Tag archive: publishing

Apple will reportedly hold an event in New York City this month, but don't expect any new hardware from the Cupertino, California-based company. According to Alexia Tsotsis at TechCrunch, the unconfirmed shindig will be all about iBooks, Apple's e-publishing platform, and publishing in general. The event will be geared towards the publishing industry — rather than consumers — and give these insiders a look at improvements to… Read More

Earlier this week, The Boston Globe rolled out a brand new version of its website coded in HTML5 and operating behind a premium paywall. Ideally designed to cut out Apple's 30 percent cut for revenue generated with a Boston Globe app on the iPad, users can simply so to the Web address in Safari and type in login information to access articles on the site. The newspaper also operates a free site for news junkies at Boston.com, but the… Read More

The hearts of lovers of romantic fiction will be a flutter with the news that Amazon has created a new imprint called Montlake Romance, which, as its name suggests, will be publishing a range of novels designed to sweep even the most unromantic of souls off their feet. The latest addition to Amazon's growing list of imprints joins AmazonEncore, AmazonCrossing and Powered by Amazon, and is the latest indication of how serious the online… Read More

The publishing world's migration to the iPad continued this week with Time Inc., the largest magazine publisher, reaching a deal with Apple to release free versions of its magazines to print subscribers, reports the Wall Street Journal. The agreement could signal that a compromise has been reached between Apple and disgruntled publishers, who have called the gadget company's subscription policy unfair and overbearing. As of this… Read More