Sure, the Seattle Public Library’s world-record book domino chain is awesome, but how about these amazing shots of book stack architecture from bookstores in Japan.
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How Japan’s Discover 21 Hits Hot Trends to Produce Bestsellers
Tokyo’s Discover 21 publishing house, now launching in New York, has published a string of bestsellers at home by asking authors to address real-world issues with originality.
The Fight is On: Which South Korean Publisher Will Snag Murakami’s Latest?
South Korean publishers are in a bidding war to win rights to Haruki Marukami’s newest novel, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage.
Posted in News Blog Also tagged authors, book sales, Haruki Murakami, rights, South Korea, statistics, translation Comments closed
Fans Throng Japanese Bookstores Murakami’s New Novel
Fans of Haruki Murakami lined up at bookstores Friday to be the first to buy his new novel, Shikisai wo Motanai Tsukuru to Kare no Junrei no Toshi.
Apple Soon to Offer 80,000 Japanese-language Ebooks
News out of Japan suggests Apple will launch Japanese-language ebooks in January, with a selection of 80,000 titles from publishers including Kadokawa, Shogakukan, and Kodansha.
On Transitioning from Fixed Book to Reflowable E-book Formats
Realizing no single major Japanese vendor supported fixed layout e-books, Sakkam Press was forced to switch to reflowable formats. Here’s how they managed it.
Posted in Digital Also tagged China, digital publishing, digitization, e-book format, E-books Comments closed
Amazon Cuts Japanese Kindle Price; Sony’s eBookstore Again on iOS
Amazon lowered the price of its Japanese Kindle Paperwhite to 100 dollars, matching the price of the recently announced Kobo Glo, while Sony’s ebookstore is again on iOS.
In Japan, Kindle May Finally Push Publishers Into E-books
Like Kobo, Amazon’s Japan e-bookstore is hampered by limited title selection, but the recent launch will motivate publishers to finally digitize their catalogs.
Google Play E-books, Nexus 7 Land in Japan
Google has launched its Nexus 7 Android tablet, along with localized selection of content, including e-books and movies, in Japan.
Survey Shows Amazon Leads Japan in Ebook Sales, Apple Already Second
A new survey shows that Amazon’s Kindle is leading Japan’s market for ebook sales, with Apple second, followed by Kinokuniya’s Kinoppy, Sony’s Reader Store and Kobo.