What This Means for Fiction Writers Going Forward – Scott William Carter, ... more >

June 9, 2013

Reading with iOS 101, a reading app guide – Revisited

JaneEbooksBlueFire / Digital Reading Apps / iBooks / iPad / iPhone / iPhoneTomes / Kindle / Kobo / Marvin / MegaReader / Nook10 Comments

Last week Brian posted an update of reading apps for Android devices. Today I’m revisiting the major reading apps for the iPad, iPad Mini, iPhone and iTouch. Because of the prevalence of the iPhone and iTouch devices, all the images here are from the iPhone/iTouch except for the Marvin reading ... more >

google reader crossed out
June 7, 2013

Friday News: Amazon trying to court indie booksellers; Why Google Reader really got the ax; and reader retreats

JanePublishing NewsAmazon / indie booksellers / Nook15 Comments

Amazon’s Wild Pitch to Indies: ‘Wanna Sell Kindles?’ – Apparently Amazon has contacted some independent booksellers and offered to partner with them on a program to sell Kindle devices in the store and be Amazon affiliates. Independent booksellers have scoffed at this and view Amazon as the devil trying to ... more >

3d-printed-gun
May 10, 2013

Friday News:3D Gun made;Teenage lady coder solves everyone’s Twitter problems; MS may want to buy Nook Media

JanePublishing News3D Printing / Barnes & Noble / Microsoft / Nook12 Comments

BBC News – Downloads for 3D-printed Liberator gun reach 100,000 – So last year I started writing about 3D printing and in October, someone posited that guns would soon be built with a push of a button and how difficult that would be to police.  BBC News Some of you ... more >

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