Chinese Publishers Banding Together to Launch Super Book City

Chinese Publishers are banding together to develop a new ebook distribution system that allows them to deliver content in a unified way. Sino United Publishing, Commercial Press, Joint Publishing, and Chung Hwa Book are going to launch Super Book City at the end of the month. Super Book City will open with 1,000 digital titles that will be available to purchase at rock bottom rates. New ebooks will cost 30% less than their printed counterparts and older books will cost 60% less. Not only will readers be able to enjoy a hefty amount of digital content, but there will be a extensive collection of real books. A million books are eventually going to be included in the catalog. With the launch of the the Super Book City e-platform, the publishers will be releasing a series of apps. These reading apps will have all of the normal features, such as note taking and annotations, but also will be compatible with accessing the books you buy. The Android version will allow readers to buy content directly from the store. Terence Leung Wing-chung is the general manager of Sino United Publishing, and he said, “The development of ebooks in Hong Kong is much slower than in Europe or the United States. By launching the new platform, we would like to speed up the pace… Publishers in China have produced ebooks before, but never so many titles at once.” Chinese Publishers Banding Together to Launch Super Book City is a post from: E-Reader News

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