E-Book Sales For Kids And Teens Surge
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New monthly stats from the Association of American Publishers show strong growth for both print and e-books in January 2012. Read more »
Harry Potter E-Books, Digital Audiobooks In Libraries Today
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Two days after the Pottermore shop launched, Harry Potter e-books and digital audiobooks will be available in libraries as of noon ET today. Read more »
Pottermore, Day 2: Here Come The Complaints
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J. K. Rowling’s Pottermore shop, the exclusive source for Harry Potter e-books and digital audiobooks, launched yesterday, and some muggles… Read more »
What Happened When I Got Retweeted By @BarackObama
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I thought it would be cool to be retweeted by the President, but it kind of sucked. Read more »
You Can Buy The Harry Potter E-Books Now — Here’s What You Need To Know
The Pottermore e-bookstore is open earlier than expected, with all the Harry Potter e-books and digital audiobooks available (DRM-free) for… Read more »
Cheapest 'Hunger Games' E-Books Are At Kobo — Not Amazon
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Teen dystopian trilogy Hunger Games appears to be on its way to blockbuster-dom, pulling in $19.75 million at the midnight premiere of the… Read more »
Hearst Continues Push Into E-Singles With 'Seventeen' And Sex
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As more publishers experiment with e-singles, Hearst is unique in articulating a specific business strategy for the format: E-singles are “a… Read more »
Harry Potter E-Books Available For Reserve At NY Public Library Now
The Harry Potter e-books, which will be released for the first time by Pottermore in April (after months of delays), are now appearing in th… Read more »
Most U.S. College Students Now Prefer Digital Reading
The majority of U.S. college students now prefer digital formats whether they’re reading textbooks or “fun” books, according to a new survey… Read more »
Pottermore Is (Finally) Coming. In April!
J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter-focused web community and e-bookstore, Pottermore.com, will finally launch to a general audience in April after… Read more »
In Major Digitization Effort, Scholastic Launches E-Reading App For Kids
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The kids’ e-book market is still nascent, with e-books making up just about three percent of children’s book sales. That could change now th… Read more »
Buy A Nook, Get Advance Hunger Games Tickets (While Supplies Last)
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May the odds be ever in your favor: In a partnership with Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) is offering a number of Hunger G… Read more »
Publisher EDC Pulls All Its Books From Amazon
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Tulsa, OK-based children’s book publisher Educational Development Corporation will no longer sell any of its titles on Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN),… Read more »
Harry Potter E-Books Will Be In Libraries
J. K. Rowling’s Pottermore still has not officially launched, but the Harry Potter e-books and digital audiobooks sold exclusively through t… Read more »
Teen Writing Site Figment Buys Rival, HarperCollins’ Inkpop
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Figment, a teen writing site launched by two Condé Nast vets in December 2010, is buying a competitor: HarperCollins’ Inkpop. Read more »
Apps Are ‘Huge’ For Barnes & Noble
Seeking to advance the narrative that the Nook Tablet is a true multimedia tablet and not just a big expensive e-reader, Barnes & Noble (NYS… Read more »
New Stats: E-Book Growth Slows As Children’s Hardcover Jumps
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The newest statistics from the Association of American Publishers show that e-book growth slowed somewhat in November, though it’s still hig… Read more »
Why Some Book Buyers Are Increasingly Resistant To E-Readers
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Book marketing firm Verso Advertising recently found that over half of book buyers say they are “not at all likely” to purchase an e-reader… Read more »
Sesame Street’s Digital Transition: Apps For The Juicebox Set
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While most children, like their parents, still encounter Sesame Street primarily on their TV, the 43-year-old nonprofit brand now attracts 1… Read more »
Barnes & Noble: We Want A Nook For Every Member Of The Family
Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) hopes to get a Nook device in the hands of every person in your family, except maybe your baby. Babies, it turns… Read more »
New Stats: Kids Find E-Books ‘Fun And Cool,’ But Teens Are Still Reluctant
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The children’s and young adult e-book market faces special challenges not shared by the adult market, new research shows. And teens are slow… Read more »
What Apple Is Wading Into: A Snapshot Of The K-12 Textbook Business
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The battle for the college digital textbook market — including startups like Inkling and Kno — gets a fair amount of attention. But the K-… Read more »
Kindle Startup Focuses On Interactive Fiction For Adults
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Coliloquy, a Palo Alto-based publisher focusing on interactive fiction for adults, launches its first four serial titles today on Kindle. Th… Read more »
Report: Apple's Education News Could Be A Textbook Example Of Its Growth
As Thursday approaches, more details (or rumors) are leaking out about what Apple’s education announcement will entail: opinion appears to b… Read more »
E-Books Outsell Print For Majority Of Titles On USA Today Bestseller List
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USA Today is reporting a post-holiday e-book “surge,” with 32 of the top 50 titles on its most recent list selling more copies in digital fo… Read more »
Apple Event In New York This Month Will Focus On Education
As expected, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has started to send out invitations to an event in New York, and now we know what it will be about: educatio… Read more »
Strictly Dance Costumes Cost Girls £5.95 A Month On Stardoll
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BBC Worldwide is exploiting the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing (Dancing With The Stars) through a premium partnership with Stardoll, the vir… Read more »
Pottermore.com Runs Reading Survey In Preparation For Harry Potter E-Books
Ahead of the release of the Harry Potter e-books and digital audiobooks, J. K. Rowling’s Pottermore.com is running a survey on reading habit… Read more »
Crayola Moves From Magic Markers To E-Books
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Seeing “digital devices as another canvas for kids to share their originality and creative ideas,” Crayola is partnering with interactive st… Read more »
Kids On Kindle: Amazon Starts Publishing Children's Books
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With the release of its color-screened, picture-book-friendly Kindle Fire, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) is expanding into publishing books for a new… Read more »
James Frey's Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland
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When we last heard from James Frey, he was releasing a YA novel with a soundtrack. Now his book packaging company, Full Fathom Five, is laun… Read more »
Barnes & Noble Bullish, Even On Drastically Shrinking Print Market
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Speaking at Liberty Media’s annual investor meeting this afternoon, Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) CEO William Lynch said the company expects th… Read more »
A '39 Clues' E-Singles Series For Kids, Over Christmas Vacation
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Building on the massive success of its 39 Clues adventure series for kids–which includes not just print books but also online games and car… Read more »
RLJ Equity Acquires Media Source, Owner Of School Library Journal & Others
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If you’ve ever wondered how certain books wind up on library shelves, or how your children’s school librarian chooses which books to buy, th… Read more »
Hollywood, Silicon Valley Inspire New Teen E-Book Publisher
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Teenagers who founded their own start-ups could find themselves featured in titles from Backlit, a new young adult e-book publisher based in… Read more »
Who Is The Target Audience Of Barnes & Noble's Nook Tablet?
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When Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) CEO William Lynch introduced the Simple Touch Reader this past May, he described it as an e-reader easy enou… Read more »
Five Ways Barnes & Noble’s New Nook Could Compete With The Kindle Fire
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There’s this little tablet called the Kindle Fire that has been getting some press recently, but Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) is forging ahead… Read more »
Education App Publisher Mindshapes Raises $5 Million, Inks Content Deals
It has become something of a meme that young kids take to smartphones and tablets like fish to water. Today sees a development that could fo… Read more »
Two New Experiments In Book Publishing For Teens
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New initiatives from Open Road Integrated Media and Wattpad hope to draw teen readers in with webisodes, music videos, “triggered events” an… Read more »
Pottermore Delays E-Bookstore Launch, Citing Overwhelming Traffic Concerns
Pottermore, the interactive Harry Potter community site that recently launched in beta, was supposed to start its exclusive sales of Harry P… Read more »
