While plenty of industries have shrunk over the last couple years, few have been hit as badly as newspaper publishing, which was already contracting before the economic downturn began. Since then, economic woes have simply reinforced the long-term tr ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kobo and Amazon have unveiled new tablets, but are they playing a game they can't win? Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
IAC/InterActiveCorp Chairman Barry Diller, producer Scott Rudin and publishing executive Frances Coady are investing in a book venture that will attempt to challenge Amazon.com Inc.’s dominance in the industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Igloo Books and The Works are teaming up to produce a children’s book to raise money for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hodder & Stoughton has acquired the first biography of Roger Bushell, better known as "... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The European Commission has begun the process of dismantling the agency model after finding... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Protestors hoping to prevent The Women's Library from moving from its East End home are... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Sept. 19, 2012 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the latest addition to Adobe® Creative Cloud™ — Adobe Digital Publishing Suite (DPS), Single Edition. DPS, Si ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
If you've been looking for a way to make publishing for the iPad much easier and erase the coding headaches, Adobe is looking to oblige. The software company has announced that its Digital Publishing Suite (DPS) Single Edition is now part of the Creative Cloud software collection. Not familiar... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The teenage author of a vampire fantasy novel who is a vegetarian with a morbid fear of blood has become the latest internet sensation to land a global publishing deal. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sales of the six novels in contention for the Man Booker Prize trebled week-on-week following the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple and four major ebook publishers have offered retailers such as Amazon.com the option to set their own prices for ebooks for the next two years in a bid to end an antitrust investigation in the European Union. The European Commission launched the investigation into allegations of cartel... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple hasn’t promoted the tablet computer in MPA member magazines since summer 2011. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The letter of gratitude Salman Rushdie wrote to independent bookstores has been made into a poster that will be hung in some stores. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette Livre has said it "remains confident that it did not violate the antitrust laws,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Bookseller Association’s president Patrick Neale has said the need to change the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Biteback publisher Iain Dale, founder of the original Politicos bookshop, has bought back the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sales of digital fiction books increased by 188% in value terms in the first half of the year,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Book sales soared by more than £2m last week as a bounty of new books hit the shelves on... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fourteen titles have made this year's longlist for the £20,000 Samuel Johnson Prize for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]