Evernote users can import their notes into FastPencil and create an ebook or PDF that can be distributed through all the major ebook retail platforms. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
The second branch of Waterstones' iconic London Hatchards bookstore will open in St Pancras... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon recently extended a public challenge to Hachette, saying that if the publisher will lower ebook prices to $9.99, the company won't ask for a larger share of the revenues. This is the first time Amazon has publicly shared details of the dispute between the two companies. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Cover blurbs aren't reviews, they're advertisements that offer no space for balanced, nuanced positivityRecently I was at a literature festival, being interviewed by a man who hadn't had the chance to read my novel. It was fine. These things happen and we muddle through.Unable to draw upon the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Giacomo D'Angelo, product manager at Narcissus.me describes how BackTypo promises to help authors build beautiful books simply and easily. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
The parties in the Apple settlement indicated that they would not be modifying the agreement, after a hearing last week in which Judge Cote expressed concerns with the deal. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Candy Jar Books is set to hold an inaugural week-long festival in Cardiff to celebrate literature... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
London-based events producer and academic publisher Informa plc has agreed to acquire Virgo Publishing, pending regulatory approval. Terms weren't disclosed. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2014-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon.com believes that pricing ebooks at US$9.99 will boost sales by over 74 percent as the books are highly price-elastic.If customers would buy 100,000 copies of a particular ebook at $14.99, then they would buy 174,000 copies of the same ebook at $9.99, boosting total revenue to $1.7... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2014-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette Book Group is “sharing too small a portion” of the revenue from ebooks with... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
A week after the first trailer for the film adaptation of "Fifty Shades of Grey" dropped, the book hit #1 on Apple's chart. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
It's do or die time for Chicago Tribune and its sibling newspapers.On Aug. 4, Tribune Publishing Co. will be on its own, after parent Tribune Media Co. hives off its print properties. While Tribune Media will remain privately held, the new publishing company will start trading the next day on... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The JS Group and Kortext have won two major multi-million pound tenders to supply e-textbooks to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dutch publishing and information services company Wolters Kluwer has announced revenues down 1%... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Technology and modern conveniences have made life easier, right? Not so much. The mental flotsam and frenzied busyness have actually made life more stressful and demanding, according to Willow Creek founding pastor Bill Hybels, whose new book offers practices to find freedom from “soul clutter.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the new era of digital media, everyone’s a publisher — celebrities, nobodies, spy agencies, house plants and, especially, brands. Building “the plumbing” for brands that want to be part of this new era, and ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2014-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Hachette Book Group/Ingram purchase of the Perseus Books Group has been delayed until the end of August. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Evangelia Avloniti reports on the on struggle to sustain the Thessaloniki Book Fair, a vital connection between Greek publishers and the rest of the world. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon claims a "key objective" in its ongoing dispute with Hachette is to keep ebook prices low and competitive with other other media. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The newer, flatter design puts Kindle, Fire, and Prime categories front and center.Amazon has unveiled a new homepage design to select users, placing a new emphasis on the retail giant's biggest brands: the Kindle ebook platform, its Fire lineup of tablets and smartphones, and the Prime... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2014-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]