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Anonymous Microsoft Insider Denies Nook Story; Barnes & Noble Stock Suffers

by on May 13, 2013 in Bookstores, Children's, eNews, Finance

The grain of salt we advised on the flawed TechCrunch report of potential interest in Microsoft buying out the digital assets of Nook Media has turned into a veritable salt flat. Another site, Insider Monkey, posted an item early Monday afternoon said to come from "a highly placed source inside…

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Corporate: HMH Buys Tribal Nova; Penguin Partners with Mind Candy; Amazon Defends "Heavy Investments"

by on April 12, 2013 in Apps/iOS, Children's, Children's, eNews, Finance

Two new acquisitions highlight publishers' increasing interest in game development. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced they acquired Montreal-based educational technology company Tribal Nova, which develops digital games, products and services for pre-school children. The Tribal Nova team will continue to operate out of Montreal, though they will be absorbed into HMH's Content…

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Kids Retain Strong Preference for Print, As Influence of Online Bookstores and Friends Rises

by on January 15, 2013 in Children's, Children's, eNews, Sales

Bookigee founder Kristen McLean and Bowker executive Carl Kulo kicked off this morning's Publishers Launch conference Children's Publishing Goes Digital with updated data findings from fall 2012, the latest installment in their ongoing analysis of the purchase and discovery of children's books. McLean underscored the overall stability of the children's…

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eNews: McGraw-Hill's eTextbooks Adapt to Students; BabyFirst Digital Imprint; PIA Awards; and More

by on January 9, 2013 in Children's, eNews, Publisher services

At the Consumer Electronics Show, McGraw-Hill has announced an "adaptive e-book" for college texts, which "focuses students' attention on the content that is most critical to their learning." They will launch in the late spring for about 90 course areas. As the WSJ describes it: "All readers essentially see the…

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Amazon Sells Subscription Package of Kids Books, Videos and Apps

by on December 5, 2012 in Children's, Customized/personalized, eNews, Subscription, Tablets

Amazon's latest announcement has two interesting aspects: They are bundling digital children's content across media into a combined "library" or subscription, and they are broadly selling that subscription to all customers, not just Prime "members." Called Kindle FreeTime Unlimited, the all-in-one subscription service works on any Kindle Fire device and will…

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eNews: Penguin Expands eBook Library Lending Pilot with Baker & Taylor; Sourcebook's "Put Me In The Story" Children's Book App

by on November 19, 2012 in Apps/iOS, Children's, eNews, Libraries

Penguin is expanding its library ebook lending pilot programs through a new distribution agreement with Baker & Taylor that will make their titles available to public libraries in Los Angeles County and Cuyahoga County, Ohio, the NYT reports. Penguin tells us they "hope it is up and running before the…

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eNews: iBooks Expected to Add Countries; CoreSource Adds Retailers; Pew Data Should Be Viewed Carefully; and More

by on October 23, 2012 in Children's, ebookstores, eNews, International News

With confirmation expected to this afternoon's Apple presentation (which starts at 1:00 Eastern), there are reports on various blogs and websites that 18 more countries are listed as "pending" to sell iBooks--including New Zealand, Brazil, and Mexico, along with 16 other countries in Latin America, South America. After 10 months…

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WIMPY KID Goes Digital, With eBooks Available on October 30

by on October 15, 2012 in Authors, Children's, eNews, New Releases/Forthcoming

The first six books in Jeff Kinney's DIARY OF A WIMPY KID series, which have sold more than 75 million copies worldwide, will finally be available in ebook format  as of October 30, while the newly arriving seventh volume, DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE THIRD WHEEL, will be published…

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eNews: Google Launches in Korea, and More

by on September 24, 2012 in Apps/iOS, Children's, ebookstores, eNews, International News, New Business Models

Apparently Google launched an ebook venture in Korea earlier this month, with participation from publishers including Woongjin, Ridibooks and Munhakdongne Publishing. An unnamed official told The Korea Herald (found via The Digital Reader), "We picked Korea since the adoption rate of smart devices, including smartphones, are one of the highest…

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From the Cloud, Hachette Announces Three Services for Other Publishers

by on July 26, 2012 in Apps/iOS, Children's, eNews, Features/Offers, Publisher services

At today's Publishers Launch Conference on Book Publishing In the Cloud, Hachette Book Group chief operating officer Ken Michaels announced three software-as-a-service offerings that the publisher developed for their own use and will now make available for license by other publishers, "allowing the industry to take advantage of our innovations."…

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