News: digital

Digital 'helping editors be speedy', FutureBook hears

Speed and transparency are two of the key benefits publishers are gaining by incorporating digital into their editorial processes, the FutureBook Conference heard today (14th November).... Read more

Future publisher roles debated at FutureBook

Sharing on Facebook makes users over 80 times more likely to turn into paying customers, the Futurebook Conference has heard. In a panel entitled What... Read more

Relief at conclusion of Amazon/HBG battle

The trade has reacted with relief to news that Hachette Book Group (HBG) in the US and Amazon have reached a new multi-year agreement. The... Read more

Berkowski tells Futurebook: 'entertainment providers are your competitors'

Publishers have "got to figure out who their competitors are" and "putting your head in the sand is not an option" author George Berkowski has... Read more

Academic publishers face major US library shift

Academic publishers are struggling to adapt to the shift in the US library market, which has seen huge growth in patron driven access (PDA) in... Read more

Amazon recruits for UK drone engineers

Amazon has thrown more weight behind its plans to develop unmanned drones –“Octocopters” - to deliver orders to customers within half an hour. The online... Read more

Stein flies in for FutureBook: bookings extended

E-book pioneer Bob Stein is to join the ‘big ideas’ panel at FutureBook 2014. The last minute addition of Stein means bookings for The... Read more

Amazon wins auction for .book domain name

Amazon.com has won a private auction for the right to run the .book domain name, according to Domain Name Wire. The e-commerce giant beat... Read more

Self-publishing 'has revealed readers' true interests'

Self-publishing has made it clear that “readers want very different things to what publishers in London and Manhattan think readers want”, Orna Ross of the... Read more

Amazon launches voice-activated Echo device

Amazon has unveiled a new device called Amazon Echo, a voice-activated speaker unit which people can use to find information, play music, and create to-do... Read more

Natur and Kultur: 'e-lending ups sales'

E-book library lending in Sweden does not lead to cannibalisation in sales, according to a new study by publisher Natur & Kultur. In Sweden libraries... Read more

Scribd adds audiobook offering

Online subscription service Scribd is adding 30,000 audiobooks to its library, with the “vast majority” available to UK customers. Publishers including HarperCollins, Scholastic, Blackstone and... Read more

Bookseller's Digital Census predicts end to territoriality

Publishers are confident their digital sales will continue to increase, but at a slower rate than in the past, The Bookseller’s 2014 Digital Census has... Read more

Kindle Unlimited launches in Spain and Italy

Amazon is continuing the roll-out of its Kindle Unlimited e-book subscription service, already up and running in the US and UK. In both... Read more

Cornerstone releases Harper Lee enhanced e-book

Cornerstone today releases an enhanced digital edition of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Lee’s book was released as an e-book for the first... Read more