Alison Carnwath, the chief of commercial property company Land Securities, has said some high... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Orion has acquired two more novels by US thriller author Robert Crais, with the publisher... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
He's rumoured to be worth £10 million ($20 million), insured for £1 million, with a book deal in the works and an offer to be the face of an advertising campaign. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2012-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
A dozen books a year? Some writers are accelerating the pace in this brave new world of ebooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The complaint says that Jobs was enlisted to sell high-ranking officials in the publisher’s parent company on the wisdom of the proposed pricing scheme. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2012-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon.com intends to revamp its Kindle models to include front lighting this summer according to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
NEW YORK — May 15, 2012 — At Adobe’s annual Digital Publishing Summit, Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced a series of groundbreaking new features for Adobe® Digital Publishing Suite (DPS) th ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (May 15, 2012) – ABC Interactive announced it is working with Adobe to audit metrics provided by Adobe’s Digital Publishing Suite, an industry-leading set of hosted services and viewer technologies that ena ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins claimed this year’s prestigious Publisher of the Year accolade at the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
In 'Engines of Change,' Paul Ingrassia looks at history through 15 iconic cars, including the Ford Model T, Chevrolet Corvette, Volkswagen Beetle, Toyota Prius.It would be impossible to count the number of automotive makes and models that have come and gone since the car was first invented — or... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple was unable to have an antitrust lawsuit over the price of ebooks dismissed. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
An English-language bookshop in Paris is to close its doors in July after 30 years. The Village... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nearly a third of British adults (31%) say they are likely to buy an ebook in the next six... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Octogenarian Israeli author Aharon Appelfeld has won the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
A start-up digital textbook platform has agreed terms with 12 publishers ahead of a 1st September... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
US publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) has agreed with the majority of its senior secured... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Books Plus in Penzance has been sold to new owners and will soon change its name to The Edge of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
There’s something of a revolt in the digital media world against the tyranny of the banner ad. Platforms like Facebook, Tumblr and Twitter aren’t running standard display ads. New-style publishers like Buzzfeed don’t lik ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers are hastening to embrace new partnerships, stronger direct-to-consumer programmes and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Digs, Meredith Video Studios DIY-centric programs like Ready, Set, Celebrate (instructions for throwing offbeat soirees like a “We Hate the Kardashians Party”), Craft and Burn (a sort-of-scripted series about a destructive crafting habit) and Extreme Craft Challenge (ever wondered how to... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2012-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]