When Penguin announced last week that it was disabling library ebook lending on the Kindle and pulling its latest ebook titles from all library lending platforms, libraries and readers took the hit, but to some observers they were collateral damage in a fight between publishers and Amazon about... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booksellers are relying on a handful of established names to boost sales this Christmas, with... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
InStyle magazine, the IPC Southbank-owned fashion and beauty title, has named Rita Lewis as its new publishing director, effective 3 January 2012. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2011-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Book publishers know that their business is changing, and quickly. Whether its online publishing through the Web, downloadable ebooks, or app development, digital content and the technology that supports it is the newest path to sales growth and customer satisfaction. In todays book content... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
American author Jack Kerouac's first ever novel, which was thought to be lost, has been published 40 years after his death. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2011-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Founded in Cleveland 16 years ago in Joe Biels bedroom, Microcosm Publishing is a self-empowerment and alternative culture publisher and distributor in Portland, Ore., and Lansing, Kansas. Originally a distributor of zines and records, Microcosm has grown into a company with a knack for... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Digital royalty rates paid to authors by publishers are increasing, though there remains... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Publishers Association has spoken out in support of Penguin UK's move to withhold the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Piatkus has acquired a diet book promising almost instant results, The Overnight Diet by Dr... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Falco creator Lindsey Davis has become the new chair of the Society of Authors, vowing to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kevin Hand, the former chairman of Hachette UK, will become the new chairman of the Professional Publishers Association (PPA), following Stevie Spring's departure from the PPA board. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2011-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Talks between Eason and Irish workers union Siptu on job cuts will reconvene on Friday (25th... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sainsbury's is advertising Jeff Kinney's latest book in The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
James Murdoch stepped down as director of two subsidiaries that publish Murdoch-owned newspapers, a move that could possibly presage News Corporations eventual exit from British newspapers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2011-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin US will restore its supply of backlist titles for ebook lending to Amazon until the end... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Culture, Media and Sport select committee is to hold an inquiry into library closures. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Waterstone's m.d. James Daunt will be the keynote speaker at next year's Independent... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Germanys Catholic Church has announced this week its intention to sell Weltbild, one of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin UK is now withholding the supply of its new ebook releases to its library suppliers in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Stephenie Meyer's Eclipse, the third book in her bestselling Twilight series, has become the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]