Mobile opportunities: The London Book Fair Digital Conference

Sunday's London Book Fair Digital Conference was marked by an optimism about the prospects for the industry. George Lossius from Publishing Technology set the tone... Read more

The neverending story

The show went on at yesterday's London Book Fair digital conference, despite the absence of—conservatively—about 50 of the expected 200 plus delegates. But while many overseas delegates remained grounded by Icelandic volcanic ash, one of the overriding themes was about getting publishing moving. Time and again, speakers exhorted the conference to experiment with new models and different platforms and, crucially, in the words of the Publishing Technology c.e.o. George Lossius, the industry needs to be "much more nimble and fleet of foot in the world of laptops and mobiles". Read more

LBF Digital Conference

Oddly enough before the volcanic ash intervened the London Book Fair's digital conference was a sell-out: as it was about 150 of the 200 prospective delegates attended with The Bookseller's associate editor Benedicte Page saying that the standout thing for her was how everyone was really beginning to "grapple" with the issues rather than just talking about them. "It is moving into the mainstream: how to change and engage," Ben told FutureBook. Read more

An Apple a day

I can't help thinking that Apple's decision to delay the launch of the iPad internationally underlines the reason for this blog. As with the Google Settlement, the Kindle launch, and now Apple . . . The US leads, the rest of us follow on behind. Read more

Things you can't do with an e-book: part one

Clash of cultures

About two years ago I wrote in the Bookseller about the bewildering range of e-book formats, the so-called Tower of e-Babel. There are a multiplicity of e-book formats out there—epub, PDF, Mobipocket, Microsoft LIT, Palm Reader, the list goes on and on—many DRM locked and designed for specific devices. Read more

The future of publishing is the same

It is a neat technique, but I cannot help thinking that perhaps the suggestion that everything will remain broadly the same, only with a twist, is only half the story. Read more

Apple iPad numbers are great news for book publishers

A number of commentators have now raised issues with Apple's release of its first day numbers, arguing that those 85% of iPad debutants downloaded a book from the iBook Store, 15% did not. Read more

Inspired

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OverDrive Joins With Insight Venture Partners to Accelerate U.S. and International Growth

Cleveland, OH) - October 18, 2010 - OverDrive (www.overdrive.com), the leading global distributor of eBooks, audiobooks and digital content services to retailers, libraries, and schools, announced today that Insight Venture Partners, a leading private equity firm focused on technology companies, has made a major investment in the company. The investment, subject to regulatory approval, will provide additional resources and capital to help fuel the company's impressive growth. Read more