Japanese online booksellers are planning to circumvent sales tax collection by selling digital... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dana Johnson's first novel explores the space between reinvention and ruin through the eyes of the child of African Americans who migrated from the South to L.A.Elsewhere, California Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Though results aren't what they used to be, sales still spiked for the first pick. Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2012-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Cornerstone has acquired four more books by historical novelist Ben Kane, in a six-figure deal... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
There was plenty of digital activity at this year BookExpo America, starting with the IDPF Digital Book 2012, which emphasized what IDPF executive director Bill McCoy said was the results of the “experimentation” and the “doers.” IDPF featured such “doers” as marketer and publishing maverick... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hay Festival founder Peter Florence has warned that it is “almost impossible” to make... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lonely Planet is to launch its first European own-branded store in Manchester Airport as the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Printed book sales rebounded after a poor week, with Nielsen BookScan reporting spending surged... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
A re-energized independent bookseller segment contributed to a vibrant 2012 edition of the BookExpo America convention held June 4–7 at New York City’s Javits Center. Indie booksellers were encouraged by a boost in their numbers—ABA reported that over the past year the number of member... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Orion has acquired an illustrated hardback cookery book by Martin Morales and his team at... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kobo is readying a marketing push to coincide with the influx of visitors for the London 2012... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
There was no shortage of big books to talk about at this year’s BookExpo America. From art heists to mysterious islands, from the Cold War to the Iraq War, these are the 10 books that drew lots of attention at this year’s show. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hay Festival founder Peter Florence has blamed “crap books” from UK publishers as... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Headline has re-contracted with historical crime author Paul Doherty, signing new frontlist... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperFiction has signed up three more books from Lindsey Kelk, who was previously a children... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Historical novelist Barry Unsworth, who won the Booker Prize in 1992 for his novel about the 18th... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The erotica trend sparked by Fifty Shades of Grey looks set to sizzle all summer, with... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
A “battle philosophy” is what agent-turned-entrepreneur Joe Regal said drove him to launch Zola Books, the new ebook retailer he, along with a handful of authors and tech industry veterans, recently unveiled. Regal is the first to admit that he never saw himself running a startup, much less... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
As advertising dollars continue to tighten, publishers are looking for ways to prove their inventory’s worth to clients. Forbes relies on digital ad and inventory management provider Maxifier to optimize the metrics important to its advertising partners. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2012-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a speech at BookExpo America, the author and bookstore owner said Amazon 'wants to kill us.' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]