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Sesame Workshop, the non-profit organization behind Sesame Street and its beloved Muppets has announced a new venture. The group recently decided to launch an eBookstore to provide fans of the children’s classic with new online content. The new Sesame Workshop eBookstore will be powered by software from tech firm iPublishCentral, based on a platform from Impelsys. A monthly subscription to the eBookstore will cost $3.99 [...]
A four-way partnership of publishers and television networks are set to release an enhanced eBook about JFK. The new book was written by Gerald Blaine and Lisa McCubbin and is entitled “THE KENNEDY DETAIL: JFK’s Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence.” Gallery Books, Simon & Schuster, CBS News, and the Discovery Channel are teaming up to release the new book at the same time as [...]
The most famous piece of work from author Joseph Heller is finally coming to the world of eBooks. Simon & Schuster recently concluded over a year of negotiations with the late writer’s literary agency to release “Catch-22” as an eBook. Heller released the original book, through Simon & Schuster, in 1961 and provided readers with a satirical look at war. With the 50th anniversary of [...]
From the “My toaster is not an eBook reader…yet” files: Nintendo’s new 3DS could be launched with eReader capabilities. The UK Blog Electricpig has an article about the recently announced Nintendo 3DS handheld unit that Nintendo executives are suggesting will also act as an e-reader. Though similar to the DSi XL’s e-reader functionality that is provided via a game cartridge called “100 Classic Books,” the [...]
June 21st marked a key moment in the E-Book Reader Wars, when an apparent price war began between Amazon and Barnes and Noble. It started early on Monday when Barnes and Noble announced a price cut of their nook 3G reader from $259 to $199 and then announced a new Wi-Fi only version of the nook retailing for $149. This was huge news for the [...]
Random House of Canada announced on June 15, 2010 that they would be releasing the eBook version of The Very Thought of You by Rosie Alison more than a month before the print edition. This is the first time the publisher has released an eBook before its print version. The Very Thought of You is a finalist for UK’s prestigious Orange Prize, which is why [...]
Kevin Rose, founder of the social-bookmarking site Digg, posted a new entry on his website discussing his love of eBooks and some ideas he has to help take them to the next level. The majority of the suggestions focus around the internet connectivity most eBook readers have nowadays and adding a social component that is currently lacking in the eBook market. Here are the main [...]
In another twist to the increasingly changing ebook landscape, Barnes and Noble announced on May 19 that they are launching a self-publishing platform sometime during summer, 2010. The platform, called PubIt! (not really loving the name, but its ok), will allow self-publishers and independent publishers to upload their works and sell them through B & N’s online store. Though the works will have Digital Rights [...]
As I was staring at my book shelf looking for something to read, it dawned on me that that it would be so convenient to have all my books converted to eBooks so that I could read them on a kindle. I don’t know about you but I am one of those people that likes to re-read some books over and over again. One of [...]
The already crowded eBook market is about to get more interesting as Google has now announced that it is launching Google Editions, it’s own eBook store. Google has already been working on digitizing a large number of books as part of it’s Google Books effort, and has been in the midst of a long legal battle with the rights holders to those works. Now the [...]
