Pages of Hackney in East London will today hold what is being billed as London’s first ever... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
The US book business is starting to reap the benefit of strong sales of the Fifty Shades of Grey... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 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 ]
HarperCollins UK has described its annual performance as "strong", despite the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-09 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 ]
Random House imprint William Heinemann has acquired rights in a unique edition of Ernest... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Authors Guild is seeking more than $2 billion in damages from Google Books – which may make this one of the most expensive copyright damages cases in litigation history. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette Book Group USA sales and marketing chief Evan Schnittman has said publishers need to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hodder Children’s Books has sealed a six-figure dollar deal for the North American rights... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has swung to a loss partly due to the weakness of its publishing business, which includes newspapers like the Times and the Sun. The fourth quarter net loss was $1.6bn (£1bn) compared with a net income of $6 ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Raymond Chandler is the latest classic author to have a current writer take on his mantle, with... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Music label EMI Classics is set to release a collection of music inspired by bestselling erotica... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Shadow culture minister Dan Jarvis has spoken out about local library campaigns, criticising the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
US digital publisher Open Road is publishing the bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul series as... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Department of Justice has filed a motion with Judge Denise Cote asking her to approve the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scholastic has partnered with animal welfare charity the RSPCA for a two-year publishing deal,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Century has won a four-way auction in the memoir of one of Britain's most notorious gangland... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Online retailer Amazon announces it sells more ebooks than hardbacks and paperbacks combined. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2012-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
The numerous awe-inspiring projects adorning the production floors of Hong Kong and mainland China print suppliers always get PW itching to feature these unbelievable objects that pass for books. However, nondisclosure agreements and confidentiality clauses often play havoc with this wish. But... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
An ebook being offered on the Kindle store for 20p has broken the top-three monopoly of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]