Things are happening in (romance) ebook land. Here's a quick-and-dirty roundup:
Harlequin Enterprises, global romance publisher, announced the launch
of their Enriched Edition eBooks. Harlequin now offers ebooks that are "enriched" with interactive buttons that hyperlink to websites with more information about the content. Press release
here.
Also on the romance front: All Romance eBooks, an online romance ebook seller, is sponsoring a weekly radio program called 'What's Hot in Romance' on Passionate Internet Voices Talk Radio. Listeners who tune in live or via podcast will hear in-depth interviews and be treated to new release excerpts read by romance authors. Press release
here.
And on theBookseller.com, an item about WHS titled "WHS still cautious over e-books". Basically, W H Smith does not expect the ebook market to really take off until either the price of readers falls below GBP 100 (USD 189.9) or books become available on mobile handsets. BTW, this was posted before the iPhone 3G launch. More
here.