The Department of Justice is accusing the companies of colluding to raise ebook prices by using the 'agency' model of ebook pricing. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Diane Banks at Diane Banks Associates has sold the memoirs of a 95-year-old former domestic... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jonny Wilkinson's autobiography has been shortlisted three times for this year's British... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
At least two of the big six publishers in the US are refusing to renew contracts with Amazon.com... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Figment is a website that gives teenagers and young adults a forum for posting their work and giving advice to others. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The U.S. filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple Inc., Hachette SA, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin and Simon & Schuster in New York district court, claiming collusion over eBook pricing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
NEW YORK CITY– April 11, 2012 - Peecho (http://www.peecho.com), a free service that allows anyone to sell their digital content as a physical product, and Issuu (http://www.issuu.com), a leading global digital publishing platform that deliv ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Moving forward with an expanded focus on digital media, Time Out New York (TONY) has integrated e-commerce and daily deals into its website and newly-launched apps. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette, Simon & Schuster and HarperCollins have settled with the US Department of Justice... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hearst Magazines UK has launched a quarterly magazine called Good Ideas, aimed at 35- to 50-year-old women. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Harry Potter theme park in Orlando, Fla., more than lived up to its hype for this fan. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple and five book publishers for alleged ebook price fixing the Wall Street Journal... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Canongate is stepping into the kitchen for the first time, publishing its first cookery titles... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Days after it told one publisher it had indefinitely suspended the programme to approve its Kindle newspaper edition submission, Amazon has suddenly relented. Last week, Scotland’s Herald & Times Group grumbled publicly that, after tw ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
There have been quite a few studies aimed at figuring out what makes the so-called "digital native" (i.e. children of the 90's who have had Web access and mobile technology their entire lives) tick. Most of them arrive at some disparaging conclusion or other: "Digital natives are slow to pick up... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2012-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Society of Chief Librarians (SCL) is to have meetings with individual publishers over e-... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hot pre-Fair debut The Palace of Curiosities by poet and performance artist Rosie Garland has... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 'ttyl' series by Lauren Myracle and 'The Color of Earth' by Kim Dong Hwa top the 2011 rankings of most challenged books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-book price fixing will cost consumers more than US$200 million this year, and U.S. antitrust authorities should take action against Apple and a group of... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2012-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
This year's volunteer givers for World Book Night (23rd April) are being encouraged... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]