Aquafadas, a French digital publishing company, has launched a platform that allows publishers to build multimedia apps for children’s books, comics, magazines, and newspapers. Using Aquafadas’s Ave AppFactory desktop application and Adobe InDesign, publishers can produce apps that offer a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Because of the strange distortions of copyright protection, there are twice as many newly published books available on Amazon from 1850 as there are from 1950 Continue reading >> [ Source: The Atlantic | 2012-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Although worldwide sales at Random House fell 4.3% in 2011, the company posted its highest earnings and operating margins in at least five years. EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes) rose 6.9%, to 185 million euros, with an operating margin of 10.6%, a full percentage point higher than... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Group c.e.o of Hachette UK, Tim Hely Hutchinson, has told authors that substantial... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Elle, the fashion and beauty brand published by Hearst Magazines UK, has doubled its magazine subscriptions after its first live digital streaming of a cover shoot via Twitter. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2012-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite the economic gloom, the number of titles produced annually in Russia continues to grow. The country is now #3 in terms of book production (approximately 125,000 new titles per year), after the U.S. and China. It also saw more than 20 million ebook downloads and some one million reading... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pan Macmillan has acquired a second instalment in the autobiography of "Loose Women"... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Book chain Selexyz, not long ago the dominant force in Dutch high street bookselling, is on the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The overall value of consumer book purchases has dropped 9% since 2008, according to the annual... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Imagine a newspaper that is printed on broadsheet from Tuesday through Sunday but switched to tabloid for the Monday edition. Then imagine a paper that was published seven days a week for 126 years but then had to scrap Mondays due to hard times & ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins UK and International recorded its highest turnover and best margin for three years... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
While Americans have more than one way to consume those e-ink verses, those in the old country are largely stuck with Amazon's still-expanding Kindle family or e-reader hardware lacking the clout of a publisher. But Europeans may get the chance to pick up a Nook in the future, following news... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Cooking with Poo, a Thai cookbook penned by Bangkok resident Saiyuud Diwong and published in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The future of two long-lived campus bookshops serving the universities of Leicester and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jonny Duddle, a concept artist for the new Aardman Animation film "The Pirates! In An... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Waterstones launched a new Buy One Get One Half Price (BOGOHP) promotional offer on selected... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
LG has made no secret of its fondness for flexible e-paper, but those dreams became a reality today, with the announcement of a six-inch display that promises to "revolutionize the ebook market." The malleable plastic display sports a resolution of 1024 x 768 and can bend at an angle of up to 40... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon has started pushing out an over-the-air update that'll bring a slew of new features to its budget Kindle Fire tablet. Topping the list of upgrades is new sharing functionality that makes it possible for readers to send passages and notes from within the comfort of a book via social... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jonny Duddle, the concept artist for Aardman film The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists, is named overall winner of the prestigious Waterstones Children's Book Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2012-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Little, Brown is embarking on a new look for Alexander McCall Smith’s Ladies’... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]