Good news for librarians.  A majority of children age 6-17 have never read an ebook.  Scholastic today released their biannual Kids & Family Reading Report and it showed that only 46 percent of kids had read an electronic version of a book before. [Read more…]

Penguin said today that it had reached a settlement with the US Justice Department in the ebook price fixing case brought against the company.  The decision to settle was heavily influenced by the planned merger of Penguin and Random House. [Read more…]

Here we are on the eve of Thanksgiving about to celebrate the time honored holiday by doing what Americans do best…stuffing our faces and shopping.

After the food induced coma wears off, eager shoppers will head to the retailers to try and score some great deals on electronics and toys.  On the top of the wish lists this year are tablets from Apple, Amazon and Google.  The big change from last year is that there are now a wide variety of mini tablets available. [Read more…]

It’s official.  Bertelsmann’s Random House and Pearson’s Penguin announced today that they are being merged into a joint venture called Penguin Random House (sadly not Random Penguin or Penguin House). [Read more…]