Print on demand premium photo book company Bob Books is delighted to announce that its Photo Books App for iPad and iPhone is now available in the UK App Store. The easy-to-use app allows users to design and order coffee table quality books using their own images straight from their iPad or iPhone, allowing people to create their photobooks anywhere. Families and friends can then share their books via the Bob Books bookshop, where it's free to publish your photo books online.

The Bob Books app for iPad and iPhone is the perfect platform for creating the best of digital photo albums and visual story telling.

Random House Canada is pleased to announce that it has acquired rights to publish a new book by former astronaut Chris Hadfield featuring photographs from the International Space Station. YOU ARE HERE: Around the World in 92 Minutes will be in bookstores this fall. Literary agent Rick Broadhead of Rick Broadhead and Associates completed the deal.

"Chris Hadfield's new book shows us our home—our city, country, continent, our whole planet—from a unique perspective," says Anne Collins, publisher of the Knopf Random House Canada publishing group and vice-president of Random House of Canada Limited.

Blurb BookWright design tool introduces "create once, automatically publish to print or ebook, and distribute anywhere" functionality with free ISBN options

Blurb, the indie book publishing platform, today announced an easier, smarter book design and distribution service that includes direct Amazon distribution, a new precision design tool called Blurb BookWright™, with ISBN numbers included for free. ISBN numbers are available for free via Blurb BookWright and Adobe InDesign creation tools as well as via Amazon distribution.

ICFLIX [pronounced I-see-flix] will be participating in this year's Spring Edition of the annual GITEX Shopper, held at the Dubai World Trade Centre on the 23rd - 26th of April. The event is known to host the biggest electronics sales, offers and launches of the year and has been growing consistently, both in terms of visitors and sales, since its conception years ago.

ICFLIX will be introducing its newly launched monthly prepaid cards as part of the Platinum Sponsor Samsung's stand (number SS3-1), so that customers can access the online streaming service without having to use an electronic form of payment online.

Scholastic Literacy Pro(TM) and Scholastic PR1ME(TM) Mathematics to Be Released in Multiple Markets

Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education and media company, today announced the launch of two new education programs, Scholastic Literacy Pro(TM) and Scholastic PR1ME(TM) Mathematics, available for global markets. They join a rapidly growing portfolio of Scholastic educational technology and blended learning programs based on the latest research and proven successful practices and designed to help teachers worldwide raise student achievement in English literacy and mathematics.

Showcasing integrated ICT offerings at National Association of Broadcasters Show

Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, today showcased its latest Media Cloud Solution at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show in Las Vegas, United States. With the Huawei Media Cloud Solution, enterprises in the media and entertainment (M&E) industry will be able to enjoy streamlined high definition (HD) videos production and management of large amounts of content, which also supports new business growth and development.

New look and feel provides site customization options and dynamic ease of use

Baker & Taylor, the premier worldwide distributor of digital and print books and entertainment products, announced today the release of a new and enriched version of its Axis 360 service designed to improve the visual appeal and experience for library users, and to expand site administration and collection management tools for the company's digital media circulation platform.

Korea was chosen as The London Book Fair Market Focus for 2014 held from 8 to 10 to reflect the country's status as one of the top ten publishing markets in the world, and its expanding reputation within the international literary community.

The eleventh Market Focus will build on a heritage of enhancing cultural and political exchanges between Korea and the UK.

Pilot program designed to drive and measure consumer engagement in real time with street teams and taxi-top ads throughout Miami

AdMobilize, an out of home advertising and analytics platform, was selected by eMerge Americas to serve as a strategic advertising partner for the eMerge Americas Techweek in Miami, Florida, May 1-7, 2014.  Through "smart" street teams and taxi-top ads, eMerge Americas Techweek and its sponsors will leverage the AdMobilize platform to engage consumers and measure ad effectiveness in real-time using AdMobilize's AdBeacon™ and AdDashboard technology. 

An Arab social entrepreneur wants an honor from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to draw attention to the power of "cultural diplomacy" to build closer ties with the United States.

"This could be a bridge between our region and the rest of the world," said Badr Jafar, CEO of Crescent Enterprises, Sharjah, UAE. "Art and culture offer the best representation of a people, and are a healthy approach to generating cross-border dialogue."

The Books2BETTER Program is a Nationwide Initiative that Aims to Support Early Childhood Literacy

Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta), is announcing the launch of the 2014 Books2BETTER program to promote literacy among young readers across the United States. With this initiative, Konica Minolta aims to transform lives, enable communities and inspire ideas for the next generation by donating 2,000 books to young readers from low-income families during the months of March and April.

64% of marketers expect their role to change in the next year; social marketers, data analysts and mobile marketers in high demand

Adobe Digital Marketing Summit — While two in five (40%) marketers stated that they want to reinvent themselves, only 14% of those marketers actually know how to go about it, according to research released today from Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE). The study, Digital Roadblock: Marketers Struggle to Reinvent Themselves, is based on a survey of more than 1,000 marketing professionals in the U.S. and exposes fresh insights into the attitudes and beliefs of marketers as they struggle to redefine their roles and expand their skills. The findings are being released today at Adobe's 12th annual Digital Marketing Summit, a conference attracting over 5,000 marketing professionals.