The books market in Italy has “deteriorated significantly” in 2011 and the first nine... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
DC. Marvel. You. ComiXology, digital comics partner to the giants, wants your self-published creations. Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2012-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon is to launch its controversial Kindle Owners' Lending Library in the UK from the end... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon's Kindle Owners' Lending Library has grown considerably since launching in the US, and it looks like the company's finally decided it was time to let some other countries in on the service as well. It announced today that Amazon Prime members in the UK, Germany and France would all have... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kobo has acquired French digital software company Aquafadas for an undisclosed sum in a move... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
National Book Tokens is to launch an e-gifting card for digital books with the content to be... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Junot Díaz, who was recently named a MacArthur "Genius" Fellow, is among the National Book Awards fiction finalists for his short-story collection, "This Is How You Lose Her." Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
New Zealand has officially taken centre stage at the world's biggest book fair in Frankfurt, Germany. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2012-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Children’s author Shirley Hughes has been signed up for a new series by Random House... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster UK has signed Amanda Holden’s autobiography in a “healthy... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Olympic cyclist and "Strictly Come Dancing" contestant Victoria Pendleton's memoir... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The book that has moved me most in the past year is Wonder by R.J. Palacio. It’s the fictional story of August Pullman, a 10-year-old with a very different-looking face—the result of a chromosomal abnormality and an illness—and his journey from the nest of homeschooling to the wilds of middle... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2012-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Quercus is to make a second move into the US with a "startup operation" that will begin... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rovio, the creator of the hugely popular mobile game Angry Birds, will partner with Cern to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sayville, Long Island, October, 2012 – Brainworks Software, the leading provider of newspaper advertising and circulation systems for North America has announced that the Times Publishing Company has selected Brainworks to provide their pro ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
A spokesperson for Springer Science and Business Media has said it is "business as usual... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sir Sandy Crombie, chairman of the board of Creative Scotland, has acknowledged that his... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers are looking to move beyond the “smoke screen” of erotica as the Frankfurt... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The majority of Canadians still prefer print, and more than a quarter of book purchases were made... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Association of American Publishers A Pennsylvania District Court judge seems to be fed up with copyright holders wasting the courts’ time and resources, ordering an adult movie studio and five anonymous alleged copyright infringers to present their respective cases to court in a bellwether... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2012-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]