Random House Children's Publishing is to bring out a young adult novel written by Niall... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The schools market, events and consumer loyalty are all helping protect the children’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Even in the digital age, Barnes & Noble can’t avoid the headache of returns. Although the company posted lots of positive results for the year-end and fourth quarter of fiscal 2012, the number most analysts seem to focus on was Nook segment sales for the fourth quarter, which fell 10.5%, to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
It's the first time you can read all of the Times on a site or app not owned by the Times. And it's the first time Flipboard has gotten a big publisher to hand over all its content. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Carlton Publishing Group arts imprint Goodman, which launched in 2009 and is headed by chairman... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin, Macmillan and Apple must wait just under a year for the ruling on the ebook price... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scholastic UK group m.d. Alan Hurcombe is to leave his post. The publisher said that Hurcombe,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House Childrens Publishing is to bring out a young adult novel written by Niall Leonard,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
A US judge on Friday set a 2013 trial date for a lawsuit from the US government accusing Apple and book publishers of conspiring to fix the prices of electronic books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2012-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sci-fi imprint Tor/Forge leads publishing industry's quest to loosen the grip of Amazon. Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2012-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Justice Department meant business when it accused Apple and five other publishers of price-rigging ebooks, and are officially taking Cupertino and two publishers to court. In a hearing on Friday, Judge Denise Cote set a bench trial for June 3, 2012, putting Apple, Macmillan and Penguin Group... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-book readers have been relatively slow to borrow digital works from the library, deterred by a limited selection and by not even knowing whether their local branch offers e-releases, according to a new study. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
According to a new study by the Pew Research Center, 62 percent of respondents didn't know whether or not their local library had ebooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Flipboard, the social newsreader with a stylish magazine-like design, has emerged from beta and is now available free for all Android devices, including the Kindle Fire (although it’s optimized for smartphones rather than tablets). Editor's Note: It's not compatible with my ASUS Transformer Pad... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2012-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rakuten's $315 million buyout of Kobo will bear some e-reader fruit come July. The e-tailer's CEO and chairman, Hiroshi Mikitani, announced plans to release the Kobo eReader Touch Edition in Japan next month for 10,000 yen (on par with its $130 US sticker price). Timing is key, of course --... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a day and age when computer data rule book ordering and midlist authors can be penalized for their track records, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill is trying to give Barbara Shapiro a fresh start for The Art Forger. It’s a tack that the press, an imprint of Workman Publishing, used successfully... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin has acquired the first novel in six years from US author Dave Eggers. Hamish Hamilton... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Vintage has won the best marketing campaign of the year award at the Book Marketing Society's... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
The #5 book in Italy in May, Gianluigi Nuzzi’s His Holiness. The Secret Documents of Benedict XVI, has caused international news since its publication. Pope Benedict XVI’s butler, Paolo Gabriele, was arrested late last month on suspicion of releasing dozens of embarrassing letters to Nuzzi... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
You might say Penguin has had a rocky relationship with libraries. That looks to be on the tentative mend, as the publisher and 3M have together cut deals with the Brooklyn Public Library and New York Public Library to bring Penguin's ebook catalog back as part of a test program. Under the terms... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]