If you love books–heck, if you even like ‘em–run, don’t walk, and read this magnificent, magisterial essay by Richard Nash on their past, present and future. It’s long. Don’t be frightened. But even if the Internet has shredded your attention span, at least scroll down to its epic final paragraph. Go on. I’ll wait.
It’s been a rotten decade for book publishers, newspapers, and anyone else… → Read More
Social publishing network Wattpad today announced that Toronto’s OMERS Ventures has joined its existing Series B round of investment, which totals $17.3 million, the amount announced back in June (OMERS participated in that amount, but hasn’t officially been on the books until today). The addition of OMERS gives Wattpad just adds to the company’s strong existing portfolio of investors spread… → Read More
Amazon has stopped pretending that a group of e-reading apps it allowed onto its Android Appstore weren’t available on the Kindle Fire. For whatever reason, the company was effectively hiding e-reading apps from companies like Wattpad, Kobo and Bluefire, even though they worked perfectly fine on the low-cost tablet computer.
Confused about why its app didn’t appear for users on the Kindle Fire… → Read More
The BlackBerry PlayBook hit yesterday and Amazon was ready with a presser announcing a Kindle app for the platform. Great news, no doubt. However, the WattPad app is the top eReading app in the BlackBerry App World so it should make a good amount of dedicated BlackBerry users happy to know that the app will launch alongside the PlayBook early next year. → Read More
The flurry of e-book readers that are descending upon us has prompted investors to take a closer look at companies set to ride the wave.
Wattpad this morning announced that it has secured a round of funding with a number of private investors, although the e-book community operator and mobile app developer declined to disclose the size of the round.
The consortium of angel investors that… → Read More
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