As things stand, Hachette is making ebook discounts impossible, and almost everybody else stands to lose, writes Hugh HoweyNews: New Amazon terms amount to 'assisted suicide' for book industry, experts claimHow much should an ebook cost? And how should that money be split? These two questions... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
In Smashwords' annual survey, CEO Mark Coker says that indie ebooks selling for $2.99-$3.99 earn as much for their authors as conventionally published ebooks selling for $7.99 or more, but generate "triple the readership." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Oceano, one of the largest Spanish-language publishers, has finally launched a line of ebook titles out of its Mexico subsidiary aimed at Latin America. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
J K Rowling has written a new piece about a thirty-something Harry Potter and his friends at the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
FarFaria, a subscription app for iPad providing unlimited access to kids’ content for $3.99 a month, has inked a deal to offer 17 HarperCollins’ titles and has expanded support for the iPhone. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
According to a new survey conducted by Hewlett Packard, 78% of college students prefer to use both print and digital textbooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins has launched a redesigned website that features a direct sales component. Through the website the publisher has, for the first time, the ability to sell print books directly to consumers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booksellers can now apply for aid to prevent homelessness and to pay for funeral costs. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Wattpad, an online writing and reading community, has acquired the Red Room, an online community originally described as a “Facebook for authors.” The site will be subsumed into Wattpad. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins has relaunched its US website, with direct to consumer print and ebook sales. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mark Zuckerberg sees the Internet as a vital service that should be made available to everyone across the world—a service that can be as vital as, say, the ability to call for emergency help on a telephone. In an editorial published Monday in The Wall Street Journal, the Facebook chief outlined... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Some 'old guard' authors are joining forces in a letter criticizing Amazon, even as a cluster of self-published authors is rallying around Amazon, charging that traditional publishers like Hachette mistreat authors and readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Welcome to a special educational series about digital printing solutions and technology. Here, we look at the value proposition of digital printing, and take stock of the current thoughts and practices in the publishing industry in implementing a hybrid printing program. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The judges have winnowed down 10,000 entries to the top five. Consumers vote on the grand prize winner from today through July 18. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Picador has signed a memoir from US comedian and actress Amy Poehler in a "closely-fought... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fourth Estate has signed a debut novel from the c.e.o. of The Book People, Seni Glaister. Clare... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Becky Green has been promoted to v-p, director, children’s retail sales, Random House Children’s Books. She was previously the division's v-p. national accounts. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Alejandro Jodorowsky's film 'The Dance of Reality' is based on his unorthodox autobiography; Ernest Kurtz and Katherine Ketcham offer imperfectly wise stories and parables Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a filing with the Second Circuit last week, Google defended its practice of displaying snippets in Google Book Search. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rachel Held Evans has long had an issue with the typical evangelical Christian interpretation of Proverbs 31, believing that paean of biblical womanhood has reduced generations of Christian women to shame, despair, and fatigue. But instead of trying to fight the ideal of womanhood set forth in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]