New York City’s Albertine Books — “the French one” to locals on Fifth Avenue — adds a huge assortment of French-language ebooks to its offerings. Read More
Radius Book Group: International Self-Publishing for Those Who Would Rather Not
Looking to handle international as well as domestic content, Radius Book Group offers do-it-yourself services that you don’t have to do yourself. Read More
Glimpses of the UBC Library's ‘New’ Medieval Manuscripts
Bright color and intricately embellished texts highlight the UBC Library’s acquisitions of Medieval manuscripts, a “student Bible” and Book of Hours. Read More
Australian-Canadian Funding Goes to Digital Storytelling Projects
Using “new technologies to tell culturally relevant stories,” digital media co-productions pull in more than $500,000 in Canadian and Australian funding. Read More
European Commission Consultation on ‘the Role of Publishers in the Copyright Value Chain’
The input of publishers, authors, librarians, researchers and more is sought in the European Commission’s period of public commentary open to June 15. Read More
Crowdfunding for Latin American Writers: A Few Words With Enrique Parrilla
Spain-based Lantia’s crowdfunding platform has become a ‘channel’ for Latin American independent titles, says its CEO Enrique Parrilla at RICOH’s symposium. Read More
Cuba's Book Embargo Tackled by Trade With White House Petitions
Key players in the American publishing community are unified in their call for a lift of the US book embargo of Cuba; a public petition is also up. Read More
Nuts, Bolts and ‘The Persistence of Print’ at Digital Book World
On the pre-conference day of Digital Book World, the children’s market focused on gains and print loyalty, while workshops explored the digital development of sales and audience. Read More
A Few Words With Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s John Joseph Adams
In the long-running tension between pure entertainment and meaningful science fiction and fantasy, anthologist John Joseph Adams says, ‘We can have both. It just takes more work.’ Read More
Freewrite Goes to the Writing Market Touting Mercy for Moderns
Powered by a $342,000 Kickstarter campaign, a “distraction-free” bit of writing technology, the Freewrite, looks a lot like your father’s typewriter. Read More