Despite the lack of a publisher and censorship issues, pirated copies of "Fifty Shades of Grey" are proving popular at Chinese online bookstores. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Judge Denise Cote has granted a request by Author Solutions and Penguin to extend the deadline to respond to the class action lawsuit filed against the two to June 21. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Submissions are now being accepted for the Wellcome Trust Book Prize, which is to be re-launched... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Digital magazine storefront Zinio has added a flat-rate, multi-title subscription option to its platform. The option recognizes a growing user base—nearly a quarter of customers—that reads three or more titles across devices. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Century has acquired a crime novel set in 1990s Washington DC by US author Neely Tucker. Jack... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Universities minister David Willetts this week praised the “genuine added value” of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Keith Smith from Warwick and Kenilworth Bookshops has criticised HMRC and the government for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Rupert Heath Literary Agency and the Elise Dillsworth Agency are forming an alliance, with... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jenny Colgan's Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop of Dreams (Sphere) has been named... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
By negotiating for an agency pricing model with publishers, Apple says, it was simply seeking to enter a new market and offer competitive prices. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2013-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
A German online copyright law that will give publishers the exclusive right to the commercial use of their publications on the Internet will come into effect on Aug. 1. The law was published in Germany’s Federal Law Gazette (Bundesgesetzblatt) on Tuesday. After a law is published in the... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2013-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Canongate has acquired world rights in Creative Freedom, a book by artist, writer and documentary... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
The growth in children’s digital reading is an “opportunity for publishers rather... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Little, Brown has acquired a memoir by Stuart David, founding member of the indie pop band Belle... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House parent Bertelsmann has made "significant strides" in implementing its... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
The number of ebooks sold last year grew by 43 percent, but that's a fairly small increase compared to the triple-digit increases of past years. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booksellers from across Europe have urged European Commission representatives to act over the use... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Orwell Book Prize for political writing is won by AT Williams for his book on Baha Mousa, while Marie Colvin is honoured with a posthumous award. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pushkin Press' new imprint, ONE, has made its first world English-language acquisition, with... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
"Heck, Amazon is selling these books at $9.99, and who knows maybe they are right and we will fail even at $12.99." Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2013-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]