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Students in elementary school through college can now access hundreds of high-quality books on the subjects they're studying through a new Web-based e-books service available to schools and libraries from Britannica Digital Learning. Chicago, IL (PRWEB) June 09, 2011 Students in elementary school through college can easily access hundreds of high-quality books on the subjects they're studying through a new Web-based e-books service available to schools and libraries from Britannica...
At Soc.io Mall, all Android users will be able to get everything Android they may ever need: apps, games, e-books, audio books, music and more. (PRWEB) May 11, 2011 Seavus Group today announces the launch of Soc.io Mall, the first ever Android shopping mall, which will offer more than just Android apps. Soc.io Mall answers the need for an all-encompassing shopping place that will allow Android users to have easier access to various contents such as apps, games, e-books, audio books,...
Amazon has aggressively dropped the price of its Kindle electronic book reader to $114, but requires customers to view ads in exchange for the lower price.Analysts from Forrester Research Inc. in Cambridge, Massachusetts, predict that the U.S. sales of e-books will almost triple to $2.8 billion by 2015, reports Bloomberg.At $25 less than the current lowest priced Kindle, the Kindle With Special Offers makes the e-book more affordable, and hopes to gain a bigger price advantage over its...
Huzo launches Entertainment 3.0. A a social networking site that combines the attributes of Amazon, Netflix and iTunes while simultaneously providing a similar user experience to that of Facebook and Twitter. By utilizing a platform that includes music, movies, games and an e-book collection, HUZO participates in a revenue share with schools and the students. Everyone gets the same content for the same price, if not cheaper in some cases. Huzo creates revenue streams for the consumers...
Tokyo, Mar 3, 2011 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu today announced that it will establish an online e-book store offering a wide variety of digital content starting May 2011. The new service is designed as one way for Fujitsu to expand its PC and mobile phone business in Japan, offering an environment that will allow customers to fully enjoy digital publications.As a first step, Fujitsu's new online e-book store will provide digital content through a partnership with...
NEW YORK, Jan. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Workman Publishing, known for producing innovative and authoritative reference books with depth and breadth, is launching "Workman Shorts," a new series of subject-specific e-books priced between $2.99 and $4.99. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110118/NY30192-a ) (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110118/NY30192-b ) (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110118/NY30192-c ) (Photo:...
The once-mighty publishing industry has hit hard times. To blame, says Blaine Loomer, is the industry's antiquated business model. He offers a few suggestions on how to revive it"”and promises publishers they're going to "Wubbit"! Cincinnati, OH (PRWEB) January 14, 2011 Once upon a time publishing was a hot industry. Today it's at the bottom of the bargain bin. Over the course of just a few years, the $40-billion industry has hit hard times. Most fingers point to the birth of e-books...
DECISION POINTS by George W. Bush, THE CONFESSION by John Grisham, THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO by Stieg Larsson, and UNBROKEN by Laura Hillenbrand are among the 2010 top selling e-books published by Random House, Inc, the largest U.S. trade-book publisher. The list is being released just ahead of Christmas week, when consumers, many with newly received digital-book reading devices, will be purchasing e-books for them. New York, NY (PRWEB) December 23, 2010 DECISION POINTS by George...
Google opened an online e-book store on Monday in its attempt to jump into a market dominated by Kindle-maker Amazon. Google e-bookstore features the company's massive library of digitized works online at books.google.com. "We believe it will be the world's largest e-books library," said Google spokeswoman Jeannie Hornung. "Including the free books, there are more than three million."Google said it will expand its e-book store internationally next year. The e-bookstore...
CONTOOCOOK, N.H., Nov. 9, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- YBP Library Services, a Baker & Taylor company, and Ebook Library (EBL) announce the launch of the first comprehensive demand-driven workflow for print and e-book acquisition. The two companies will combine the book-in-hand descriptions and preferences from YBP's approval process with EBL's flexible real-time On Demand acquisition service, offering a robust just-in-time approach to delivering e-books and print books. (Logo:...
