Written By: Barbara Casassus Publication Date: Tue, 29/03/2011 - 15:29 French culture minister Frédéric Mitterrand has called for the European Union to regulate ebook prices as soon as possible, and to introduce a reduced rate of VAT on all cultural goods and services, whether they are sold... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Barbara Casassus Publication Date: Tue, 29/03/2011 - 08:20 The French internet portal for independent booksellers, 1011libraires.com, will finally be launched on 4th April after several months of delay due to technical difficulties. Initially, 300 outlets will be hooked up to the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Philip Stone Publication Date: Tue, 29/03/2011 - 15:50 Book sales slipped for the fourth week in a row last week, and were down more than £3.3m last year, according to Nielsen BookScan data. A total of £24.2m was spent on printed books at UK retail outlets in the seven days to 26th... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page and Graeme Neill Publication Date: Tue, 29/03/2011 - 15:32 Penguin's international deals for Michelle Paver, HarperCollins' new collection of stories from Dr Seuss and Simon & Schuster paying six figures for a young adult trilogy were among the day two deals... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Tue, 29/03/2011 - 08:51 Busy schedules and a strong presence from US publishers in an "upbeat" mood were reported on the first day of the Bologna Book Fair. Hodder Children's Books publishing director Anne McNeil said the fair was busier than it had... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 29/03/2011 - 15:24 HarperCollins has acquired a trilogy by debut author, journalist Lucy Lord. HC publishing director Sarah Ritherdon bought UK and Commonwealth rights from Annabel Merullo at Peters Fraser & Dunlop. The first in the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publication Date: Tue, 29/03/2011 - 08:11 Michael O'Mara has acquired the autobiography of Brendan Sheerin, star of reality TV series "Coach Trip". Commissioning editor Kate Moore acquired world rights to A Coach Trip Adventure: My Life from Paula McKie of Agency Oakroyd. Sheerin works as a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 29/03/2011 - 08:25 London Book Fair is launching a Children's Innovation Zone this year, which will include a theatre on the show floor for the first time. The theatre is designed to showcase ideas specific to children's publishing, with... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tech publisher TechTarget has agreed to buy the Web sites and event products related to Reed Business Information's Computer Weekly, while the 45-year-old magazine will close. ComputerWeekly.com serves IT managers in Europe and the U.K. and draws an average of 425,000 visits and 1 million page... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 29/03/2011 - 08:55 Random House c.e.o. Gail Rebuck has said she expects digital to become a "significant" part of its business in 2011 and hailed a "show-stopping" Christmas, as parent company Bertelsmann announced its full-year results to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Katie Allen Publication Date: Mon, 28/03/2011 - 08:36 read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Mon, 28/03/2011 - 16:05 The Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) has welcomed a group of MPs' call for it to administer the Public Lending Right (PLR), amid uncertainty about its future. In a report issued by the Culture, Media and Sport... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Bookseller staff Publication Date: Mon, 28/03/2011 - 08:53 Catherine Cookson's estate has signed a deal to release 100 of her novels as ebooks directly through Amazon, cutting out her publishers Transworld and Simon & Schuster. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Interest in ebooks has jumped since Borders and Angus & Robertson slipped into voluntary administration. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Sydney Morning Herald | 2011-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Mon, 28/03/2011 - 09:40 The financial risks of app creation and the dilemmas of handling digital co-editions were the hot topics at the Bologna Book Fair's first Tools of Change conference. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Mon, 28/03/2011 - 15:52 Aitken Alexander has reported an "amazing start to the year", following a restructure of the agency in 2010 and the full opening of Aitken Alexander's offices in Delhi at the beginning of March. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Katie Allen Publication Date: Mon, 28/03/2011 - 15:31 Profit before tax at Jonathan Goodman Publishing, the parent company of Carlton Books Ltd and Andre Deutsch Ltd, has increased by 72% to £1.6m. The figures, for the year to end December 2010, also show turnover is up 6% to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Caroline Horn Publication Date: Mon, 28/03/2011 - 15:21 HarperCollins has paid tribute to Diana Wynne Jones who passed away this weekend following a long illness. Victoria Barnsley, HarperCollins publisher and c.e.o., said: Diana was one of our truly wonderful and much cherished... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
When it was introduced in 2008, the Google Book Settlement was hailed by its creators as historic. Now, it is history. On March 22, after more than two years of contentious debate, Judge Denny Chin rejected the controversial proposal on copyright and antitrust grounds. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Richard Desmond's shock plans to explore the sale his magazine portfolio, including OK! Magazine, is called Project Odyssey and was put together last year at the request of the multimillionaire's publishing company. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2011-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]