Public libraries in Japan are starting to offer digital books to attract tablet and eReader users. The digital library service still has a long way to go, however, as the libraries do not have a large collection of eBook titles available. Mainichi has the story.
(27 January 2015) More than 25,000 early English texts from 1473-1700 have been released online to members of the public as part of a collaborative initiative led by the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries and the University of Michigan Library. From Shakespeare and Milton to little-known books about witchcraft, cookery and sword fighting, this rich…
(22 January 2015) New books have been added to University Press Scholarship Online (UPSO) with the January 2015 content update. These 327 new books have been added to 24 of UPSO’s 28 subject areas, including psychology, film, television, and radio, literature, and sociology. This new content has been brought to UPSO from 16 of UPSO’s prestigious…
(16 January 2015) In the last year, new research has reported that manga accounts for 80% of all digital book sales in Japan. Manga readers are choosing to view their favourite series through portable devices instead of paperback volumes. It’s not hard to see the appeal. Digital manga can be taken on the go, kept…
(18 January 2015) Following its inaugural launch in mid-2014, Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia (PNM), in partnership with Samsung Malaysia Electronics (SME) Sdn Bhd, recently unveiled the country’s second Samsung SMART Library at the National Library of Perlis (PPANP). The Samsung SMART Library initiative aims to support the national agenda to transform Malaysia into an information and…
(15 January 2015) Finding something to read on the underground just got a bit easier in Beijing, where travellers can now access a free electronic library. Carriages on Line 4 of the city’s metro feature barcodes which people can scan with their tablets or smartphones, China’s BTV News channel reports. They’ll be able to choose…
(29 December 2014) New figures show the rate at which New Zealanders are moving away from books towards digital media. New figures taken by Impact PR from an analysis of data provided by the Companies Office show more book retailers closed in 2013 than in any of the previous 12 years. New figures taken by…
(7 January 2015) Gerald Lynch asks is the eBook revolution on its last legs? That’s what both physical book retailers and digital book sales figures from the Christmas period would suggest, with eBook and eReader purchases sliding significantly in the UK. Waterstones, the UK’s largest bookshop chain, told the Financial Times that sales of Amazon’s…
(9 January 2015, Miami, FL) ODILO announces the launch of OdiloPlace, their digital content marketplace featuring titles from publishers such as ABDO, Atlantic Publishing, Book View Café, Diversion Books, Encyclopedia Britannica, Enslow Publishers, HarperCollins Publishers, Little Pickle Press, Macmillan, Open Road Media, Prologue, Simon & Schuster, Rowman & Littlefield, Untreed Reads Publishing, Xist Publishing, and…
(7 January 2015) goodEreader reports that on the same day that the Times of India reported on the possible reasons for a lagging eBook retail market in India, news sources announced an education initiative in the Indian state of Kerala that will put digital textbooks in the hands of nearly four million students and educators…
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