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FirstyWork eBook Conversion Services
Welcome to the FirstyWork eBook Newsletter
We will be updating clients and interested parties monthly on the latest news and gossip in the world of eBooks. www.FirstyWork.com is dedicated to small to medium sized publishers looking to take advantage of the imminent explosion of eReaders and eReader software.
We are a hard working team at FirstyWork but we are always available for suggestions, comments, giving advice and of course updates on how your conversions are going! Please have a look at this newsletter (feedback welcome) or one of our other information resources.
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- Our next newsletter will include a UK first (totally independent eBook Portal (B2C)) with industry leading revenue share possibilities.
- More eBook news and highlights over the Christmas period
- The latest industry facts & stats
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A common format for eBook's?
Paper books may be low tech, but no one will tell you how and
where you can read them. For many people, the problem with
electronic books is that they come loaded with just those kinds
example, can be read only on Amazons Kindle device or its iPhone software... Read more » |
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2009: A breakthrough year for eBooks
2009 has been a breakout year for eReaders and eBooks-device sales
will have more than tripled by the end of this year, and content sales
are up 176% for the year, but 2010 will be anything but boring.
View Forrester's predictions for the next year » |
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AAP sales statistics revealed
The International Digital Publishing Forum collects quarterly US trade retail eBook sales in conjunction with the Association of American Publishers (AAP). For details on the AAP's statistics program, please refer to the AAP website.
The IDPF has aggregated quarterly statistics from the AAP's program and earlier IDPF statistics program. See statistics » |
Industry Facts & Stats
- Trade eBook sales increased by 213.5% over the month of July 2008-2009
- 3 million eReaders sold in the US in 2009
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In the era of the espresso machine, will bookstores turn into pod publishers? and perhaps try e-books, too?
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Publishers trying to avoid music industry debacle
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Two weeks with a sony prs-700: reading epub and lrf
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Short notes: rand drops ebook prices; mcgill does digitize on demand
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| New ebook reader for android - reads epub |
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London Book Fair
19-21 April 2010
The London Book Fair is held at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre, with over 23,000 publishers, booksellers, literary agents, librarians, media and industry suppliers from over 100 countries in attendance.
www.londonbookfair.co.uk
BookExpo America
25-27 May 2010
Find us in New York where we will be leading the pack in their expanded New Media Zone! Currently one of the biggest Fairs in the world.
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