eBooks News
eBooks News
National license for Springer eBooks signed in Germany (EurekAlert!) eBooks From Libraries Like Netflix, But Free, Says Macmillan CEO (The Huffington Post) Borders And Angus & Robertson To Sell eBooks (Gizmodo Australia) News: Barnes & Noble announces eReader app for iPad (iLounge) IEEE-Wiley eBooks Collection Added to IEEE Xplore® Digital Library (ThomasNet) O'Reilly Offers Ebook Expertise to Publishers Through Digital Distribution Services Division (Information Today) Barnes & Noble Doesn't Want Digital Magazines to Be Owned By Apple and Amazon After All [Ebooks] (Gizmodo) Giz Explains: How You’re Gonna Get Screwed By Ebook Formats (Gizmodo Australia) Weak economy means it's a freebie nation (MSNBC) Barnes & Noble Develops App for Apple iPad (Fox News)
( Springer ) The German National Library of Science and Technology and the German National Library of Medicine have signed an extensive and ground-breaking agreement for access to Springer eBooks on SpringerLink.
What's Your Reaction? In the past, getting a book from libraries has had a tremendous amount of friction. You have to go to the library, maybe the book has been checked out and you have to come back another time.
The last time an Australian bookseller tried to launch an eBook arm, it was Dymocks and it was a disaster – electronic books were more expensive than hardcover versions and the only eReader they were selling cost $900. Hopefully things have changed, with Blair Speedy at the Australian reporting that Redgroup retail, the company behind Borders and Angus & Robertson, are planning on selling eBooks ...
Barnes & Noble has confirmed plans to release its own eReader application for the iPad. The application is expected to be released as a free download “around the time” of the iPad availability and will allow users to read existing books in their Barnes & Noble digital library, including eBooks and content that customers have already downloaded to their nook eBook reader, as well as providing ...
Available online as part of IEEE Xplore® digital library, IEEE-Wiley eBooks collection is comprised of over 400 volumes that span content areas such as bioengineering, power and energy, and communication technologies as well as other growing areas of research. This collection, available as add-on to existing IEEE Xplore subscriptions or as stand-alone subscription, includes practical handbooks ...
The world of ebooks seems to be in a state of constant flux. Whether it's speculation over the impact of Apple's iPad and the iBook store or an announcement about the newest e-reader device, it seems that there is always something new for publishers to keep up with. With the announcement of O'Reilly Media's Digital Distribution Services (http://oreilly.com/digital-distribution ...
Though they could've fooled me, Barnes & Noble apparently isn't content to let ebooks and digital mags be a two-horse race between Amazon and Apple. They just made a big hire in Jonathan Shar, from Time, who's going to be running their "Digital Newsstand and Emerging Content, Barnes & Noble.com" division. Though that division name tells me they're already kind of fucked. [ MediaMemo ] More »
“We use the epub format: It is the most popular open book format in the world.” That’s how Steve Jobs announced the iPad. And wow, that sounds like all the ebooks you own will just work on anything. Um, no. (more…)
Whether it's to boost sagging business or attract customers to a new product, there seems to be a freebie fad going on. That's a boon for budget shoppers and can be good for companies too.
The application will allow iPad users to download books from Barnes & Noble.