The protagonists of the digital revolution, from Jeff Bezos to Larry Page and Sam Altman, have a great passion for books but the digital book represents only 10% of the book market in Europe and no more than 20%...
FIRSTonline and goWare want to celebrate 10 years of fruitful collaboration with a free e-book by the great economist Claudio Napoleoni to read online or to download in EPUB format made available by goWare
Ebooks should have developed and here are audiobooks instead. We made our way to India and arrived in America
From MySpace to Vine, from Second Life to Google+ via Orkut, Friendster, Ning and Ping: here is a review of the most sensational missteps in the history of social media
Initiatives are multiplying to make the forced stay of Italians at home less difficult: from cooking courses to books, to dance courses for young people
The book "Artist's flights. Collectible lives (and works)" by Marika Lion, author of texts on art and culture and responsible for our magazine FIRST Arte, has just been released. Stories, artists' lives described as flights within their history. The book…
Can Artificial Intelligence Start World War III Like Elon Musk Claims? That's why we can also be serene about the future
Today half of traditional book sales go through Amazon and almost 70% take place in the Kindle store: what interest can Amazon ever have in changing the status quo by pushing new publishing to conquer a new audience and…
Ebooks are the natural heirs of printed books but for now they are tremendously imperfect and are being outclassed by them
The Central Municipal Library of Milan will host the presentation of the ebook dedicated to themes related to the countryside, art, museums, science, cities and the environment by the authors Anna Finocchi, Agnese Visconti and Giovanna Fazio. Alessandra Mottola Molfino is the director…
To celebrate the XVIII Week of the Italian language, from 15 to 21 October the e-book will be downloadable for free on all international platforms and on the goWare website
In some cases, the value added tax could even reach zero - This concludes, after three and a half years, a battle started by Italy with the former minister Franceschini
The goWare publishing house has launched a new service that allows you to retrieve the catalog of historical titles through Amazon's Print on Demand
Subscription streaming, which already works for music and video and is experiencing a real boom, is the new frontier of reading - Amazon, which already dominates the ebook and audiobook market, added…
The painting that lived twice offers the key to understanding this extraordinary reciprocity between great painting and great cinema.
Two lives at the antipodes, slavery and ransom in the new novel by the writer of Iranian origin Maziar Yaghmai.
GoWare has launched a new series on Dante Alighieri made up of 13 eBooks that represent a real journey through the life and work of the poet in search of contemporaneity.
On March 27, Apple will hold a purely educational event at Lane Tech College Prep High School in Chicago which is arousing much curiosity and could kick off the new course of the electronic book and, in particular, of the book…
Arnaud Nourry, the head of Hachette, one of the largest publishing houses in the world, said that the ebook is a stupid product without creativity - Replies Mario Mancini, co-founder of goWare, a new publishing start-up: "Sorry say it but it is…
Paper book sales are doing well: positive result after 7 years - Ebooks are also growing, but little: Italians continue to prefer bookstores.
The financial journalist Carlotta Scozzari retraces the stages of the story that led to the crisis of the institute founded in 1483 in Genoa - It starts from the condemnation of the former president Giovanni Berneschi up to the umpteenth capital increase, expected at the end…
A new book published by goWare discusses, through the interventions of some big names in global journalism, the consequences of the sentence that proved wrestler Hulk Hogan right in the lawsuit against the information site Gawker - There is a…
The ebook market has a particular characteristic: it is the only one in which the giant Apple is in the unusual role of pursuer. On the other hand, Amazon dominates which, despite having a conservative and non-innovative approach, continues to have no rivals…
This digital book is dedicated to teachers of all disciplines and grades. It wants to be a key to reading (among the many possible ones) for knowing how to see and visit museums, in a non-trivial way.
Edited by Agi Agenzia Italia, the ebook reconstructs in detail, revealing all the background, the story of the endless negotiation between Silvio Berlusconi and some Chinese entrepreneurs for the sale of AC Milan.
The way of reading a book is changing and technological innovation favors new ways but a book can also be listened to and audiobooks are taking the place of ebooks in the tastes of readers - The season of appbooks is ephemeral instead
goWare for the month of March offers readers a very special promotion. A journey within a journey. Eight eBooks on as many countries that represent an excursus on some of the most beautiful places in the world, from Thailand to Cambodia,…
The sentence by the US Department of Justice inflicted on Apple and the big five on the price of ebooks has had unforeseen effects on business development and reshuffled the cards of the new publishing industry - Who benefits the most…
After announcing the billionth iPhone sold, Apple is on its way to becoming a media company but the resounding failure in ebooks raises more than one doubt about its metamorphosis.
Two banking sector insiders, Gerardo Coppola and Daniele Corsini, explain the repercussions of European financial regulation on savers' everyday choices in a new ebook published by goWare
Published by Egea and written by journalist Carlotta Scozzari, the ebook is a long letter to the author's virtual aunt to tell the complicated banking stories of 2016, often in an ironic key, with simple comparisons, quotes from films, songs and cooking.
Adriano Olivetti passed away in 1960, but his myth of enlightened entrepreneur survives so much that he has been, and continues to be, the protagonist of various fictions and countless books and essays, as told by the Olivettians Mario Citelli and Elserino…
Barnes & Noble, the largest bookshop chain in the world, is on the brink of the abyss: three CEOs have been fired in three years - The crisis stems from the failure of the expensive and ambitious digital strategy in which Barnes & Noble had invested…
A new business model for publishing seems to be emerging from the United States and London - The case of the Foyles bookshop in London sets the standard: not only books but an all-round cultural center and the accounts are starting to…
The writer JK Rowling had the intelligence to stop at the peak of success ("There will be no more Harry Potter") to become a mystery writer, bet on ebooks and bring Harry Potter back through the window as a theatrical piece without excluding that it becomes a film…
The big publishers are beginning to understand that for ebooks the price is strategic and that, only by lowering it, can the ebook conquer new readers - At the same price and content, the ebook beats the traditional book
goWare publishes an ebook signed by Sante Roperto, a journalist from Caserta who closely followed the deeds of the hero of the Campania team's championship, in 1991 - The Spanish magazine Gigantes del basket defined him as the Maradona of basketball.
GoWare has translated and reworked an article by Louis Menand that appeared in "The New Yorker", of which we are publishing the second part, which illustrates the role of the cover in the editorial fortune of paperbacks which closely recalls the…
Pocket books have left an indelible mark on the history of XNUMXth century literature, throwing traditional publishing into crisis - This is what ebooks are now trying to do - The birth of pulp fiction and pocket books -…
We publish the first part of Michele Giocondi's essay in "Schermocracy. Book or ebook" published by goWare: we review the major Italian literary cases, from the point of view of copies sold, and the authors of the bestsellers, often unexpected,…
The ebook is software+content, the book is inert - The pro-ebook club - The limits of e-readers - Not using ebook technology is an unforgivable shortcoming
A turnover of over a billion dollars on Amazon.com - A world to discover on Author Earnings - The separation of new publishing from traditional publishing - Sales of ebooks on Kindle Store.com - Books and print-on- question -…
The goWare ebook team has translated and reproduced an interview given by the famous "New York Times" journalist Alexandra Alter on the state of the world book industry - Many points of great interest: ebook/book: war of religion? growth or decrease…
Ebook goWare - From Banca Popolare dell'Etruria to Banca delle Marche, from Carichieti to Cariferrara not to mention the popular banks of the Veneto: a journey by Stefano Righi, a journalist for Corriere, into the banks currently in the eye of the storm.
Is the future of ebooks in audio? In effect audiobooks, podcasts and books with soundtracks are no longer extravaganzas but phenomena that are emerging from a niche to become mainstream - Reading and the phenomenology of reading - Towards metaconsumption…
If 80 more pages seem few to you - More and more thick books are bought, but they are not read in full: a phenomenon that becomes even more evident in digital reading - There is an evident misalignment between…
In eBooks there is no back cover, but a description called "promotional": it is by far the most important text of the entire publication - Here are some tips for writing it that are specifically designed for those who do not have…
Indian managers are now the most sought-after in the world and the best analysis on the state of books and bookstores in the face of the digital challenge comes from India - Meanwhile, Amazon opens a real bookshop - The digital apocalypse makes…
An unexpected number of amateur poets, called instanpoets (from Instagram), are producing ebooks that are starting to climb the bestseller charts: some sell for six figures - The stage of the net: the YouTube channel (Button Poetry), where every day…
A new ebook, edited by Giulio Sapelli and published by goWare, takes stock of digital manufacturing, its advantages and dangers: "iManifattura. Manufacturing in the revolution of machines". The ebook is available in all major digital bookstores
Amazon invented the ebook but its Kindles and the software that powers them no longer work because the technology has become obsolete and the encirclement of the traditional publishing industry has aggravated the crisis - Amazon must find the right wing and…
INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL ALVEAR, writer and social marketing expert on the social utility of social media in ebook marketing - But is Facebook an opportunity or a rebus to sell ebooks and books on paper?
The turning point of Simon & Schuster: 18,94 dollars for "A window opens", debut book by Elisabeth Egan - The reasons and consequences of the high cost of ebooks - The big publishers have regained their freedom of action and are back …
Between the Kindle and the iPad, readers increasingly choose the smartphone as the most comfortable way to read the ebook - But a lot depends on the circumstances and the environment - Surprises in the digital world are never lacking: the results of a…
Everyone has their habits but for now paper still wins even if digital reading is gaining more and more ground for news and partly for essays - In fiction the paper book certainly wins -…
Publishing an ebook or a print-on-demand is not difficult but it is advisable to avoid shortcuts and approximations and invest in quality and in the careful elaboration and presentation of the product - From the cover to proofreading and marketing plan: all…
Spritz will take care of it, a quick reading tool that will allow you to read a book even on a small surface thanks to the intuition of a Boston entrepreneur like Waldman who invented software suitable for reading in small spaces…
For the American book industry, the 2014 balance sheet is decidedly positive with very encouraging signals: the paper book is holding up and the e-book is recovering - In essence, a smooth transition towards new media is looming
The Manhattan Court of Appeals upheld the 2013 ruling: Cupertino will pay $450 million for plotting with publishers over e-book prices.
The gap between the ebook and the normal book damages innovation, the market and consumers and it is time to overcome it because the ebook is nothing more than the natural evolution of the book in the new digital scenario - But the ebook will not cannibalize the…
After the abrupt stop in 2014, digital books are recovering this year: ebooks for children and school books are especially popular, but also audiobooks - In the first quarter of 2015, the ebook market grew in Great…
EBOOK GOWARE - The third volume of the Web nostrum series created by the journalist and mass-mediologist Glauco Benigni has been published: it can be purchased in all the main digital bookstores - The pervasiveness of the web and its effects on everyday life…
In the US, ebook streaming is leaving the incubator to begin its journey - Authors are divided - But do you gain or lose with streaming? This is how much the writer really collects - The risk of cannibalization…
Book or ebook? Enough of this question. Book and ebook compete against all other types of media in the same environment: an internet-connected screen. Mario Mancini, co-founder of Thesis, explains in a new online essay published by goWare…
The new media radically change the contents which will be different from those of the era of mass media or industrial media - The protagonist of the change is software - The era of the solitary author or artist is over - Ebooks: rethink or…
BOOKS - For the modern writer, the dilemma often arises: publish with a traditional publishing house or try the road of self publishing? How much is earned, for the same author-time, in both cases -Here are the pros and…
The digital book ensures a good profit margin for publishing houses and is also convenient for consumers and authors, but it is essential to get the right price right - Amazon does not have a good reputation but had…
Cover art in new media - An ebook cover must hit like a stone - Five rules to never forget to make digital book covers attractive
The ministers of culture of Italy, France, Germany and Poland have sent a joint document to Brussels to ask to be able to apply the reduced rate on all books, including digital ones.
With the ebook, the history of music will not be repeated with mp3 files: today the paper book appears irreplaceable - Paper book and ebook remain two different experiences, beyond habits - Reading on screen…
A survey of 21 million users of the Japanese-Japanese company Kobo reveals that those who buy ebooks read only a part of them and Italians are not among the worst - Bestsellers are the most disappointing - The American publisher goes against the trend…
The EU Court of Justice establishes that France and Luxembourg cannot apply a reduced VAT rate to the supply of electronic books - Even for Italy the infringement procedure is around the corner.
In one minute a person reads 200 words and to read "War and Peace" takes 61 hours. The time factor becomes essential in publishing in a world where haste is the modus vivendi of citizens. The importance of the number of…
In memory of Mariella Gramaglia, journalist, writer, parliamentarian and historical figure of the feminist movement who recently passed away, a conference promoted by inGenere.it and Leggendaria will be held today in Rome (Fondazione Brodolini, via Solferino 32, 17.30pm) during which it will come…
LINKS OF THE WEEK - The international scenarios and the winds of war in Libya, Telecom's new business plan, the battle over the reform of the Popolari and the future of the CCBs, but also the flop strike of Pomigliano and…
The public flocks to bookstores again and relaunches the traditional book, but the ebook crisis is actually the crisis of the Kindle e-reader and of the ebook understood as a simple spin-off of the paper book - The ebook competes as it is bad with…
Smashwords founder Mark Coker's forecasts on the book industry: low growth for ebooks, loss of free share, more and more Kindle Unlimite and return to the rules of success for authors - Books must leave…
A Nielsen survey reveals that, among teenagers, only 20% buy ebooks rather than paper books, even if they use new technologies and frequent social networks - Three reasons behind the choices of teenagers
The main activity of a modern publishing house is no longer that of printing books but of developing content with an eye to e-readers, large format tablets and smartphones, applications for iOS, Android and Windows Phone and above all…
Reduced from 90 thousand euros of income to 25 thousand of Isee the ceiling beyond which one is not entitled to the contribution - Another 400 million for social safety nets - More flexibility for the Municipalities, but the cuts remain -…
An amendment to the Stability law presented by the Minister of Culture proposes equalizing VAT on ebooks to that on paper books - A challenge to the EU, which in recent days had rejected a similar proposal.
From January 2015, traditional volumes will still be subject to reduced VAT (4%), while e-books will bear the standard rate, which in Italy is 22%: the EU decided this despite the opposition of Italy and France.
The end of the price war between Amazon and Hachette may revive the ebook market but it may not end quite like this - Here's why
goWare ebooks land at the Pisa Book Festival: on Sunday at 14 pm, in the Pacinotti hall of the Palazzo dei Congressi, Giulio Sapelli presents his new ebook ("il Sapelli") on ten years of crisis with Giuseppe Conti, professor of Economics and…
Even poetry is coming out of its shell to be overwhelmed by the digital revolution - Poetry ebooks are growing but there are three problems to overcome: formatting, low profitability and the cultural bias in favor of the book…
On the occasion of the conference dedicated to the Francesca Molfino Fund of the Ernesto Valentini Library of the Faculty of Medicine and Psychology of the La Sapienza University of Rome, the ebook published by…
New reading formats are beginning to establish themselves in Europe too: the mook format (magazine+book), born as slow journalism, becomes a fast book and the ebook ends up responding to the demand for brevity and intensity - The lowering of the personal time available and there…
Is the explosion of gratuity a point of no return? Music is still the eye of the storm
"ilSapelli" is a new ebook published by goWare that collects the thought of a volcanic and counter-current intellectual on current issues in 300 articles and essays - Giulio Sapelli ranges from economics to history, from sociology to anthropology and…
In the ebook, the creative art of selling a book from its cover triumphs more and more - In fact, the ebook can be seen and read on screens, often very small and invaded by messages: for this reason the competition between covers is decisive -…
2014 is a particularly difficult year for the approximately 3 million developers and publishers of applications in the world: if it is in fact true that ebooks grew by a meager 4% in 2013, app downloads from…
According to the Pew Research Center, the preferred device for reading ebooks is the smartphone, while the iPad and the Kindle are no longer the rocket of previous years and show signs of decline - Women are the…
EBOOK EXTRA - Amazon raises the tone of the controversy and reiterates its determination not to reach any compromise on the price of ebooks whose ceiling must be $9,99, with the exception of some (few) specialist titles that…
The representatives of European and Italian publishers met yesterday in Rome with the Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities Dario Franceschini. The focus of the meeting revolved around two main themes: copyright and the equivalence between…
In addition to the availability of "audio-book" version texts, Amazon has created the Whispersync for Voice feature that allows you to instantly switch from reading only visual to listening to the book with a single touch on the device screen
FIRSTONLINE-GOWARE EBOOK - While the economic crisis and the anti-euro movements assail the European Union from many quarters, Ubaldo Villani-Lubelli's ebook, with an introduction by Pier Virgilio Dastoli, collects the founding speeches of a united Europe, from " Ventotene Manifesto" until the speech…
EBOOK FIRSTonline-goWare - Money handled by criminal activities can only enter circulation if it is washed in the legal financial system - Gerardo Coppola's "Anti-money laundering: the need for legality in the financial system" ebook offers behavioral guidance through…
The phenomenon of the moment is certainly Bitcoin, the virtual currency created in 2009 by Satoshi Nakamoto, which ended up at the center of attention due to the trend in its value - An ebook from the goWare publishing house, entitled "Bitcoin. The other face of the coin"…
Sony ditches eReaders and closes its eBook store - Registered accounts and their libraries will be diverted to Kobo's platform - Transition will be simple and guided by an email instruction
In the second age of machines, the cognitive ones and not just tools, there is less space for human work: the supply of labor is hopelessly higher than the demand and there is no way to make up for this gap - But what if it were really…
