E-book
Apple Books launches new audiobook catalogue with AI-based narrations
Tech giant Apple has quietly launched a catalogue of books narrated by artificial intelligence in a move with potentially huge implications for the multi-billion dollar audiobook industry
 "Apple Books launches new audiobook catalogue with AI-based narrations")
A panoramic history of the cell
Pulitzer Prize winner Siddhartha Mukherjee's The Song of The Cell is a beautifully crafted exposition of the author's own lifelong fascination with the subject
 "A panoramic history of the cell")
The filmy chronicler
The book celebrates Abbas by showing how this "boy from Panipat, land of Sufis, land of battles" introduced the small-town sensibilities to Indian cinema.
 "The filmy chronicler")
Self-publishing picks up among children, young adults; few go mainstream
Self-publishing picks up among the young; mainstream book deals remain largely elusive
 "Self-publishing picks up among children, young adults; few go mainstream")
Reliance Jio Cloud-linked laptops likely to cost less than Rs 10,000
Jio is working on JioBook that will have an embedded 4G chip; it is expected to be priced below Rs 20,000
 "Reliance Jio Cloud-linked laptops likely to cost less than Rs 10,000")
Reliance Jio lists JioBook on govt e-marketplace at Rs 19,500: Details here
The JioBook is currently available for government department employees via the GeM at Rs 19,500. For others, it is expected to be available around Diwali
 "Reliance Jio lists JioBook on govt e-marketplace at Rs 19,500: Details here")
Future of Hindi literature set to prosper: Booker winner Geetanjali Shree
Geetanjali Shree, the first Hindi litterateur to receive the International Booker Prize, talks in an interview to Sandeep Kumar on many topics including the impact of this award
 "Future of Hindi literature set to prosper: Booker winner Geetanjali Shree")
In light of India
A collection of youthful letters from her year in the country hints at the ideas that eventually shape Wendy Doniger's research and prolific writing
 "In light of India")
LinkedIn sells SlideShare to digital library Scribd for undisclosed sum
Microsoft-owned LinkedIn has announced to sell SlideShare, the hosting platform for presentations and other professional content to US-based e-book and audiobook subscription service Scribd
 "LinkedIn sells SlideShare to digital library Scribd for undisclosed sum")
How an 80-year-old publishing house is reinventing itself with technology
In the next two-three years, around 30 per cent of S. Chand's group revenues will come from digital products, asserts its MD Himanshu Gupta
 "How an 80-year-old publishing house is reinventing itself with technology")
Audio books: Reinventing the art of story-telling in the time of lockdown
Audio books score over kindle and e-books as they permit passive listening and allow you to soak in the stories even as you multi-task at home
 "Audio books: Reinventing the art of story-telling in the time of lockdown")
Read from home
One should worry, of course, about what this is doing to one small business sector in particular that was already under stress: Bookshops
Coronavirus: Airtel allows free access to its e-book platform amid lockdown
Airtel acquired a strategic stake in Juggernaut in 2017
 "Coronavirus: Airtel allows free access to its e-book platform amid lockdown")
The impending return of the book
Why an anti-digital wave like the anti-carbon one is around the corner
 "The impending return of the book")
Has the print book trumped digital? Beware of glib conclusions
In January 2011, Amazon announced that it was selling more eBooks than paperbacks
 "Has the print book trumped digital? Beware of glib conclusions")
Readers listen to audiobooks as e-book sales slip
Sales of digital audiobooks up 35.3 per cent; paperback 6.1 per cent
