Wiley imprint For Dummies is publishing a 99p mini ebook, The Euro Crisis for Dummies by Julian... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
A couple weeks after introducing its new iBooks Author app, Apple has clarified legal language about what happens to the books users create with the software. Apple continues to insist that users can only sell electronic books in the iBook format via its iTunes store. But it makes it clear that... Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Transworld has acquired two books to mark the 70th anniversary of BBC Radio 4 series, "... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
In what looks to be the graphic publishing literary event of the year, Seven Stories Press will publish the first volume of the Graphic Canon: Gilgamesh to Shakespeare to Dangerous Liaisons in April, the first of a three-volume anthology of graphic interpretations of the world’s literary... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
As traditional revenue channels for newspapers collapse, publishers are seeking new and innovative ways to make a profit without expending a lot of resources. Finding the appropriate niche is the key to survival, and newspapers that recognize this ar ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a world where people increasingly consume their content on multiple platforms—watching TV recorded on their DVR, as well as downloaded to their iPad; reading the New York Times in print Sunday mornings, on their Kindle during the morning commute, then on their desktop at the office—questions... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Crime and thriller authors, almost all American, make up every one of the top 10 most borrowed... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House parent company Bertelsmann has opened a new corporate centre in New Delhi, with a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
France is claiming a world first with its imminent adoption of a new law that lays down the rules... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Four more publishers have signed up with Faber Factory Plus, Faber's new sales force for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
CARMEL — Putnam County is paying more than $13,000 to an outside law firm for defending it against a lawsuit brought by Elizabeth Ailes, a weekly newspaper publisher and the wife of Fox News honcho Roger Ailes. Elizabeth Ailes, who owns the ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tomorrow, Saturday 4th February, is National Libraries Day. It's a day on which everyone can... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two hundred events will be held at libraries around the country to mark National Libraries Day... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ladybird has partnered with the Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror for a second year in a free book... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Headline has secured world rights to an autobiography and two novels by N-Dubz and “X-... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a major blow, Brent campaigners have been refused permission to take their case against six... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
AA Publishing is continuing to acquire narrative travel titles, buying up The Idle Traveller by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite posting a 35% sales increase for the fourth quarter and earnings that were better than expected (if still down compared to a year ago), last week was a tough one for Amazon. Analysts and investors were disappointed in the quarterly report, and the stock price for the nation’s largest... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
In early 2011, Amazon launched Kindle Singles, and among those who saw the potential of the short-form digital content model were Chandos Erwin, managing director of the digital agency Oatmeal Beach, and Ivan Dee, founder of Ivan R. Dee Inc. (now an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield) and then... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Imagine buying a car that locks you into one brand of fuel. That new BMW only runs on BMW gas. There are plenty of BMW gas stations around, so convenience isn't an issue. But if a different brand of gas station offers a discount, a membership program, or some other marketing campaign, you can't... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]