eBooks accounted for 12% of Penguin’s revenues according to the publisher’s latest trading results. In a statement the company said “eBook sales doubled” in 2011 “and accounted for 12% of Penguin revenues worldwide and over 20% of sales in the US.” Penguin has also announced that more than 50million … [Read more...]

Magazine publisher Future has released its first interactive book created with Apple’s iBooks Author tool. Future says GarageBand for Beginners has been carefully designed m to make the most of the interactive features available on iBooks 2 and iBooks Author. The book offers tutorials on using Apple’s … [Read more...]

Independently audited figures show the iPad edition of tech magazine T3 attracted average monthly sales of 14,223 between period July and December 2011. The iPad edition of the mag includes exclusive video, 360° animation and multi-layer content and has already been named the the highest grossing app on the Apple … [Read more...]

eReader maker and eBook retail Kobo has struck a deal with Best Buy which will see its Vox eReader stocked at stores across the United States and online at www.bestbuy.com. Last month the company announced its readers would be available from Dutch retailer Libris Blz. In the UK the devices are sold by Asda and … [Read more...]