Around the Bookish World: News Week-in-Review

Welcome to this week’s news post – we have covers galore and news about Amazon’s long awaited library lending programme.

The major news this week is that of Amazon’s library lending has been launched finally this week and is out of Beta. More than 11 thousand libraries will be able to offer library books and Kindle features such as margin notes and bookmarks will be available. To find out more info and what libraries are involved click here. Note it is only US libraries right now that offer this service at the moment.

Amazon has also did a bit of a facelift at their site – making it more streamlined and tablet friendly. This is probably in preparation for their upcoming release of the Kindle Tablet. 

The Guardian has listed the top 100 people influential in publishing today. It …

Around the Bookish World: News Week-in-Review

Welcome to this week’s news post – it pretty jam packed this week , so chill out with a nice cuppa and enjoy because we have the new trailer for Breaking Dawn and some fun stuff in the world of publishing!

If anyone is stalling in getting an ereader, I think now is the time. According to reports, ereaders have jumped to 167% with suggestions that this holiday season some will be priced around $100 or so. I think this may be the case with Amazon launching its tablet soon and may cut their black and white ereaders further.

The Guardian has announced their National Book Swap, which is an initiative where people can place books around the country in public places for others to pick up and enjoy. People can print up a sticker or collect one from this …

Around the Bookish World: News Week-in-Review

Welcome to this week’s news post – This week we have some sad news regarding the founder of Project Gutenburg and posters galore from long awaited movies adapted from popular books.

News broke this week that the founde, Michael Hart of Project Gutenburg, which focuses on publishing and distributing public domain books passed away on the 6th of September. He was an innovative and pioneering individual of digital books, and was influential in shaping digital publishing and he was dedicated in offering geo restricted ebooks to anyone with a real love of books – everyone at Book Lovers Inc pass on our condolences to his family and friends.
An interesting development for those who live in the UK! Waterstones has announced they have plans to produce a dedicated reader ala the Nook, and will be aiming as the main …

Around the Bookish World: News Week-in-Review

Welcome to this week’s news post and gosh cannot believe it is September! This year has FLOWN past – in this week’s edition we haz news on the upcoming Amazon Tablets, and if you are a fan of Stephen King, you will be pretty please with an upcoming adaptation of a book.

First up! Waterstone is ending its 3 for 2 deals by the end of this month, this has been a major selling approach for the past ten years but it seems that the new owner of the flailing brand wants to rehaul its marketing approach. Instead, staggered prices of £3, £5 and £7 of selected books will take its place.

An interesting development has emerged for Amazon’s takeover for The Book Depository, The quango that is in charge of mergers, The OFT (Office of Fair Trading) …

Around the Bookish World: News Week-in-Review

Welcome to this week’s news post and its a jammed packed with major news from Karen Marie Moning and other interesting developments in the world of publishing.

The NY Times strikes again with another article about books, YA audiences and how boys are not choosing to read as much than their girl counterparts because not enough male characters are the main protagonists in the books that they are aimed at. I find this reasoning pretty funny and insulting because when I was a teen, I had difficulties FINDING a book that had a strong female character in the genres of scifi/fantasy that was aimed at YA’s. I thank the Gods when I discovered Robin McKinley and Tamora Pierce who wrote these types of heroines but they were the exceptions but as a female I had no issues or problem reading …

Around the Bookish World: News Week-in-Review

Welcome to this new’s post which seems to be more eventful than last week, and the authors Forbes list as well as a tale of two covers.

However first up, this is a headsup to anyone who is still using Microsoft Lit or still have books in that format. You’d better find a way to save these books as Microsoft has sadly discontinued this format (don’t y’all love DRM?) – the app will be pulled by the end of this month and any stores still carrying this format will have to stop by the 8th of November so back up and save and if you can find a way to convert them in alternate formats.

The Forbes list of the biggest selling and richest authors lists was released this week. James Patterson hit the …

Around the Bookish World: News Week-in-Review

This week’s news post is a bit quiet but there aresome interesting developments concerning Agency pricing and Amazon may have found a way to sidestep Apple’s new rules on their apps.

First up, along with Anti-trust investigations about Agency pricing, a lawsuit has been filed that it was only a matter of time before one would be instigated. Law firm Hagens and Berman have filed a suit that major publishers such as Simon & Schuster, Penguin, Hachette, HarperCollins and Macmillan as well as Apple have conspired to boost up profits and to undermine Amazon as well breaking anti-trust laws. Whether this can be proven is another matter but I do think it is an interesting development.

This sorts of leads to the fact that Amazon has launched a HTML 5 Web App for their Kindle store which sides-step Apple’s …

Around the Bookish World: News Week-in-Review

Hope everyone had a great week and that you all have a fantastic weekend! This week we have another death in Romancelandia sadly and an interesting rumour with Apple and Barnes and Noble.

I reported a few weeks ago that LA Banks was gravely ill but I have some sad news to confirm that she sadly passed away this week due to her illness. Everyone here at Book Lovers Inc and our readers pass our condolences to her family and friends.
The Smart Bitches has a post celebrating LA Banks life and books which you can check out here – 

There is a rumour that seems to be growing in steam that Apple is interesting in purchasing Barnes and Noble. Now this move would be able for them to compete properly with Amazon and will certainly make things …

Around the Bookish World: News Week-in-Review

Well it seems the Apple Apps closing buy or direct links to purchase books from other than those they sanction or own has come to fruition, the deadline has come and gone, without any sign for vendors being allowed to use their buy links. Apps by Amazon and Barnes and Noble and others are still able to offer their books on devices on the Apple platform but you are unable to buy directly from those apps but still be able to buy via Safari and sideload the book. I honestly hate this because the whole point is the easy access to purchase a book on a portable device on the format of your choice, I think this is just Apple trying to strong arm the competition and to force people to shop at their ibookstore which …

Around the Bookish World: News Week-in-Review

Yay its another weekend and another news post! This week’s post sadly has confirmation of the demise of Borders and some interesting developments in the world of publishing..

I reported a few weeks ago that Borders was heading into complete liquidation and there was no sign of the remaining stores being bought out. Well sadly I have to confirm that this is the case and even more disappointing and depressing is the fact that all the remaining 11000 staff are out of a job. I really hoped that Borders could have been saved but it looks like it it will be a major casualty from this economy and changing publishing landscape.

The publisher, Gollancz has announced that they are going to be reissuing and creating a new ebook library called The Sci Fi Gateway, for out …