Penguin Random House ‘holds an effective veto on the success of ebook subscription services,” says Peter Hudson at Vancouver’s Shelfie. Read More
Rakuten Kobo Becoming Tolino's Tech Partner in Germany
Taking over from Deutsche Telekom as the Tolino alliance’s e-reading tech partner, Canada’s Rakuten Kobo enlarges its European footprint. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Tamblyn: ‘Excellent News for All Concerned’ In an announcement dated Tuesday (January 2), Deutsche Telekom has announced what it terms “a change in technology partner” in the Tolino e-reader alliance. Toronto-based Kobo, owned… Read More
Bowker: 727,000 US Self-Published ISBNs Registered in 2015
The US ISBN agency, Bowker, reports a 21-percent increase in self-published ISBNs—not titles—from 2014 to 2015: another indication of quickly rising interest in indie publishing. Read More
The Global Supply Chain: Interview with Ingram’s Kelly Gallagher
Ingram’s Kelly Gallagher talks about what book distribution encompasses in a more global and digital industry, and how on-demand technology saves everyone money. Read More
A New Global Ebook Report on a Mercurial World Market
BEA’s’ Director of International Affairs Rüdiger Wishenbart’s new Global Ebook Report cites continental Europe’s ebooks “stalling even earlier” than in the US and UK. Read More
Harvard Book Store Partners with Canada’s Shelfie on Bundling Ebooks
Vancouver’s Shelfie program adds Harvard Book Store to the list of cooperative books points in which ebooks are being bundled with print editions. Read More
Albertine Makes 28,000 French-Language Ebooks Newly Available in the US
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
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
400 Years On: Bumping Into Shakespeare at Every Turn
As marketers jockey for position in the 400th year of the death of Shakespeare , the modern-relevance lights burn bright. What ho? Read More
Europe’s Taxing Dilemma: When ‘A Book Is a Book’
By Porter Anderson | @Porter_Anderson Editor-in-Chief ‘Business as Usual Appears To Be a Thing of the Past’ The European Parliamentary Research Service describes itself as the European Parliament’s “in-house research department and think tank.” It promises “independent, objective and authoritative analysis of, and research on, policy issues relating to the European Union.” The research documents the… Read More