This week’s news digest includes some new services announced by Simon & Schuster and Trajectory. Some good news for independent booksellers and Canadians choose to buy local and comic lovers can now access Nobrow app on their mobile phones.
Publishing News
Book Publishing and Ebooks: Experts Viewpoints
What’s the future of book publishing and ebooks? Experts talk on key issues: industry growth, subscriptions and innovative business models, copyright policy, and the transformation of the K-12 educational book market.
After Byliner, Vook Acquires Coliloquy
Coliloquy lead the interactive narratives on Kindle E-Ink platform and published over 30 titles. After Byliner, Vook now has acquired Coliloquy. Coliloquy authors will receive 85 percent of their royalties and access to all the Vook data tools.
The State of Ebooks and Print in the US
The initial upswing in adoption of ebooks and e-readers seems t have died down as roughly half the US population still reads only print books.