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A survey of 1,600 users on Everand and Fable found that readers still favor book recommendations from people over algorithms, while audiobook listening outpaced ebook reading. buff.ly/12xeHmJ

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eBooks.com's 25th Anniversary about.ebooks.com/ebooks-coms-25… via @ebookscom

Apple Hit With $5 Billion Suit macrumors.com/2025/04/02/app… accuses the company of intentionally misleading customers into thinking that they are purchasing digital e-books from the Apple Books app in perpetuity, when instead they are only purchasing revokable licenses to the books.

Partner Spotlight: @cravencc 📢 We’re committed to helping institutions remove barriers to learning and improve student outcomes. That’s why we’re thrilled to work with Craven. Thank you Jim Millard for highlighting our dedication to customer service! bit.ly/BibliUCravenPR

The information services provider Clarivate has backed down somewhat on its announcement from last month that it would “phase out one-time perpetual purchases of digital collections, print, and digital books for libraries” in 2025. buff.ly/dLI44ML

Z Library Telegram Channel and Download Bot Gets Blocked goodereader.com/blog/ebook-and… via @iamsovy

TCL NXTPAPER Tablets: Eye Comfort for back to school miragenews.com/tcl-nxtpaper-t… .Full featured tablet but with the added option to switch to "paper mode", a matte, paper-like display.

Audiobook sales jumped in 2024 publishingperspectives.com/2025/03/aaps-d… In 2024, digital audio made up 11.3 percent of trade book formats sold in the United States - ahead of ebooks (10 percent). @publishingpers

Clarivate backpedals and munches on humble pie researchinformation.info/news/clarivate… Company apologises for absence of consultation and is “committed to learning from this moment”.

my partner, who’s been training in bookbinding & preservation, rebound my shredded, ancient copy of Leaves of Grass for valentine’s day ❤️🍃🌾🍃❤️ isn’t it gorgeous???

This beautiful book was hand-painted by Sophia MacKenzie in the late 18th-century. She is thought to have taken the book to Kew and worked from life! 🌿 Find out more about this remarkable object and its creator at this free talk on 4 March: bit.ly/41fIdtj

A strong endorsement for Readium LCP in this plea from US academic institutions infodocket.com/2025/02/25/lib… ... including "consistent open metadata using universal standards such as OPDS," and "DRM systems, such as Readium LCP." @infodocket @readiumjs

US Senator: "Stop Offering Bait-and-Switch Sales of E-Book Purchases" wyden.senate.gov/news/press-rel… "Prior to agreeing to any transaction, consumers should understand what they are paying for and what is guaranteed after the sale."

New Digital Comics Store to Launch This Summer publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/i… Sweet Shop app will partner with Image Comics to bring 400 of its bestselling, creator-owned titles to digital shelves. @PublishersWkly @ImageComics

Just in: eBooks.com is working on a totally new ebook reading platform. Check it out. about.ebooks.com/all-new-ebook-…

Internet Archive’s free digital book library violated copyright law. wsaz.com/2024/09/04/int… An appeals court has upheld an earlier finding that the online Internet Archive violated copyright law by scanning and sharing digital books without the publishers’ permission.

What Publishers Need to Know About the European Accessibility Act publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/in… While June 28 is the deadline for new titles to meet the EAA requirements, there is a great deal of debate over whether it applies to backlist titles.

AAP StatShot’s 2023 Report: US Revenues $29.9 Billion publishingperspectives.com/2024/08/aap-st… @publishingpers Ebook sales steady-ish while audio was up 14%. In the trade, digital formats taken together (digital audio and ebooks) accounted for 23 percent of all revenue