Works that will be available for perusal will include Gutenberg's Bible, believed to be the first text ever printed. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers and agents are anticipating a “hungrier” London Book Fair next week (16th... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple has joined Penguin and Macmillan in defending itself against accusations of collusion over... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Little, Brown Book Group has acquired the autobiography of singer and actor Will Young and will... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
This year’s Booksellers Association conference, to be held at the Warwick University... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The government views its settlement with, and continuing litigation against, publishers and Apple over ebook pricing as a great victory for consumers. The overwhelming reaction in the book industry, however, is one of bewilderment, with many members believing that the government has no sense of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Not that we were expecting Apple and Macmillan to simply fess up and say, "you're right, totally tried to circumvent the free market," but both companies have come out swinging pretty hard against the allegations of price fixing. Apple has rejected the charges, calling them "simply not true." A... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
In July 2011, when Harvard Business School changed the name of its book publishing operation to Harvard Business Review Press to match its strongest brand, the Harvard Business Review magazine, it wasn’t clear what kind of impact it might have. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week, the Obama administration’s Justice Department struck a great legal blow against our open market for books, and indeed against open markets in America. Even though online retailer Amazon has captured more than 50 percent of many key book markets—like the one for ebooks—antitrust... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2012-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster has signed world rights in two novels by début author Susan Elliott... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Eight of the top 10 publishers saw double-digit drops in printed book sales year-on-year in the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Barnes & Noble on Thursday released a new Nook Simple Touch e-reader with a screen that lights up so that books can be read in the dark. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2012-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gooseberry Patch, originally founded in 1984 as a mail-order catalogue company selling old-fashioned, country-style products, began publishing cookbooks in 1992, but the Delaware, Ohio, company almost didn’t make it through the Great Recession. “Gooseberry Patch ran headlong into the economic... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon is paying authors $1 for every audiobook they sell if they sign up to its Audible Author... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Alleged collusion aside, the publishing industry's agency pricing model may actually protect the long-term interests of everyone in the ebook value chain. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Barnes & Noble wants you to take your e-reader to bed. The latest iteration of the Nook, revealed by the book retailer Thursday, is a black-and-white device with a softly glowing backlit screen. It is designed to solve a common problem that co ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
JK Rowling's first book for adults will be a "blackly comic" novel set in an idyllic English town where all is not what it seems, her publisher says. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2012-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
When looking at an effort with the scale of World Book Night U.S.—half a million books will be given away to strangers across all 50 states on April 23—it’s helpful to consider some numbers: 25,000 “givers” have volunteered to give away their allotment of books to people, many of whom they’ve... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple's Steve Jobs played a key role in a price-fixing plan with five ebook publishers, federal and state officials say in antitrust lawsuits.WASHINGTON — Former Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs was a key player in a conspiracy with five major book publishers to drive up the price of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Attorneys General in 16 states filed suit against Apple and three publishing companies Wednesday, following a similar suit filed this morning by the US Justice Department. Unlike the federal suit, the states action also looks for monetary compensation in addition to the end of the collusive... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2012-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]