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Do You Plan To Buy An E-Book Reader in 2009?

Authored by Jay Baage on February 27, 2009 - 12:32pm.
tags: Amazon | Polls | Hearst | Publishing | Books | E-Book | Kindle |

E-Book Industry Working Towards Unified Container Format

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 14, 2006 - 10:12am.
La Jolla, Calif. - eBook Technologies, a provider of e-book delivery technologies, announced on Tuesday that company co-founders Garth Conboy and John Rivlin will co-chair a working group within the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), whose goal will be to develop a unified e-book container format. The Open eBook Publication Structure will enable content creators to produce a single format that can be distributed across multiple e-book distribution channels, such as MS Reader, eReader.com and MobiPocket. "A container format standard will boost eBook market momentum and be much more appealing to both content creators and consumers," said Rivlin. "The key is to develop a simple format that can easily be manipulated using existing tools and be transferred between publishers, eBook technology companies, and consumers in a standardized single file format."
tags: Work | Towards | Unified Container | E-Book |

Sony to Introduce Re-vamped E-Book Reader Device in U.S.

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 6, 2006 - 6:34am.
Las Vegas - Sony this week announced plans to release a re-vamped e-book reader device in the U.S. in March. The PRS-500 Portable Reader -- a lighter, thinner version of its Librie e-1000 device, previously offered in Japan -- features a 170dpi display from eInk, which has developed technology that allows for flexible electronic displays that more closely mimic the look of words on a printed page. The Register reported that Sony plans to sell the device for between $300 and $400, adding that the device will offer enough capacity on Sony's MemoryStick media to hold about 80 books -- which Sony will sell through its Connect download store.
tags: Sony | U.S | E-Book | Re-vamped |

International Digital Publishing Forum Names October e-book Bestsellers

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 4, 2005 - 3:07am.
New York - The International Digital Publishing Forum (formerly the Open eBook Forum), a trade group of e-book publishers, retailers and technology firms, on Friday released its October 2005 e-book bestseller list. The top five best-sellers were "The Colorado Kid" (Stephen King); "My Fair Temptress" (Christina Dodd); "The Lincoln Lawyer" (Michael Connelly); "It Happened One Autumn" (Lisa Kleypas); and "MindWar" (Darrell Bain). A full list is available at the link below.
tags: International | E-Book | Forum | Bestsellers |

E-Book Systems Lands $3 Million as Part of Asian Joint Venture

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 30, 2004 - 4:01am.
Santa Clara, Calif. -- E-Book Systems, developer of a 3-D page-flipping interface, has announced that it will receive a $3 million investment from Japan's Softbank Media & Marketing as part of a joint venture between the two companies. Specifically, the investment will go to E-Book Systems' Singapore-based unit, which holds a number of patents for e-publishing technologies. The new joint venture company, E-Book Systems Kabushiki Kaisha (KK), will direct the establishment of electronic publishing in Japan and Korea. E-Book Systems KK anticipates turning a profit by 2006. Currently, 273 magazine titles worldwide use the company's technology, which delivers multimedia content in the form of a virtual book.
tags: E-Book | Joint Venture | Asian |

Report: First Quarter E-Book Sales Top $3.23 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 30, 2004 - 11:15am.
New York -- Sales of e-books were $3.23 million for the first quarter of 2004, a 28% increase from the same period a year ago, according to data compiled by the Open eBook Forum, a trade group made of technology firms and publishers. Factors impeding the growth of e-books include expense and design factors of portable devices used for mobility, competing e-book file formats and publishers' desire for adequate digital rights management for their titles. "Publishers all want heavy-duty DRM, but the problem is that anything you do gets in the way of buying and using e-books," publishing industry analyst Jean Bradford told CNET News.com.
tags: Reports | E-Book | First Quarter |

Report: First Quarter E-Book Sales Top $3.23 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 27, 2004 - 8:14pm.
New York -- Sales of e-books were $3.23 million for the first quarter of 2004, a 28% increase from the same period a year ago, according to data compiled by the Open eBook Forum, a trade group made of technology firms and publishers. Factors impeding the growth of e-books include expense and design factors of portable devices used for mobility, competing e-book file formats and publishers' desire for adequate digital rights management for their titles. "Publishers all want heavy-duty DRM, but the problem is that anything you do gets in the way of buying and using e-books," publishing industry analyst Jean Bradford told CNET News.com.
tags: Internet | Reports | E-Book |

Report: E-Book Sales Expected to Top $10 Million in 2003

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 16, 2003 - 6:49am.
New York -- Sales of e-books are expected to exceed $10 million in 2003, and unit sales are up 40% in the first half of the year as compared to the same period last year, according to a report from the Open eBook Forum (OeBF), the electronic publishing industry's trade and standards organization. The report comes in spite of retailer Barnes and Noble.com's announcement last week that it would cease selling e-books, due to their slow market acceptance. According to the report, the total number of e-books on sale has also increased, to 280,590 -- a 144% increase over the same period in 2002. Data contained in the report was submitted by 34 leading publishers and retailers. "Those of us in the industry have been seeing real signs of growth from every direction," said OeBF executive director Nick Bogaty.
tags: Reports | E-Book | Top |

RosettaBooks, Random House Settle E-Book Publishing Rights Litigation

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 9, 2003 - 2:56am.
New York -- E-book publisher RosettaBooks announced on Wednesday that it has settled outstanding litigation with publisher Random House, over its sales of e-book versions of titles from Random House authors. The settlement calls for no payments from either side; instead, the two parties said they will partner to expand the e-book market. Random House will grant RosettaBooks exclusive licenses to publish 51 e-book titles, from authors including Kurt Vonnegut and William Styron. In 2001, Random House sued RosettaBooks, arguing that its contracts with its authors covered rights to e-book versions of their works. "We are very glad to be able to put our differences behind us and to now work co1laboratively rather than combatively to enhance RosettaBooks' and our commitment to electronic publishing," said Katherine J. Trager, senior vice president and general counsel for Random House.
tags: E-Book | Litigation | Random | RosettaBooks |

Franklin Electronic Publishers Ups Stake In E-book Firm MobiPocket

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 11, 2003 - 6:06am.
Burlington, N.J. -- Franklin Electronic Publishers, a manufacturer of e-book reader devices, announced on Tuesday that it has increased its stake in MobiPocket, a developer of e-book software, to more than 25 percent. Franklin will purchase one-half of the stake currently owned by Viventures, a venture capital unit of Vivendi Universal. Financial terms were not disclosed. Previously, Franklin and Paris-based MobiPocket collaborated to make MobiPocket's software compatible with Franklin products. The software enables the reading and secure distribution of electronic text across all existing OS platforms, including Palm OS, Pocket PC OS, Symbian OS and Franklin's proprietary operating systems. http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030311/phtu016_1.html
tags: E-Book | Electronic | Franklin | MobiPocket |