Hobby titles are proving to be fertile ground for video. Kalmbach Publishing's Model Railroader is the latest to expand its offerings, launching a paid video subscription site to its compliment the 79-year-old brand. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The American novelist A M Homes has won the 2013 Women's Prize for Fiction for her... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tthe US Department of Justice's suit against Apple alleging ebook price-fixing goes to trial on June 3 in Manhattan. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins imprint The Friday Project is to release a physical edition of the new album from... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Helen Fielding discussed her new book, the third in the 'Bridget Jones' series, during Book Expo America in New York City. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
While a high-calibre jury of writers and critics ponders the nominees for this year's Children's Book Awards, we have asked the true experts. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2013-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
A deal between Apple and publishers to set the price of ebooks cost customers "hundreds of millions of dollars", a government lawyer claims. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2013-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Microsoft’s SkyDrive will host the latest digital issue of Complex magazine, in what might be an effective cost-saving solution for niche publications. Microsoft representatives also indicated that a similar partnership would be revealed on Thursday, with more of a pop-culture bent. The Complex... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2013-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
British publishers reported good business for the most part at Book Expo America, which concluded... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Malorie Blackman has been appointed the Waterstones Children's Laureate for 2013-2015, and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
NEW YORK -- Apple and major publishers conspired in a scheme to fix prices on ebooks, costing consumers hundreds of millions of dollars, a U.S. Justice Department attorney argued during the first day of a marquee antitrust trial. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple cost readers hundreds of million of dollars by conspiring with five major publishers to fix prices, government says. Apple says the antitrust case is bizarre. NEW YORK — Apple Inc. and five major publishers conspired to fix prices on ebooks, costing consumers hundreds of millions of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the last year, plenty of media and content companies have started publishing ebooks for the first time. In a panel at the Publishers Launch conference at Book Expo America on Wednesday, several of them discussed what they’ve learned from ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
The French government and publishers this week pledged an additional €9m in mainly interest-... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Surveying the ebook discussions at BookExpo America, it's clear that despite their popularity, ebooks still lack their own category of breakthrough storytelling experiences. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers and industry figures have welcomed news of Malorie Blackman’s appointment as... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Porter Anderson looks back on BEA 2013 through the prism of the self-published indie author and finds the show out-of-touch with the realities of the industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Macmillan Children's Books has acquired the tie-in publishing licence for the upcoming film... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon's massive new HQ in historic central London is nothing short of symbolic, and will overshadow neighboring Penguin, Faber, S&S UK, and Bloomsbury. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Steve Swartz is a veteran of Hearst’s print business, but as he takes over as CEO this week, he underscored ways the leading magazine company is adapting its products to digital formats. Swartz, the former head of Hearst’s newspaper business and for the past two years, its chief operating... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2013-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]