News: digital

Walmart partners with Rakuten to broaden Kobo's US reach

Kobo's parent company Rakuten has struck a "strategic alliance" with Walmart which will see the e-book retailer broaden its customer base in the US.... Read more

Kobo launches 'Originals' programme in France, Holland and Canada

Kobo has launched its ‘Originals’ programme in France, the Netherlands and Canada, offering readers exclusive original e-book and audiobook content. Read more

BESA to run EdTech Exchange in joint venture with founders

The British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) is to take on the operational running of start-up mentoring organisation EdTech Exchange, in a joint venture with its... Read more

Digital Science discovery platform 'will transform scholarly search'

Holtzbrinck technology company Digital Science has collaborated with high-profile universities and research funders to develop a platform, Dimensions, which it says will "democratise and transform... Read more

Walkley promoted to Hachette digital and development director

George Walkley, formerly Hachette UK’s head of digital, has been appointed digital and development director. Read more

Frances Pinter steps down from KU Research

Frances Pinter is relinquishing her position as executive director of policy analysis and research group Knowledge Unlatched Research this spring. Read more

Oliver and Hogan top Amazon print and e-book charts for 2017

Jamie Oliver has topped Amazon UK’s print chart this year in a list dominated by celebrity-authored healthy eating titles. Read more

Thrillers were the most-bought fiction iBooks in 2017

Three psychological thrillers were the most-bought fiction iBooks in 2017. Read more

Snapchat chair joins Pearson board

Michael Lynton, chairman of messaging app Snapchat, and a former chair and c.e.o. of Sony Entertainment, has been appointed to the Pearson board of directors. ... Read more

CUP launches content-sharing pilot

Cambridge University Press is launching a content-sharing pilot on its Cambridge Core platform, which will allow users and authors to share read-only versions of journal... Read more

Over a third of UK research available immediately via OA

Thirty-seven per cent of UK-authored research articles were made freely available to the world immediately on publication last year, via Open Access, according to a report from... Read more

Cengage launching unlimited subscription service in US

Cengage is to launch Cengage Unlimited, a subscription service enabling students to access its entire digital portfolio for one set price, in the US.... Read more

Nosy Crow launches fiction audio list

Nosy Crow has unveiled its first fiction audiobooks as the market grows. Read more

Corporates are 'beating up' agents over audio rights

An animated debate about whether publishers should automatically lay claim to audiobook rights unfolded at the FutureBook Conference. Read more

Industry needs 'educating' on audio rights says Kobo chief

Kobo’s chief executive Michael Tamblyn has said that an "education needs to happen" in audio rights for publishers and agents to prevent one player dominating the... Read more