Does Amazon's recent introduction of its Kindle Fire tablet, and CEO Jeff Bezos's description of it as "an end-to-end service," suggest that publishers no longer will have a role in the time-honored process of getting a book to market? Continue reading >> [ Source: Knowledge@Wharton | 2011-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Tue, 18/10/2011 - 20:00 Julian Barnes has won the Man Booker Prize for his novel The Sense of an Ending (Cape). The author beat a shortlist comprising Carol Birch's Jamrach's Menagerie (Canongate); Esi Edugyan's Half Blood Blues (Serpent's Tail);... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Tue, 18/10/2011 - 15:00 Dawson Books staff will have to wait longer to hear how they will be affected by the merger of their company with book wholesaler Bertrams, which was finalised last month. Any details about Dawson staff transferring to Norwich... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Philip Stone Publication Date: Tue, 18/10/2011 - 15:41 Terry Pratchetts Snuff (Doubleday) has become one of the fastest-selling novels since records began, shifting 54,687 copies at UK book retail outlets in its three days on sale last week. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Mon, 17/10/2011 - 09:18 Hot Key Books has hired HarperCollins' head of children's sales as its new sales and marketing director. Kate Manning will join the publisher on 2nd January 2012 and will be responsible for a fiction list comprising between 30... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Mon, 17/10/2011 - 10:14 Camden library campaigners have become the latest group to apply for judicial review over library closures. The Camden Public Library User Group has instructed solicitors Bindmans to lodge an application for judicial review,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Mon, 17/10/2011 - 09:28 The director of the Frankfurt Book Fair has said start-ups will capitalise on the trade, as the organisers revealed exhibitor numbers were down 2.1% on 2010. In total, 7,384 exhibitors from 106 countries attended last week's... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Mon, 17/10/2011 - 14:25 Literary agent Geraldine Cooke is calling on members of the book trade with links to Brent to join demonstrators in their vigils outside the north London borough's closed libraries. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Tom Holman Publication Date: Mon, 17/10/2011 - 08:30 More than half of people working in the industry think sales of ebooks will overtake those of their printed counterparts by the end of this decade. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Mon, 17/10/2011 - 08:25 Alan Hollinghurst, whose novel The Stranger's Child was a surprise omission from the Man Booker shortlist this year, has been shortlisted for an award at the Galaxy National Book Awards 2011, with works by Ian Rankin and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Mon, 17/10/2011 - 08:20 At least 22 independent bookshops are currently for sale in the UK, with the recession, the climate of the bookselling market and the refusal of banks to lend money all being cited as causes for fewer properties exchanging... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Mon, 17/10/2011 - 14:30 Julian Barnes is the bookies' favourite to win the Man Booker prize tomorrow night (18th October), as Amazon has revealed his novel The Sense of an Ending is also leading Kindle downloads among the shortlisted authors.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Mon, 17/10/2011 - 14:25 Literary agent Geraldine Cook is calling on members of the book trade with links to Brent to join demonstrators in their vigils outside the north London borough's closed libraries. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The regional magazine sector continues to expand as new publication Arlington Magazine debuts this month. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Mon, 17/10/2011 - 14:00 Wednesday (17th October) is the last day for entries to The Bookseller's Reader Survey. The survey aims to discover what readers expect of The Bookseller's coverage of trade issues across news, features and profiles, both... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Layton, Utah publisher Gibbs Smith has a well-deserved reputation for publishing books that celebrate the American West, and company founder Gibbs Smith is high on a fall book that takes a different look at the region and its culture. West, set for release November 1, is by the Swedish team... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The opportunity to put a value on content and services should be harnessed and not feared by publishers, a panel at the AOP Digital Publishing Summit 2011 has argued. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2011-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publication Date: Fri, 14/10/2011 - 11:20 Hodder has acquired Meredith by John Kercher, the father of Meredith Kercher, the murdered English student. Editorial director Fenella Bates bought world English rights from Ben Mason at Fox Mason. The book will be published in hardback in April 2012.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Fri, 14/10/2011 - 14:30 Literary agent Andrew Wylie believes a 50% digital royalty rate will become widely accepted by publishers once the digital "shake-out" settles down. Speaking to The Bookseller from the Frankfurter Hof, Wylie said digital... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
If self-publishing is a major part of the future of the publishing business, then its most uncharted region, and the frontier of greatest possibility, is digital self-publishing, where authors can make their own names and sell infinite numbers of books with the help of a handful of increasingly... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]