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Corporate: Penguin Tries Book Discovery With "First to Read"; Quercus Moves Sales In-House; And More

by on June 18, 2013 in eNews, Features/Offers, Higher Ed, Publisher services, Web marketing/promotion

Penguin is launching a new book discovery tool, First To Read, that will offer "widely anticipated" excerpts of forthcoming Penguin titles as Hotshot by Julie Garwood, The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert, (also available on our own Fall/Winter Buzz Books 2013 sampler), The Fiery Heart by Richelle Mead,…

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eNews: Winning Hacks, New Launches, and More

by on May 20, 2013 in Direct publishing, eNews, Features/Offers, Publisher services

At least 30 projects were submitted as part of the Publishing Hackathon over the weekend, viewable here. Contestant Eric Hellman reports that the six finalists are: BookCity (suggests books to match places you visit) Captiv (turns your Tweets into book recommendations) Coverlist (shows 100 curated jackets; hover over an image…

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Nook Adds Google Apps; Has Sold 10 Million Devices

by on May 3, 2013 in Apps/iOS, eNews, eReaders, Features/Offers, Sales

After more disappointing device sales over the 2012 holidays, Barnes & Noble ceo William Lynch promised investors "we're not going to continue doing what we're doing; we're doing to adjust quickly." At the time, Lynch also noted the company had concluded that "larger technology brands have more resonance in that…

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Holiday Nook Promotion Includes Free eBook--In Stores Only

by on December 20, 2012 in ebookstores, eNews, Features/Offers

Barnes & Noble and Nook have a one-free ebook with purchase promotion that takes modest advantage of some of the discounting freedom available to retailers under Agency Lite (though a number of the titles on offer are from publishers who sell ebooks wholesale anyway). The program focuses on selling ebooks…

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eNews: Kobo Has A Date In Brazil; Nook App Updates; Amazon Sells Bonds (and Kindles)

by on November 27, 2012 in Apps/iOS, eNews, Features/Offers, International News

Kobo will officially launch in Brazil under their previously-announced partnership with bookseller Livraria Cultura on December 5. The Brazilian version of the Kobo Touch device went on sale for pre-orders starting today at R$399 (or roughly $190 US). Nook has updated their iOS and Android apps in a variety of…

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Social Reading Company Tries Again with Book Locker--Will They Get Locked Out?

by on October 10, 2012 in ebookstores, eNews, Features/Offers

With an opaque TOC Frankfurt appearance and vague press release, founder of struggling social-reader-and-more company ReThink Books Jason Illian announced his expanded BookShout! site from Frankfurt. Yes, it still has social reading (even though iniatives for broad social reading outside the major platforms have had almost no consumer uptake); yes,…

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More from Amazon: Merging the Digital/Audio Reading Experience, Kindle Serials

by on September 6, 2012 in Audio, Direct publishing, eNews, Features/Offers

Amazon's new device launch on Wednesday garnered the most media attention, but the company also introduced some intriguing new features that merge or break apart reading experiences -- while potentially raising rights-related questions. People have long speculated that it would be great to "sync" ebooks and digital audio recordings so…

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eNews: First Kobo Announces New eReader and Tablet Devices; Amazon Product Launch Rumor Mill

by on September 6, 2012 in ebookstores, eNews, Features/Offers, Social Network, Web marketing/promotion

As is now their custom, Kobo took the unassuming route of announcing its latest line of ereaders and tablets by press release on Wednesday morning, a few hours before Amazon is set to launch their newest devices in Santa Monica at a press conference (at 1:30 Eastern). Clearly glo(w)ing ereaders will…

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People: Jones Takes Over at Bookseller

by on July 27, 2012 in eNews, Features/Offers, Free, Personnel

At the UK's The Bookseller, deputy editor Philip Jones has been promoted to be editor, taking over from editor-in-chief Neill Denny who "is leaving to follow new opportunities but will remain an integral part" of the magazine's editorial team, including writing a new column starting in September. To file under "etc." or…

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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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