According to the newest figures from Bowker Market Research, online retailers accounted for 39% of all book sales in 2011, up from 30% in 2010. The increase gave the online channel, led by Amazon and BN.com, a commanding lead over bookstore chains as the largest outlet for sales. The chains,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harry Potter has joined the Kindle lending library.Amazon.com announced Thursday that on June 19, the ebook editions of J.K. Rowling's seven Potter novels will become part of the Kindle service available to Amazon Prime subscribers. Members can download a book for free once a month. Amazon's... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2012-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
To say that Eamon Dolan is glad to be back at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is a bit of an understatement: “I suppose I might seem cooler if I kept my heart off my sleeve, but I am compelled to state my exact emotions: it feels simply wonderful to be back home—better even than I’d imagined.” Dolan... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster has signed two historical thrillers from Sunday Times-bestselling author and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon will never run out of copies of Harry Potter ebooks from its Lending Library. Thanks to a new agreement with Pottermore, on June 19th the entire seven-book collection will be among the 140,000 plus you can grab, provided, of course, that you're an Amazon Prime member. If you've forked... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two New York meetings—the annual Book Industry Study Group (BISG) Making Information Pay... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Quindlen Krovatin (who happens to be her son) chats with the author about the book and the history behind it. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Campaigning body the Children's Media Foundation has launched an initiative to attract a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster has revealed a 14% increase in like-for-like book sales in the UK, including... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Foyles and Blackwell are teaming up for the first time to organise a joint Charing Cross Road... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the handsome new coffee table book The Outdoor Museum, stage actress Margery Gray Harnick sets the scene while her husband, Pulitzer-winning lyricist Sheldon Harnick, provides poetic accompaniment. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Blanchard Systems, developer of SendMyAd, debuts its editorial solution Virtual Publisher. Virtual Publisher is a book planning and production tool for print and digital editions, and is compatible with Adobe InDesign Plugins. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2012-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
One-time "The Late Show" editor Roly Keating has been appointed as the new chief... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
'We do not collect erotica,' says one staff member at a library where the books will not be stocked. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-book sales for Hachette in the UK and Commonwealth accounted for 25% of adult trade sales in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-book sales for Hachette in the UK and Commonwealth accounted for 25% of adult trade sales in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
E L James' Fifty Shades of Grey was once again the bestselling book in the UK last week, and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jonathan Cape has two authors on the shortlist of the £1,000 Royal Society of Literature... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins UK saw revenues up over 5% year-on-year for the first quarter of 2012, c.e.o.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booksellers including Foyles, Newham Books, Pages of Hackney and The Book Box will be among those... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]