The same problem persists—ebooks and poetry just don’t get along as well as ebooks and prose. It’s those line breaks, poetry’s defining feature. The problem is a simple sounding one, but really tough to solve. Because the same ebook has to work on many different screens and devices on which... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tim Coates, founder of online e-lending service Bilbary, has pledged to raise money to donate to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Agent Rowan Lawton is to join Eugenie Furniss in founding a new literary agency at management... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
An advisory body to the French prime minister has predicted that ebooks are about to shake up... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Waterstones’ publisher liaison manager Simon Burke is leaving the chain and its publisher... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Oxford University Press has signed Carnegie Medal-winner Philip Reeve and new picture book... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Barrington Stoke is the latest publisher to enter the early reader market. Its new series,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Blackwell and Bertrams will go head-to-head with two other library supply services to bid for a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
When Amazon released the Kindle Fire last November, it was heralded as the first tablet with a shot at loosening Apple’s stronghold on the market. But with Apple still dominating the tablet game—according to eMarketer, 83 percent of tablet owners have an iPad—does the Fire really have a chance?... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2012-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Imagine bundling your publication's content with that of your competitor's. That was one interesting theory explored at the MPA Digital: Swipe conference on tablets, e-readers and smartphones. Panelists speaking on the digital newsstand debated several best practices that publishers should be... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2012-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Angry Robot has signed author Adam Christopher for another two titles, with the first book in the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gary Pruitt, chairman and chief executive of the newspaper publisher McClatchy Company, becomes the 13th leader of The Associated Press. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2012-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
In 'The Escape Artists' by Noam Scheiber and 'Confidence Men' by Ron Suskind, President Obama's economic recovery plan and his advisors are in the spotlight, but the books' analyses are off the mark in places.On Oct. 28 and 29, 1929, when the great crash devastated the stock market, Herbert... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins has acquired a novel set in early 1760s England, written by a professor of English... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
The chief executive of Johnston Press (JP) has signalled that the local newspaper publisher will adopt a digital-first strategy. Speaking at the Guardian Changing Media Summit, Ashley Highfield, who took over as CEO in November, said "we will fl ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gallimard and a partnership between Albin Michel and Actes Sud, revealed by Livres Hebdo, have... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google is about to launch ebooks on the Google Play entertainment portal in France, according to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Picador has acquired a debut novel by a 24-year-old UK author in a "closely fought"... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Search-engine optimization reshaped the craft of a good headline. Will Amazon's book promotions have a similar effect on novels? Continue reading >> [ Source: The Atlantic | 2012-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The British Council has responded to criticism from exiled Chinese poet and essayist Bei Ling... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]