Retailers and publishers are predicting a grey summer, with Cornerstone’s E L James... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
The top 10 publishers in the world had their lowest combined market share last year in the Livres... 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 ]
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 ]
It didn't land in the Marketplace yesterday as announced, but Amazon's Audible audio book app for Windows Phone 7.5 is now available for download. This Metro-fied version of the app is free to install (including some short samples to get you started), and signing in with your Amazon account lets... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dow Jones is closing the print edition of SmartMoney, the 20-year-old personal finance magazine, and expanding its digital news team, the company said today, confirming news first reported by The Wall Street Journal. The print edition's September issue will be its last, meaning the elimination... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2012-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
More than 400 years of printing under the Cambridge University Press name is to end, with... 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 ]
Erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey has continued its success in the UK after breaking the weekly paperback sales record. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2012-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
A Los Angeles man who wrote a book about his alleged gay encounters with John Travolta filed a libel lawsuit on Thursday against the actor and his attorney. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2012-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Headline is aiming to draw in younger male readers with a new look and website for historical... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The thorny issue of remainders has been raised once more by independents concerned at the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jessica Kingsley Publishers generated a group turnover of £4.3m in 2011, up from... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Using data from almost 2,000 publishers, the Association of American Publishers reports that ebooks have outsold hardcovers for the first time. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Academic press Sage has launched an e-bookstore, part of its online social science platform Sage... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
After yanking their ebook titles from libraries last year, Penguin is launching an ebook pilot program for libraries in New York. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Social network Anobii is the new title sponsor of the Edinburgh International Book Festival's... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
After 20 years in print SmartMoney magazine will cease its print presence with the August issue and direct all of its content efforts to SmartMoney.com. At the same time the Dow Jones publication will expand its digital team (to 15) and report to the ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The publisher, in conjunction with city libraries and 3M, will make its books available in e-format, though they will not be available immediately after release. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2012-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bath-based audiobook publisher AudioGO, formerly BBC Audiobooks, has secured "Titanic"... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]