Frankfurt Book Fair StoryDrive speaker and Swedish provocateur, Alexander Bard, argues that the internet is engendering a new collective spirituality.
At ASEAN Ebook Conference, Education Was Top Priority
At the 2nd ASEAN Ebook Conference, held in Kuala Lumpur, publishers discussed ways to catalyze the regional ebook industry, particularly in education.
Creative Destruction in an Age of…Creative Destruction
Have no fear of letting go, says Dr. Richard Foster, Lecturer at the Yale School of Management, to publishers looking at bracing for a future of change.
Mexico’s Manuvo: Building Book Apps for Spanish Readers
Award-winning Mexican app development studio Manuvo is at the forefront of building book apps for the Spanish-language market.
What Brazilian STM Publishers Learned in Germany
When Brazilian STM publishers visited their German counterparts last month they found common ground in questions surrounding Amazon, Open Access and more.
Oceano Moves Into Ebooks, Mines Smaller Spanish Markets
Oceano, one of the largest Spanish-language publishers, has finally launched a line of ebook titles out of its Mexico subsidiary aimed at Latin America.
Why the Digital Magazine Market Is Wide Open
Allison Reber of Aquafadas asks why are the majority of magazines not going digital, outlines the challenges and reflects on possible solutions.
Doctorow on the Dangers Posed by Ebook DRM Dictators
Citing the Amazon-Hachette dispute, Cory Doctorow addressed the Writing in the Digital Age conference with an impassioned called to fight ebook DRM.
Book Crowdfunding Platform Pentian Pays Writers and Readers
Spain’s Pentian crowdfunding platform for books offers a new business model: paying 50% of profits from book sales to backers of the book and 40% to the author.
PubMatch Expands into Book Rights Buyer/Seller Transactions
PubMatch, the online platform for rights catalog management, will now allow buyers and sellers to transact business directly on the site.