Fries and Free e-Books
McDonald’s has partnered with RIF (Reading is Fundamental) to give away free e-books this month. Customers who purchase a Happy Meal and the McPlay app can get a free title from DK Publishing’s...
View ArticleNew BISG Report with e-Book Insights
The BISG has released their latest report, Consumer Attitudes Towards Ebook Reading. The report gives many insights to both consumer attitudes as well as view on the retail space. Major findings...
View ArticleScholastic Launches New App
Scholastic Books have launched a new app to assist parents in selecting books for their children at Book Fairs. Parents or students can point their smart device at the cover of any book in a...
View ArticleNew Book Summary App
A new app, Blinkist which provides summaries of non-fiction books in ‘blinks’, is launching internationally today. The subscription based app ($4.99 / month) provides summaries that are condensed by a...
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Amazon Launches Stores in New Locations
Amazon has launched a new Kindle store in Australia. The new Australian Kindle Store offers over 2 million eBooks sold in Australian dollars, the most English language best sellers including 9 of the...
View ArticleReadmill adds “Read With Friends”
The Readmill app for iOS has rolled out a new version with “Read With Friends” functionality. The new Feed section, which operates like a Facebook news feed now shares highlights, reviews and...
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Google Play Books Update
Google is rolling out an update to Google Play Books with a number of new features and improvements: Upload EPUB or PDF files to your library from your phone or tablet Improved look and feel of...
View ArticleThe Longevity of Print
“The Evolution of the Book Industry: Implications for US Book Manufacturers and Printers” is a new report from Ricoh, analyst firm IT Strategies and the University of Colorado at Boulder. The report...
View ArticleNPR’s Book Concierge
NPR Books has released a new web app designed to help readers discover what they might like to read among NPR’s best 200 books of the year. The Book Concierge lets you mix and match from 21 different...
View ArticleA Different Kind of Book Recommendation Site
A new website, Just One Book, is a book recommendation site with recommendations from interesting people. The site’s premise is “If I could pick just one book for you to read…” Just One Book contains a...
View ArticleKids Reading Statistics
Through a number of presentations at Digital Book World this week, a number of interesting statistics have emerged: According to data from Nielsen Book, 41% of teens now say they don’t read for fun as...
View ArticleeBook Buying Patterns
As we all know, the eBook market has really grown over the course of the last four years. In the United States nearly 8.5 million adults, 18% of the population, have bought at least one e-book....
View ArticleE-Reading Still on the Rise
A new survey on e-reading and device ownership has been conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International and made available through Pew Internet. The study which is definitely worth...
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Apple Expands iBooks Textbooks
Apple has expanded the read of its iBooks Textbooks. The program features education focused interactive publications for IPad was only available in four countries prior to the expansion. The program...
View ArticleThe DNA of a Successful Book
Hiptype has put together a great infographic with a lot of interesting facts including: Over 62% of e-book readers live in cities The average length of a bestseller is 375 pages Women are 50% more...
View ArticleA Goodreads for Kids?
BiblioNasium, now with about 75,000 registered users, is a start-up reading community for kids. The site allows kids to create virtual bookshelves, connect with friends, make recommendations and share...
View ArticleBook Bundles
Italian RCS Libri publishing group ran an experiment called “110 Libri+” (literally 110 Books+), and was the first mass-market publishing initiative in Italy to offer print book and e-book bundles in...
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Scribd Releases Kindle Fire App
Book subscription service Scribd has released its app for the Kindle Fire – but it is only available as a direct link and not through the Kindle App marketplace. According to Scribd, more than 100,000...
View ArticleNoiseTrade Expands to Books
NoiseTrade is a music marketing site that helps artists build their fan email lists by giving away free music in exchange for email addresses and zip codes. The start-up was founded in 2008 and has now...
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Sony Shuts Reader Store
Sony has announced that they are closing the Reader store in the U.S. and Canada as of March 20, 2014. All customers will be transferred to Kobo. From their email notification to users: You don’t have...
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