To support Indies First, scores of authors will be working in indie bookstores on Small Business Saturday. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishing company designed to support entrepreneurs often sues them Back in 2000, Entrepreneur's StartUps magazine featured an article about Janice McLean Deloatch as she was trying to launch a business in Maryland that dispensed pantyhose from vending machines. Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2013-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
After eight years of litigation—three of which had all parties stumping together for an ill-fated, controversial settlement—Judge Denny Chin last week dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Authors Guild over Google’s mass scanning of library books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
It's common practice for musical artists to create their own labels in order to dip into that part of the industry. However, even though it's, more or less, the same thing, New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is taking the uncommon step of launching his own book publishing imprint, Jeter... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2013-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
The chaos brimming at the heart of Robert Stone's finest works surfaces in his latest book set on a New England campus.Robert Stone has long been a big-picture novelist. "Dog Soldiers," which won a 1975 National Book Award, involves a "journalist of sorts" who tries to smuggle three kilos of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new book called Defective Carrots features strange, grotesque photographs of vegetables deemed unfit for consumers.Every day, thousands of "optically deficient" carrots are mechanically scanned and promptly removed from factory conveyor belts, deemed unfit for consumers. These are the runts of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
It is rare that an industry would see the declining growth rate of its fastest-growing product as anything but bad news. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Last fall, Timothy O’Connell, an editor at Vintage, noticed a starred PW review of The Natural Order of Things by Kevin P. Keating. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Novelist John Grisham talks about his return to Ford County in 'Sycamore Row' and an unpleasant stint as a politician.John Grisham is the world's most successful author of legal thrillers (and one baseball novel, last year's "Calico Joe") with sales of more than 275 million copies to his credit.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
A literary talent show is about to be aired in Italy, but is television the right place to nurture literary talent?Jonny Geller, agent and joint CEO, Curtis BrownAn X Factor for books is about to launch on Italian TV – it had to be Italian, didn't it? – and you can imagine the literati running... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Is this glossy, hardback edition of the singer's memoir an indication of a new direction for Penguin Classics?It's not clear who's come the furthest. Morrissey, journeying from figure of fun on the Manchester music scene in "a rented room in Whalley Range" via international stardom to appear –... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
A judge on Thursday rejected a request to remove Robert J. Hall from his post as publisher of the company that owns the (Philadelphia) Daily News, Inquirer and Philly.com. Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Patricia McInerney is still consideri ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
For the past few years, newspaper publishers have prowled their buildings, asking why, and getting some amazing answers. Institutional knowledge is wonderful, but institutional resistance is intolerable. We must invoke a brilliant strategy to conquer ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Microsoft is continuing to fill in the gaps in its Windows Store catalog with the arrival of Flipboard for Windows 8.1. Just like its iOS and Android counterparts, Flipboard's Windows 8.1 app offers digital “magazines” culled from websites large and small. After setting up an account, users can... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
A consistent brand online is the key quality publishers need, according to speakers at the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite a dramatic drop in book sales, Aladin used bookstores have thrived, with some publishers dumping books to boost sales; a fixed-price law is now under debate. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The print book business in Latin America remains dominant, but digital is rising. Are there lessons to be learned from the music business? Several Argentine music pros weigh in. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Book industry experts say dystopian literature, previously represented by bestselling series like 'The Hunger Games' and 'Allegiant,' is done as a trend. So what will be the next big genre in young adult fiction? Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google's massive book-scanning project that makes complete copies of books without the authors' permission is perfectly legal under U.S. copyright law, a federal judge ruled today, deciding an 8-year-old legal battle. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
US Circuit Judge Denny Chin says Google Books falls under fair use, while the Authors Guild calls it copyright infringement. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]