Porter Anderson looks at reactions to the news of Larry Kirshbaum’s departure from Amazon Publishing, plus problems with print, and more.
Romania’s ReadForward Angles to Be “Facebook for Education”
Bucharest-based developer Read Forward has produced original ebooks, luxury digital editions of classics and is now moving into education, with fully interactive HTML5 textbooks.
Ether for Authors: Is It Time for Publishing to Call a Truce?
Porter Anderson looks at the Frankfurt Book Fair, at Sprint Beyond the Book and Book Sprints, at pen names, and more in Ether for Authors this week.
S&S to Distribute Chinese Language Ebooks from Yilin Press
Simon & Schuster will distribute Yilin Press ebooks to Chinese readers around the world. The distribution agreement was signed at the Frankfurt Book Fair.
Candid Facts from Amazon’s Russ Grandinetti
At the Frankfurt Book Fair, VP of Kindle Content, Russ Grandinetti, shared some numbers about consumer usage of Kindle ebooks around the world.
Can Kobo Conquer India? We’ll Know “Soon”
Ebooks remain less than 1% of the market in India, but ‘even the niche in India is a big number,’ says the regional director for Kobo — which is launching ‘soon.’
Ebooks and Libraries in the Spanish-speaking World
In Mexico City librarians from Colombia, Mexico and Spain agreed there remained numerous challenges to libraries offering digital content and lending ebooks.
Apple iBookstore Leads Brazil’s Ebook Market in 2013
In 2012, Brazil became the latest battleground for the big international ebooksellers. Ebook sales have since skyrocketed, with Apple in the early lead ahead of Amazon.
Why Publishing in Kenya is “Tougher Than Boxing”
David Waweru of Nairobi’s WordAlive Publishers shares insights on the inspiration, resilience and patience necessary to succeed as a publisher in Africa.
PublishNews Brazil: Kobo on Sale, $200k Rights Sales in Mexico
In this week’s publishing news from Brazil, legal issues surrounding biographies may soon end, Objectiva launches digital imprint, Kobo goes on sale, $200k rights sales expected in Guadalajara.