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IRVINE, Calif., June 17 /PRNewswire/ -- HUZO today announced the launch of HUZO.com, a revolutionary new category where entertainment and social media converge to give people a single source for all content such as movies, games, e-books and music. "We call it Entertainment 3.0(TM)," said Terrell Samuels, HUZO CEO and Co-Founder. "Plus, our socially-conscious revenue sharing model empowers the HUZO community to join our company in giving something back to causes that are important to...

NEW YORK, June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Random House Children's Books (www.randomhouse.com/kids) is launching the complete Magic Tree House series in e-book today, making the entire series available digitally for the first time, it was announced by Chip Gibson, the company's President and Publisher. All 43 titles currently available in the beloved and bestselling Magic Tree House fiction series will now be available in the U.S. and Canada wherever Random House e-books are sold. (Logo:...

NEW YORK, May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Amid surging demand and interest in e-books, Baker & Taylor, a leading provider of digital media services to publishers worldwide, and LibreDigital, Inc., a leading developer of digital publishing solutions, today at Book Expo America announced an expanded agreement to partner for the delivery of e-books- creating a one-stop, comprehensive suite of services for publishers. The pair's enhanced digital services platform spans all forms of digital media -...

New books published by Macmillan were removed from online shelves at Amazon.com on Saturday due to pricing disagreements that have been ongoing over e-book prices. John Sargent, CEO for Macmillan told the Associated Press that Amazon agreed to remove copies of Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall," Andrew Young's "The Politician" and other books published by Macmillan, as well as e-books for Amazon's Kindle e-reader. Books will still be available, however, from private vendors and other...

DENVER, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- InsightSoftware.com, a global software provider for Business Optimization Software (BOS), writes an article for Oracle's User Group, Quest. The article, to be published in the 4th quarter edition of Quest's Q&A magazine, promotes the benefits of real-time reporting and inquiries to optimize your business processes. Visit www.insightsoftware.com/e-books/a_better_way for more information on optimizing your business processes. The Insight software solution...

Barnes and Noble unveiled its new electronic reader on Tuesday, launching itself into a crowded market dominated by devices such as the popular Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader.The nation's largest bookstore chain said the "Nook" would be available at the end of November, at a cost of $259 "“ the same price as the Kindle.  The Nook, which is powered by Google's Android operating system, is roughly the size of a paperback book, and can store up to 1,500 e-books, or up to 17,500 with an...

Reading Rights Coalition Commends Decisive Action LOS ANGELES, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Reading Rights Coalition (RRC), which consists of thirty-one organizations dedicated to equal access to the printed word by people who are blind or who have other print disabilities, announced today that the Los Angeles Public Library system has agreed to suspend purchase of inaccessible e-books using the Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) format. The library was informed by the RRC that ADE...

CAMPBELL, Calif., Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- FastPencil today announced a robust feature update to their free social self-publishing platform that allows authors to easily write, share, publish and sell their books. FastPencil (www.fastpencil.com) now offers additional book templates, Facebook Connect, Twitter updates and distribution of e-books through Barnes & Nobile and Amazon, including iPhone reader and Kindle support. FastPencil is now integrated with both Facebook Connect and...

Amazon.com's latest venture offers users of its popular Kindle reader free e-books from many noted authors, The Associated Press reported.Popular and prolific thriller author James Patterson is among those giving away free books to Kindle readers, including the first installment of his young adult series "Maximum Ride". The book, titled "The Angel Experiment," is one of the most downloaded among the growing list of free e-book offerings. "I like the notion of introducing...

CAMPBELL, Calif., July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- FastPencil today announced the beta launch of the first self-publishing platform that allows authors to write, share, publish and sell their books. FastPencil (www.fastpencil.com) strips out the cost and complexity of the publishing process and allows anyone to write and publish a book regardless of the topic or their experience level. Writers now have a single service to create and write a book, easily share their work with trusted friends and...