Some of the news to hit the epublishing industry in the first half of 2009;

More and more digital news is hitting the headlines:

January 2009

• January, 2009. Dorchester to Offer Much of their catalog as ebooks. http://sfscope.com/2009/01/dorchester-to-offer-their-enti.html

• January, 2009. Harlequin Offers Free Books on Stanza http://www.lexcycle.com/content/60th_anniversary_harlequin

March 2009

• March, 2009. Barnes & Noble Acquires Fictionwise, a leader in the Internet E-book Marketplace.
  http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/05/fictionwise-acquired-by-barnes-noble/

• March, 2009. Association of American Publishers releases latest stats.Ebook sales +110.4%, rising to $10 million dollars–up from $8 million in January.
  http://www.fictionmatters.com/2009/06/10/ebooks-reach-new-sales-record/

May 2009

• May, 2009. Ingram Adds Ingram Digital to Newly-Formed Ingram Content Group http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6660404.html

• May, 2009. Number of On Demand Titles Topped Traditional Books in 2008 http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6659193.html?nid=2286&source=title&rid=

• May, 2009. Will Amazon Kindle Sales Reach $4 Billion by 2012? Projections are based on current sales stats. http://blogs.zdnet.com/gadgetreviews/?p=4093

• May, 2009. Print Book Are Targets of Pirates On the Web http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/12/technology/internet/12digital.html?_r=1

June 2009

• June, 2009. Simon & Schuster Announce Deal to Partner with Scribd to sell ebooks. http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6664861.html?nid=2286&rid=##reg_visitor_id##&source=title

• June, 2009. Baker & Taylor Launches New Digital POD Platform. http://members.whattheythink.com/news/newslink.cfm?id=37264

• June, 2009. Digital Publishers Riding E-book Wave. Independent publishers that specialize in e-books enjoying surge.
  http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6666456.html