In other attempts to launch subscription -
based ebook platforms, some of the major hurdles involved the pricing and compensation.
Our philosophy is «radical simplicity»: we deliver all books, to all people, all the time, you can download online and offline, and keep them on the device forever, it's raining books,» says Yoav Lorch, CEO of the Tel Aviv -
based ebook platform Total BooX.
If I had a dollar for every time I had seen a pitch for a subscription -
based ebook platform, I would by now have launched my own.
The Budapest -
based ebook platform PublishDrive has announced its participation in the Google Developers Launchpad, a six - month accelerator program, a class of which opens July 17 with a two - week mentoring and training program in California.
Following the launch of Kobo Glo HD in May, the Toronto -
based ebook platform is updating their basic e-reader — Kobo Touch.
Not exact matches
But until now, there hasn't really been a popular way to share
eBooks across
platforms with the ease of simply accessing a communal cloud -
based hard drive.
Kbuuk is an
eBook platform and subscription service
based in Houston, Texas.
And last week, at the 2010
Ebook Summit, they announced broadcastr, «a Social Media
platform for location -
based stories» that reminds me of MondoBizzaro's I - Witness Central City, but on a global scale.
When I first assumed I would hate reading
ebooks, I'd
based it on the experiences I'd had reading books on my computer through academic
platforms like NetLibrary and eBrary.
Matt Cavner of Vook, developers of a cloud -
based ebook distribution
platform, spoke with GoodEReader about what sets their product apart from the multitude of options for authors to create, format, and distribute their digital content.
The txtr solution offers an end - to - end
eBook discovery, purchase, read and share consumer experience, built on a back - end
platform with store, a cloud
based personal library storage and an extensive international
eBook catalogue.
Wei Shi, an analyst at Strategy Analytics» wireless media strategies division, said that a significant development in the
eBook market is subscription -
based services launched by
platforms like Amazon Unlimited, which have a model similar to how Spotify and Pandora work in the music industry.
For
ebook reading consumers, we came across brand - new or limited edition devices from four different companies today, including Bookeen, Imcosys, Tolio, and txtr; txrt actually spoke at length about pending plans for a subscription -
based reading service, highlighting several features that their
platform will offer that the slow - to - adoption subscription reading market has lacked.
Smashwords joined up with OverDrive to make indie authors» titles available in libraries around the world, and Simon & Schuster provided access to a massive backlist of
ebooks to two of the top subscription -
based reading
platforms.
Recorded Books basically leveraged their existing
base of library contacts to help market hundreds of magazines, in addition to their audiobooks and 100,000
eBooks, via the OneClickDigital
platform.
Now, Hong Kong -
based self - publishing
platform Towerbabel is furthering not only digital reading and enjoyment of
ebooks, but has built its
platform to also be a collaboration tool for authors, editors, designers, and artists, while also helping participants engage in social writing.
ReadersFirst thanks the Open
eBooks founding partners: Digital Public Library of America, The New York Public Library, First Book, digital books distributor Baker & Taylor (on whose
platform the app is
based), and financial supporters the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
If they are not careful the core talent of the book trade may well combine in new types of ventures — collectives and transparent relationships where writers and editors go into business together on a 50:50
basis and are enabled by web
platforms,
ebooks and print on demand... disintermediation of a more radical sort.
Located in California, the library system established a partnership with Smashwords that will let the libraries» patrons check out
ebooks from a catalog of 10,000 digital titles in Smashwords»
platform on a one - at - a-time
basis.
While Kno has already seen laudable results from its recently released interactive, feedback -
based student study dashboard Kno Me, Kno's Advance
platform allows publishers to create an
ebook edition from PDFs or print editions of their books while maintaining the scale of the book.
The essence of the
platform is not only to discover new
ebooks based on your friends reading lists, but also read and purchase content.
With more and more universities incorporating the advantages of digital textbooks and browser -
based learning
platforms, today's K12 students are tomorrow's digital university students, and therefore must strike a balance between the ease, convenience, and affordability of
ebooks, while still optimizing for educational performance.
Ebook distribution
platform Smashwords and publishing industry news mainstay Publisher's Weekly have collaborated on a new bestseller list project that will spread the word about titles on a monthly
basis.
«Our current publishing customers will appreciate the extra options presented by FastPencil's cloud -
based collaborative
platform, intuitive design and development tools for both print and
ebooks, and integrated use of social media at every stage from concept to distribution.
Using a Netflix - like subscription
platform in which no books were actually downloaded to a computer or device, 24symbols would instead rely on Cloud -
based content storage that allowed subscribers to access
ebooks on any web browser - enabled device.
Kobo sales declining despite acquisitions 19 April 2018 (The Digital Reader) Kobo gained a boost in sales by taking over the customer
base of German
ebook platform Tolino last year but, overall, sales continue to decline.
You don't need to worry about tons of versions of your
eBook out there, or getting declined by random systems (like Apple, who denies any book with links that aren't Apple
based) or any other myriad of problems raised by maintaining multiple
platforms.
The company's cloud -
based technologies offer flexible solutions for librarians, students, and researchers through the ProQuest ®, Bowker ®, Dialog ®, and ProQuest
Ebook Central — and notable research tools such as the Summon ® discovery service, RefWorks Flow ™, Pivot ™, and Intota ®, a new library services
platform.
The report presents 145 pages of data and commentary on a broad range of
eBook issues, including: spending on
eBooks in 2010 and anticipated spending for 2011; use levels of various kinds of
eBooks; market penetration by various specific
eBook publishers; extent of use of aggregators vs offering by specific publishers; purchasing of individual titles; use of various channels of distribution such as traditional book jobbers and leading retail / internet
based booksellers; use of
eBooks in course reserves and interlibrary loan; impact of
eBooks on print book spending; use of
eBooks in integrated search; price increases for
eBooks; contract renewal rates for
eBooks; use of special
eBook platforms for smartphones and tablet computers; spending plans and current use of
eBook reader such as Nook, Reader and Kindle; the role played by library consortia in
eBooks; Continue reading Primary Research Group releases Library Use of
eBooks 2011 Edition →
HighWire, which was founded in 1995 and is a part of the Stanford University library system, partners with a variety of sources like universities, publishers, and professional organizations to publish scholarly journals,
ebooks, and more, while Tizra's web -
based platform makes book discovery and book selling a more streamlined process.
The txtr solution offers an end - to - end
eBook discovery, purchase, read and share consumer experience, built on a cloud
based back - end
platform with store, a personal library and an extensive international
eBook catalogue.
With the rise of more and more
ebook publisher / distributors on a daily
basis, adventurous entrepreneurs are having to find new ways to make their
platforms stand out.
The
ebooks will be available for viewing and referencing through the Chegg browser -
based platform, meaning streamlined device compatibility with any internet - capable device or computer.
SkyInk Studios is small Washington DC
based company that specializes in creating dedicated apps for
ebooks on a myriad of
platforms.
GoodEReader first profiled one such company at this year's Tools of Change event in New York; Flipick, the Mediawide company that allows publishers to create ePub
ebooks directly from InDesign, announced this week that it has released an update to its
platform based on valuable feedback about the site.
By establishing distribution deals with not only all of the major
ebook retailers and a host of often overlooked, lesser known retail
platforms, Smashwords has also inked distribution deals with Scrib, Oyster, and OverDrive, giving indie authors the chance to put their works in subscription -
based and public library lending opportunities.
Overdrive is the main
platform used for lending
ebooks via most libraries
based in the United States and Canada.
Unlike many Western e-reading
platforms that offer a handful of tablet and PC -
based apps for digital reading, many publishers in Japan require the users to download a separate app to read
ebooks from each publisher, making it impossible to consolidate one's entire digital library.
Orson & Co.'s new app -
based platform eLumination allows authors to get very creative with the additional features in their
ebooks, such as music, videos, even the background display of the page, but more importantly, it allows readers to ignore these features if they do not feel they are anything other than a distraction, detracting from the reading experience.
Based on the types of books you prefer, it may make sense to get one of the cheaper
ebook readers (Kindles are currently going cheap), as many of the books you purchase will be cheaper on that
platform.
Readers today are discerning; incorrect punctuation turns off even the most dedicated reader, and
eBook and print
platforms have even started flagging manuscripts for quality issues
based on reader feedback.
Vancouver -
based BitLit announced today that it has signed a deal to bring Elsevier content to its
ebook publishing
platform.
Readmill was a Berlin -
based startup that had become popular for the clean, streamlined
ebook reading service it provided; its support for Adobe (s ADBE) DRM meant readers could buy
ebooks from
platforms like Kobo and Nook (s BKS) and then read them on Readmill's apps.
The cloud -
based technology securely publishes and distributes
eBooks on all mobile
platforms and devices with powerful analytics and user insights.
epubli is a Berlin
based digital printing and
eBook platform that offers authors full control of their book's publication, from pricing to marketing.
Graphicly announced in April that it would move away from distributing comics on its own app and instead focus on providing visually
based books and comics to
eBook platforms like Apple's iBooks, Amazon's Kindle and the Barnes & Noble Nook.
This
ebook is for C# programmers who want to write applications for the three most popular mobile
platforms — iOS, Android, and Windows Phone — with a single code
base.
The most borrowed
eBooks and Audiobooks from libraries list is
based on data from 34,000 libraries and schools worldwide that lend
eBooks, audiobooks and other digital media via the OverDrive
platform.
More
ebook distributors (and book social
platforms such as Bublish) pop up on an almost monthly
basis and invariably all use the.
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