Per Jane Friedman (former publisher of Writer’s Digest — like DBW, owned and operated by F+W Media — and future Web editor of Virginia Quarterly Review), email marketing still works (Yes, Email Still Works for Book Marketing): Why do some …

From the New York Times (Maturing as Publisher and Platform): Sometime this summer, The Atavist will release a free version of its software, and people who sign up can begin building children’s books or travelogues or whatever else they fancy, …

PRESS RELEASE: CourseSmart Launches First eCommerce Platform for eTextbooks in the UK and Europe Students abroad can now enjoy cost savings and anytime, anywhere access to eTextbooks SAN MATEO, Calif., May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — CourseSmart®, the world’s largest provider …

Publishers Marketplace is offering a free e-book with samples from highly anticipated upcoming titles by authors such as Junot Diaz and Neil Young. The program is called Buzz Books 2012: Start reading exclusive excerpts right now from over 30 highly-anticipated …

According to American Library Association president Molly Raphael, big-six publisher Hachette will be experimenting with two library e-book distributors this Spring (Ebooks: Promising New Conversations): More specifically, we were pleased to learn that starting this spring, Hachette is conducting a …

Julie Bosman of the New York Times has the story (Esquire to Publish E-Books Devoted to Men’s Fiction): The first volume of the series includes new short stories by Aaron Gwyn, Luis Alberto Urrea and Jess Walter, and the stories …

From the International Digital Publishing Forum website (Request for Comments: Use Cases & Requirements for Lightweight Content Protection for EPUB): The IDPF on May 18, 2012 published a draft of use cases and requirements for lightweight content protection technology for …

Publishers Lunch has the scoop (People: Harlequin Reorganizes Marketing Channels Into Single Digital Unit): Earlier this month Harlequin reorganized its North American digital, retail, direct-to-consumer, and physical sales and marketing channels into a single division, which will be spearheaded by …

CORRECTION: Simon & Schuster was not the first publisher to settle. Hachette and HarperCollins have also settled. CNET, which is owned by Simon & Schuster parent company CBS, has the scoop (Simon & Schuster settles antitrust-ebook suit with state AGs): …

PRESS RELEASE: 5 Ways to Market Self-Published Books on a Shoestring Budget RALEIGH, N.C., May 17, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Self-publishing books is on the rise, as even celebrity and well-known authors opt for that route to publication. In fact, …

PRESS RELEASE: Sun-Maid Introduces Free 100th Anniversary eBook KINGSBURG, Calif., May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –  Now celebrating its 100th Anniversary, Sun-Maid, the world’s largest processor of raisins and dried fruits, announced the release of its new eBook, Sun-Maid Raisins & …

PRESS RELEASE: Gale Digitizes Popular 20th Century Weekly For Students and Scholars Liberty Magazine Historical Archive Provides a Unique Perspective on American History Farmington Hills, MI, May 17, 2012 – The historical archive of Liberty Magazine, long considered one of …

PRESS RELEASE: CreateSpace Now Offers Independent Authors and Publishers Zero-Cost, Inventory-Free Distribution to Amazon Customers in Europe Starting today, independent authors and publishers using CreateSpace can distribute their books directly to Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr, Amazon.es and Amazon.it and earn industry-leading …

As the press release below states, Unglue.it is a crowdfunding site that lets book lovers pay authors and publishers to make their already-published books free to the world under a Creative Commons license. PRESS RELEASE: May 17, 2012 — Unglue.it …

The screenplay will be available for sale on May 25 for £4.99. From The Bookseller (Faber releases e-book-only screenplay): Faber is releasing its first e-book-only edition of a screenplay, for the forthcoming film “Moonrise Kingdom”, which is directed by Wes Anderson, …

Digital Spy has the story (‘Harry Potter’ eBooks launch on Kobo devices): Kobo, the eReader rival to Amazon’s Kindle, has agreed a deal with JK Rowling’s Pottermore to bring the entire Harry Potter eBook collection to its customers. Owners of …

Publishers Lunch broke this news earlier today. The press release, however, has just come across the transom: PRESS RELEASE: Scholastic Names Jenny Frost Senior Vice President, E-Publisher And E-Book Strategy For Scholastic’s E-Commerce Group NEW YORK, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ …

PRESS RELEASE: Digital Book World Introduces the First-Ever Discoverability and Marketing Conference September 24 – 25th, New York NEW YORK – F+W Media, Inc., parent company of Digital Book World, announced today the launch of the first-ever conference dedicated to …

In the Columbia Journalism Review, Ryan Chittum makes the argument that e-books should cost more than $0.99 (What’s the right price for ebooks?): Marginal costs in the ebooks industry aren’t even really about what it costs to produce a copy. …

PRESS RELEASE BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE LETTER “P”: Brought to You by the Letter “P”: New Sesame Street App Uses Games and Songs to Help Children Learn About Using the Potty Lincolnwood, IL, May 16, 2012 – Potty training …

PRESS RELEASE: As Christian publishers develop new business models to succeed in today’s digital market, more, including David C Cook, R.H Boyd Publishing, Our Sunday Visitor, Abingdon Press, and Worthy Publishing are selecting Ingram Content Group’s CoreSource® products for the …

PRESS RELEASE: Barnes & Noble.com Tops Customer Satisfaction Survey Barnes & Noble.com Ranked the Number One Online Retailer in Customer Satisfaction in the Book, Music and Video Category and Top 10 Online Retailer Overall in Customer Satisfaction According to ForeSee …

PRESS RELEASE: New E-Book Publisher Aims To Be “World’s Greenest Press” Bitingduck Press, of Altadena, California, wants e-books to help save the environment as well as to serve local businesses. Specializing in electronic formatting of complex content and in quirky …

PRESS RELEASE: There’s Something New at the Zoo! Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Popular Mobile App for Preschoolers Curious George® at the Zoo Introduces New “Deep Freeze” Habitat Arctic habitat allows for expanded learning and gaming with everyone’s favorite monkey BOSTON — …

According to 163.com, a Chinese news website, via menafn.com, a Middle-East and North Africa financial news website, Amazon original equipment manufacturers are producing a Kindle Phone. Whether the phone is a prototype or part of a large roll out has …

PRESS RELEASE: New Partnership between Follett and Inkling Gives Students More Access to Interactive Digital Textbooks Follett Higher Education Group Becomes Largest Distributor of Inkling® Products OAK BROOK, Ill., May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — This fall, students at colleges and …