Ebook novels to overtake print book novels in the UK by 2018
In the UK, a new report has found that ebooks will overtake print books as the preferred option for reading novels by 2018, reports the Bookseller. According to the report by accounting organisation PwC, the UK ebook...
INscribe launches ebook tracking software
US ebook distributor INscribe Digital has launched a product called INstore that allows publishers to track the real-time availability of their ebooks at major ebook retailers, including Amazon, Apple iBooks,...
Germany lowers audiobooks VAT to 7%, pushes for lower ebook VAT
The German government has cut its value added tax (VAT) on audiobooks from 19% to 7%, and is campaigning to reduce the VAT on ebooks to the same level, reports the...
Judge rejects Apple’s motion to dismiss states’ class action in ebook pricing case
The judge in Apple’s ebook pricing case has rejected Apple’s motion to dismiss the states’ class action claims, reports Publishers Weekly. Apple’s motion, which was filed in November 2013, argued that...
Matthew Reilly novella published as serialised ebook
Pan Macmillan’s digital-only imprint Momentum is publishing Matthew Reilly’s latest novella as a serialised ebook.The first episode of Troll Mountain, a quest story set in the ‘kingdom of the trolls’,...
Verso to offer print book, ebook bundles from own website
UK publisher Verso will offer DRM-free print book and ebook bundles from its own website, reports the Bookseller. Launching on 8 April, the bundling offer will allow customers to download...
Australian ebook company among retailers suing Apple and publishers over agency pricing
Australian ebook company DNAML is one of three retailers that have filed legal action against Apple and the five major publishers that were involved in the Department of Justice’s agency...
Kobo challenge delays implementation of ebook agency-pricing agreement in Canada
The implementation of an agreement between the Competition Bureau of Canada and Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan and Simon & Schuster regarding the use of agency pricing for ebooks has been delayed...
Canadian regulators reach agency-pricing agreement with major publishers
The Competition Bureau of Canada has reached an agreement with Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan and Simon & Schuster that will limit the publishers’ use of agency pricing for ebooks, reports Digital...
Where can you buy ebooks in Australia?
Last year ended with a flurry of new ebookstore announcements, including the launch of an Australian Kindle store, an Australian Nook ebookstore and an Optus ebookstore. Andrea Hanke looks back...
Another executive leaves Barnes & Noble
In the US, Barnes & Noble’s managing director of global ebook sales Jim Hilt will leave the company in February, reports the Bookseller. Hilt is the third executive to leave B&N in...
‘Spectacular’ growth in ebook loans at Christchurch City Libraries
New Zealand’s Christchurch City Libraries have recorded ‘spectacular’ growth in the number of ebooks being loaned in the past year, reports stuff.co.nz.Loans through the libraries’ ebook provider, OverDrive, have increased...
Local push for Barnes & Noble ebookstore
US bookseller Barnes & Noble has begun raising the profile of its Australian Nook ebookstore, offering new customers free local ebooks and magazines for a limited time. The Australian Nook...
Australian app, ebook win at 2014 Digital Book Awards
An Australian app and ebook have won awards at the 2014 Digital Book Awards, announced in New York on 14 January. Australian app Cowzat! won in the App—Children category. The...
New email service offers daily ebook deals
A new email service that offers daily ebook deals launched in January. Subscribers can sign up to eBookSoda to receive a daily email with ebook deals in each of their...
Queensland student shortlisted for Digital Book Awards
Queensland creative writing student Donna Thompson has been shortlisted for the 2014 Digital Book Awards, to be held in New York on 14 January. Thompson is a finalist in the Ebook Fixed...
New editing business to focus on ebooks
A new Australian editing business aimed at individual authors wanting to self-publish ebooks launched this month. Ebookedit was founded by Nicola O’Shea and Keith Stevenson. O’Shea is a regular freelancer...
Hachette Australia joins NetGalley
Hachette Australia is the latest local publisher to make digital advance reading copies of its books available through NetGalley. There are 30 Hachette Australia titles currently listed on NetGalley. Among the first...
Sleepers to distribute Duffy & Snellgrove ebooks
Melbourne-based publisher Sleepers Publishing has announced a new partnership with Duffy & Snellgrove that will involve Sleepers distributing Duffy & Snellgrove titles globally as ebooks. Under the arrangement, Sleepers will distribute...
‘Books+Publishing’ reviews: 83% of print books published simultaneously as ebooks; 60% of adult titles written by women
Books+Publishing has conducted an overview of its reviews pages for 2013 to reveal some interesting statistics about the Australian publishing industry. In total, 232 Australian and New Zealand originated titles...