E-books & Kids

Participate in the Annual Children’s Book Art Online Auction and Support Free Speech

The Annual Children's Book Art Online Auction begins this Saturday, May 18 at 9:00 a.m. EST and runs through Friday, May 24 at 9:00 p.m. EST at http://myworld.ebay.com/abffe. The auction is open to the public and offers a chance for those outside of... continue reading →

Chidlren’s Choice Book Awards Winners Are…

The highlight of Children’s Book Week (May 13-19, 2013) is the announcement of the winners of the sixth annual Children’s Choice Book Awards (CCBAs). The CCBAs is the only national book awards program where the winning titles are selected by actual... continue reading →

myON reader Holds Summer SuperHero Reading Program with Prizes

As more states begin to implement strategies to prepare their students for career and college readiness, students can stay academically focused while school is not in session with summer reading programs. 77% of teachers said that students who... continue reading →

World Scientific Publishing Signs Ebook Agreement With YBP Library Services

STM publisher World Scientific Publishing announced that it has signed a new agreement with YBP Library Services, the academic division of Baker & Taylor. Customers will be able to access the publisher’s 2012-2013 Front List Full Collection of ebooks... continue reading →

HOW design LIVE: A conference to help independent publishers grow their business

HOW Design LIVE, features sessions focused exclusively on designing and marketing for digital publishing. This conference strives to meet independent publishers' needs in the editorial, production, marketing, and distribution challenges in today's... continue reading →

Study Reveals U.S. Students Believe Mobile Devices Will Improve Education

Nine in ten of today’s elementary, middle and high school students believe that mobile devices will change the way students learn in the future (92 percent) and make learning more fun (90 percent), according to a new study conducted by Harris... continue reading →

collection HQ library tools now available for e-books

collectionHQ, the leading collection performance improvement solution that helps libraries better manage their collections, announced that many of its popular, evidence-based tools available for print and A/V titles are now available for ebooks as... continue reading →

Should Amazon Make Kindles free?

When will the value of ebook content exceed the value of an e-reader?
When you hear the term “loss leader” you think of grocery stores and discount warehouse chains. You don’t think about technology or publishing. Until now. Amazon recently announced... continue reading →

Apple iPad and Kindle Fire neck-in-neck on customer satisfaction survey

As more households continue to adopt tablets, the act of sharing these devices has substantial influence on the purchase-decision process and on future brand selection, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2013 U.S. Tablet Satisfaction... continue reading →

SCHOLASTIC LAUNCHES SCHOLASTIC LEARNING ZONE™, PROVIDING WEB-BASED ACCESS TO DIGITAL INSTRUCTIONAL

Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and media company, announced the launch of Scholastic Learning Zone, a platform through which teachers, students, and school administrators in international markets can access Scholastic’s... continue reading →

Alexandria, Knoxville, and Miami top Amazon’s “Most Well-Read” List

Amazon.com today announced its third annual list of the Most Well-Read Cities in America. The ranking was determined by compiling sales data of all book, magazine and newspaper sales in both print and Kindle format since June 1, 2012, on a per capita... continue reading →

Online Communities: Key to Selling E-Books

-Publishing Technology and Bowker Market Research release first US and UK research into growth of academic and trade publishing online communities-

The number of publisher-owned online communities is set to more than double over the next two years,... continue reading →

Textbook distributor Flannery Company announces eReading platform

ADELANTO, Calif., April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- California-based textbook distributor, Flannery Company, has announced the release of a new eReading platform designed specifically with school administration, teachers, and students in mind.... continue reading →

How to change your Kindle book’s metadata

If you're an author who publishes your books via Kindle, here's a quick guide to changing the data associated wiht your listing on Amazon.

You can make changes to your book details any time by returning to the "Bookshelf" tab and following these... continue reading →

Students warming up to digital textbooks

The popularity of digital textbooks may have hit a tipping point in 2012 as preference by college students climbed significantly, according to new research from the Book Industry Study Group (BISG)'s ongoing study of Student Attitudes Toward Content... continue reading →