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eBooks became the No. 1 format for February. What’s next?

April 27th, 2011 No comments

There was good news for the digital publishing industry: eBooks ranked as the No. 1 format along all trade categories for the month of February, according to Association of American Publishers February 2011 Sales Report. This first was…

Kindle Library Lending and OverDrive – What it means for publishers

April 20th, 2011 No comments

Today OverDrive and Amazon announced an agreement that will bring library eBook lending to Kindle customers in the United States later this year. This integration with library, school, and college eBook collections provides a huge benefit to authors…

Guest Blog: Embracing OverDrive by J.A. Konrath

April 13th, 2011 No comments

I’ve been a professional writer for ten years, but I’ve never been this excited before.

My name is J.A. Konrath. I’ve written eight novels and numerous short stories about a Chicago cop named Jack Daniels. I’ve also written…

Multi-channel distribution from Futurebook

April 11th, 2011 No comments

From OverDrive on Futurebook.net:

More customers equal more revenue, right? But how publishers find those customers is, of course, the challenge. Ultimately, reaching out through as many channels as possible allows publishers to access the widest…

New OverDrive publisher partners – March 2011

April 4th, 2011 No comments

If April showers bring May flowers, then what on earth do we get in March other than the death of Julius Cesar and a mind-numbing amount of basketball? For fear of sounding too predictable, we’ve created this neat little poem…