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 ]
Century has acquired a memoir by Carole White, co-founder of Premier Model Management, which has... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The race to acquire a new book from Olympic hero and Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins is... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Illustrated publishers say the digital market is yet to take off for their businesses, with... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
In explaining the steep drop in Penguin Group USA’s profits for the first six months of 2012, CEO David Shanks said one important factor was the decline in backlist sales. Borders was an important customer for Penguin’s backlist, especially its classics line, so the collapse of the chain hurt... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Is there a future for independent bookstores in general and Kepler’s Books in particular? That was the question posed by Future Search leaders Sandra Janoff and Michael Pann-witz to nearly 80 booksellers, publishers, distributors, authors, and community supporters who gathered at the Oshman... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
London booksellers say trade has continued slow as the predicted Olympic boost fails to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Cengage Learning is among the companies that have put in initial bids for McGraw-Hill... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
After a round of key filings, two Authors Guild cases challenging Google’s ambitious library book-scanning program are on schedule for early fall trial dates. Final reply briefs were filed July 27 for the Authors Guild v. HathiTrust, with that case now fully briefed and all but set for a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
This February saw 21 provinces in China hiking their minimum wage, many by double digits. Inland provinces like Henan, Anhui, Sichuan, and Guangxi saw the largest hikes, ranging from 22% to 35%. Manufacturing hub Shenzhen, which had the biggest one-time wage hike of the past 19 years in March... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster's sales rose 3% year-on-year to $189m in the second quarter... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The organizer of the Kidwell-eFestival has vowed that the event will take place again, despite... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
J K Rowling's agent Neil Blair has played down reported concerns over the decision to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new study by the Book Industry Study Group says readers are choosing both print and ebooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Head of property Andrew Milner-Walker has left Waterstones after 10 years "to pursue other... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Travel Publisher Insight Guides has digitised its list and created a set of interactive apps to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hodder & Stoughton has acquired two-book YA series The Hundred, written by debut author Kass... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Books and publishing have a strong representation in this year's PR Week awards,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
A ebook literary festival expecting up to 20,000 visitors ends early after only 100 show up. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2012-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
De mortuis nihil nisi bonum: Of the dead say nothing unless it is kind. This is a good rule of thumb. Despite the temptation, it would be mean-spirited to object to the barrage of shallow Facebook postings about Steve Jobs, gratuitous to gripe that Nora Ephron, though a terrifically talented... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2012-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]