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  RIP Anne McCaffrey (1926-2011)

  1419 readersToday the news came out that SF author Anne McCaffrey passed away yesterday of a stroke, at the age of 85. There can be no argument that McCaffrey was one of the greatest SF writers of the 20th century. As Tor.com points out, writing career is a history of firsts: first woman to win a

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  Random House of Canada Ebooks Coming to Canadian Libraries

  1737 readersFrom the press release: Ontario Library Association (OLA) Super Conference — Canadian libraries, schools, and colleges will soon have access to thousands of eBooks from Random House of Canada through OverDrive (www.overdrive.com). With this new distribution agreement, eBooks from McClelland & Stewart and Random House of Canada will be added to OverDrive’s catalog for Canadian

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  Should eBooks Have Soundtracks?

  1511 readersWhat would Superfly, Saturday Night Fever and The Graduate be without the music? Good movies, but something would be missing. Musicians have long seen the potential of partnering with filmmakers to release work, so what about partnering with authors? T...

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  E-Reads acquires Brian Aldiss backlist

  1057 readers From the press release: E-Reads, a leading independent e-book publisher and a powerhouse in fantasy and science fiction, has acquired US e-book and print rights to fifteen titles by British science fiction Grandmaster Brian Aldiss, winner of two Hugo Awards, a Nebula Award and a John W. Campbell Memorial Award. Included in

• 3M to Also Distribute Hachette Ebooks to Libraries

  213 readersRelated:– Hachette to Make Entire Ebook Catalog Available to Libraries– American Library Association Comment on Hachette Ebooks– OverDrive to Distribute Hachette Library Ebooks[Press Release]3M Cloud Library Now Includes Titles from all Big Six Publishers —- Collection increases with new offerings from Hachette Book GroupThe 3M Cloud Library eBook Lending Service will add titles from Hachette

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  Sixty-seven Percent Of Libraries Offer

  1085 readersThe number of public libraries offering eBooks has been steadily growing over the past three years. According to a new report from the American Library Association, 67.2 percent of public libraries offer eBooks in 2011, up from 65.9 percent in 2010, 55.4 percent in 2009 and 51.8 percent in 2008. This number is not a surprise,

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  Hilary Does It Again, First British Double Booker Winner

  4873 readersHilary Mantel has been named the winner of the 2012 Man Booker Price for her novel, Bring Up The Bodies, making her the first British author to win the prestigious award twice. The bookies’ early favorite received the award, along with 50,000 pounds ($80,500) in prize money, at a ceremony in Central London. Accepting the award, she

• Hachette to Offer Full Ebook Catalog to Libraries, Including New Releases

  135 readersRelated:– American Library Association Comment on Hachette Ebooks– 3M to Distribute Hachette Library Ebooks– OverDrive to Distribute Hachette Library Ebooks[Press Release]HACHETTE BOOK GROUP TO OFFER FULL EBOOK CATALOG TO LIBRARIES: MORE THAN 5,000 TITLES, INCLUDING NEW RELEASESHachette Book Group announced today that, beginning May 8, it will make its full ebook catalog, including new releases,

• Author Services Site Lulu Moves Toward DRM-Free; But Is It What Authors Want?

  1795 readers At Digital Book World Conference + Expo next week, in a session entitled The Authors’ View of the Industry we will be presenting the findings of our author survey, including the answer to questions about how much authors blog and use social media, what their goals are in writing, what they think of agents, ebooks

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  How Price Drops Affect Sales Ranking in the App Store

  494 readersDropping the price of your app in Apple’s App Store can help increase revenues, according to a new report by Distimo. The report, which looked at the effect of downloads based on price drops found that cumulative downloads grew by an average of 1665 percent five days after a price drop in the Apple App