Publishing 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 >
Publishing 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 >
Publishing 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 >
EbooksBlueFire / 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 >
Publishing 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 >
Publishing 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 >