US bookseller Barnes & Noble has confirmed that it will be bringing its Nook digital eBook readers and bookstore to the UK in the autumn. Initially the devices, which include Nook Simple Touch and the Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight, will only be available through the company’s online... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2012-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Barnes & Noble has finally scheduled the long-awaited international debut of its Nook e-reader. The company said Monday that it will begin selling its Nook Simple Touch and Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight in the U.K. in mid-October. The devices will be sold online through a new digital... Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers and agents have welcomed confirmation of the Nook's imminent arrival in the UK,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Well, our English friends, today is a good day. Your choice in e-readers is about to get that much better as Barnes & Noble has decided to make your homeland the first stop on its highly-anticipated international tour. The Nook and its associated store will be making their big debut in the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Irvine Welsh has hit out at the Man Booker Prize at the Edinburgh World Writers'... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Macmillan Publishers and 21st Century Publishing House Co. have launched the Macmillan Century... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bestselling author James Herbert is the latest to have an ebook offered for 20p on Amazon and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The New York Times Co. named former BBC director general Mark Thompson as its new CEO earlier this week, and now comes word that he will receive a pay package totaling as much as $10.5 million, including an annual salary of $1 million, according to Bloomberg News. Mr. Thompson, who was... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2012-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Swedish crime writer Camilla Läckberg has seen international success since releasing her 2003 debut, Ice Princess (published in 2010 by Pegasus), and to date her books have been translated into 33 languages. In France, her 2008 novel The Drowning was the top title. Earlier this year, Pegasus... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The first digital units are beginning to be built into the Waterstones bookshop branches, as the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Romance specialists Mills & Boon has launched its first billboard advertising campaign,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Over the past five years, licensed books and supplemental educational materials have increasingly made their way into school libraries and classrooms. Educators have come to accept that licensed titles are a way to bring in reluctant readers and sustain interest in subjects like math and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
An independent bookseller who launched a campaign to encourage more people to shop on their high... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bestselling authors Cormac McCarthy, Walter Isaacson, the late Nora Ephron, and Jennifer Egan are among the many authors represented by ICM Partners, whose book sales are boosted by the adaptation of their work to film and television, all under the watchful eyes of agents Ron Bernstein, Josie... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Michael Joseph is launching a digital campaign to support publication of The Mystery of Mercy... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Volunteers will take over the running of ten libraries in Surrey after the county council was... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon is reportedly trialling a scheme to deliver parcels which customers can collect from... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple called the DOJ's proposed settlement to the ebook price fixing case 'fundamentally unfair, unlawful, and unprecedented.' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Walker Books Group has acquired global rights in YA title The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
One of the most eagerly awaited literary offerings this autumn is NW (Hamish Hamilton, September... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]