Netgalley is one of the largest companies for ARC e-books. Publishers send them copies of their digital books before the official release to generate buzz on social media and get early reviews. This helps a book gain traction as soon as it comes out, which is why many review snippets exist on an Amazon or Kobo book listing. Netgalley has just announced that they have formed a … [Read more...] about NetGalley e-books can be wirelessly sent to Kobo e-readers
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How Digital Books Are Shaping the Future
For twenty years, literature consumption practices have undergone a total conversion. Readers can now avoid carrying bulky hardcovers and postpone paperback wait times - e-books have established dominance over the publishing industry through screen-based systems that grant users unlimited digital literature access. This digital paradigm shift operates alongside another digital … [Read more...] about How Digital Books Are Shaping the Future
B&N, Kobo, and Google Play Books Are Breaking California Law
Selling digital content such as e-books used to be the wild west. Online retailers could sell them at a loss to undercut the competition. Amazon was notorious for this sort of thing, and it made it the number one e-book store not only in North America but also in Europe. Kindle adoption skyrocketed, making it the number-one e-reader in the world. Things crashed because … [Read more...] about B&N, Kobo, and Google Play Books Are Breaking California Law
Apple Pages Can No Longer Publish E-books to Apple Books
Apple has had a strange relationship with courting authors to publish on its platform, Apple Books. The company used to operate the Apple Author app from 2012 to 2020 when it was retired. The publishing features were then gravitated towards Pages, part of their document suite. Apple just announced with the latest update that the app has lost its publishing system on Apple 3rd. … [Read more...] about Apple Pages Can No Longer Publish E-books to Apple Books
NaNoWriMo is Being Discontinued After 25 years
National Novel Writing Month is an annual challenge for writers to complete a rough novel draft during November. It has been going strong for the past 25 years. However, it lost community support when it voted to use artificial intelligence in creative writing. The organization has just announced that it is shutting down and will no longer operate. According to the farewell … [Read more...] about NaNoWriMo is Being Discontinued After 25 years
E-book Sales Slightly Increased in January 2025
E-book sales in the United States increased by 0.9% for the month compared to January 2024, generating $78.5 million. Digital audiobook sales grew by 6.1% for January, reaching $85.1 million in revenue. Physical Audio was down 2.5%, coming in at $600 thousand. In terms of physical format revenues during January, Hardback revenues were up 0.1%, coming in at $267.5 million; … [Read more...] about E-book Sales Slightly Increased in January 2025
World’s First Newspaper to be Produced Entirely By AI Launched in Italy
Here comes the world's first newspaper that is produced entirely by AI, the website The Guardian reported. Il Foglio AI, as the newspaper is named, happens to be the AI version of the Italian newspaper Il Foglio. The AI newspaper comprises 4 pages and is sold alongside the regular print version. Also, Il Foglio AI is available only in digital form and can be read online. All of … [Read more...] about World’s First Newspaper to be Produced Entirely By AI Launched in Italy
Authors Guild Launches Human Authored Certification
Hundreds of thousands of e-books are submitted to anyone through self-publishing platforms such as Kindle Direct Publishing, Kobo Writing Life, Nook Press, and Smashwords. AI written books represents a large segment, polluting a good ecosystem. All of these platforms find it hard to police all of the AI garbage, since there is no editorial process. The Authors … [Read more...] about Authors Guild Launches Human Authored Certification
Netgalley switches from Adobe Digital Editions to LCP
Netgalley is a company that specializes in providing early access to books that have yet to be released. Publishers provide them with ARC e-books and audiobooks in exchange for reviews that can be used for marketing purposes. For a long time, Netgalley used Adobe Digital Editions as a form of Digital Rights Management (DRM). However, they just announced that they no longer use … [Read more...] about Netgalley switches from Adobe Digital Editions to LCP
Diamond Comic Distributors is filing for Bankruptcy
Diamond Comic Distributors used to be the only game in town when distributing graphic novels and comics to physical bookstores and comic book shops. Due to increased competition and many of the world's largest publishers going with the competition, Diamond has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Diamond distributes content from Comics, Image Comics, Dark Horse Comics, IDW … [Read more...] about Diamond Comic Distributors is filing for Bankruptcy