The Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy has been knocked from the top of the Amazon Kindle store by an e... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple has held talks with the organisers of the Women's Prize for Fiction with a view to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The story is about a criminal who wins the lottery, and the author has moved to America, land of the super PACs, so money is on his mind.Martin Amis, once dubbed "fiction's angriest writer," continues dissecting the absurdity and excesses of postmodern society in his latest novel, "Lionel Asbo:... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Edinburgh International Book festival is beginning its 16-day residence in the city's Charlotte Square Gardens. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2012-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 'Find Waldo Local' campaign, held nationwide for the month of July, had customers hunting for Waldo in independent bookstores and businesses. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Retailers say sport could play a major part in the Christmas market, as publishers hasten to sign... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Quercus dominates the shortlist for the inaugural Scottish Crime Book of the Year award,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Retailers say sport could play a major part in the Christmas market, as publishers hasten to sign... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Head of Zeus has acquired eight novels in the Donovan Creed series by Kindle millionaire John... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Takeaway: It’s a reality that digital publishing continues to rule the day, as it should, and, while the printed companion platform will be there, it will be published less than daily, perhaps only on weekends. Another US newspaper, this t ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
At a time when some university presses have cut back their publishing program or changed course, the MIT Press, which celebrated its first 50 years this spring, continues to look to the future—“relentlessly,” according to editorial director Gita Manaktala. “The retrospective glance doesn’t come... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
'Fifty Shades of Grey' has passed the 'Harry Potter' books and 'The Da Vinci Code' to become the country's bestselling book. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The World Cities Cultural Report reports that Tokyo has a staggering number of bookstores while Paris made it to number one for the most libraries. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Oxford University Press children’s books is entering the digital picture book market as the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hodder’s crime and thriller imprint Mulholland Books is bringing the Saint books by Leslie... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House UK has become the latest publisher to bolster its capabilities in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Thriller writer James Patterson has been crowed as the world’s top-earning author in 2011-... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Is there a future for tablet-only publications? The last few weeks have cast an ominous shadow over this niche industry following substantial staff cuts at News Corp.'s The Daily and a decision by the Huffington Post to give up on charging for its iPad magazine after just five issues. While... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2012-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ingram Content Group has announced a new “standard color” pricing model for print-on-demand technology that has reduced costs by roughly two-thirds, making color POD an economical publishing option for the first time. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Blackwell’s has announced a partnership with CourseSmart to rent digital textbooks to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]