The Wylie Agency is avoiding making deals on eBooks after being dissatisfied with the terms publishers have been offering for eBook rights and fearing eBooks will become like MP3s according to an article in Harvard Magazine, reports eBookNewser:
http://www.mediabistro.com/ebooknewser/agents/the_wylie_agency_avoids_ebook_deals_166051.asp?c=rss
After being battered by discount web retailer Amazon, independent bookstores see Google as an ally in the eBook market: The search giant is on the verge of completing a deal with the American Booksellers Association, the trade group for independent bookstores, to make Google Editions the primary source of ebooks on the web sites of hundreds of independent booksellers (pls see attached Word doc for full article):
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/30/business/30books.html?src=busln
A blog by the New York Times says that, despite experimenting aggressively with new electronic devices, a lot of magazine/ newspaper apps are still shy about socialising. Companies should be focussing on web capabilities to allow users to post, comment, and share content with other users (pls see attached Word doc for full article): http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/digital-magazines-dont-encourage-socializing/
Sony has launched a new Reader Library program to promote eBook collections in libraries; through the program, Sony will lead online training sessions on how to use digital reading devices and how to access eBooks. Sony will also give libraries digital reading devices for librarians to use:
http://www.mediabistro.com/ebooknewser/libraries/sony_launches_reader_library_program_166187.asp
Google to build a Facebook rival: Google are working on a large-scale social-networking project designed to compete with Facebook - a source says the launch of Google Me could be coming "very soon":
http://digitalmedia.strategyeye.com/article/aYcYu45pww/2010/06/29/google_builds_facebook_rival_rumour/
HMV Group has described the 2009/10 performance of Waterstone's as "disappointing" as profits slumped by more than 70% to £2.8m and like-for-like sales fell 6.2% during the 12 month period to 24th April:
http://www.thebookseller.com/news/122354-waterstones-profits-slump-70-after-disappointing-year.html.rss
Random House in digital restructure: the publisher says the new structure and roles will strengthen its commitment to creative digital publishing and position the company to take advantage of the new devices on the market:
http://www.thebookseller.com/news/121900-random-house-restructures-digital.html.rss
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