Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Tue, 30/08/2011 - 15:39 Barnes & Noble has said it expects its Nook ebook business to earn it $1.8bn (£1.1bn) by the end of its latest financial year. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 30/08/2011 - 08:00 Hamish Hamilton has acquired Home Boy by H M Naqvi, winner of the inaugural DSC Prize for South Asian Literature in January this year. Publishing director Simon Prosser bought British Commonwealth rights from Margaret... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publication Date: Tue, 30/08/2011 - 08:40 Puffin is to release an initial print run of half a million copies of the new Wimpy Kid title, Cabin Fever, published on 16th November. The print run is the largest in the history of the children's publisher, and will be Penguin's largest initial UK... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite the decline of paper product use among publishers, prices for paper havent fallen the way many hoped they would. Some say that this is the result of demand meeting supply, while others think pricing is about to change for the publishers benefit. Terry Choate, president of Making... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Tue, 30/08/2011 - 15:30 The Office of Fair Trading has postponed its ruling on the merger between Amazon and The Book Depository until Friday (2nd September). Originally the OFT had scheduled to announce today (30th August) whether it considered the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Tue, 30/08/2011 - 08:38 Details have emerged of Sony's forthcoming e-reader, the Reader PRS-T1. The new device will include wifi and a web browser and multitouch support for a six-inch e-ink pearl display. It will include a stylus to make... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Tue, 30/08/2011 - 08:37 Entertainment company Chorion, owner of characters such as Mr Men, Noddy and those created by Beatrix Potter, faces a reported possible administration this week. The Sunday Times reports lenders to the company are preparing... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Tue, 30/08/2011 - 15:39 Barnes & Noble has said it expects its Nook ebook business to earn it $1.8bn (£1.1bn) by the end of its latest financial year. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 30/08/2011 - 15:15 Penguin business imprint Portfolio has acquired a title by Goldman Sachs Asset Management chairman Jim O'Neill. World rights to The Growth Map was acquired jointly by Portfolio UK editorial director Joel Rickett and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Tue, 30/08/2011 - 08:37 The Women's Institute will mark the 96th anniversary of its first meeting on 16th September with an action to support its Love Your Libraries campaign. The WI's membership are being asked to each borrow a book from their... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a move to grow its Technology Group, Penton Media has acquired Nine Lives Media. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 30/08/2011 - 14:15 Penguin business imprint Portfolio has acquired a book by Goldman Sachs Asset Management chairman Jim O'Neill. World rights to The Growth Map was acquired jointly by Portfolio UK editorial director Joel Rickett and Adrian... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
As their readers are spending more time online, publishers are trying to make social networking work for their advertisers. With a program launching Sept. 1, Marie Claire is betting that if readers are fans of the magazine, they will like its advertisers, too. Timed to coincide with the key... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2011-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
At no time in its history has the opportunity and danger been greater for Books-A-Million. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
La Martinière will split revenue with the U.S. Internet company from digital sales of out-of-print, copyright-protected works. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2011-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Barbara Casassus Publication Date: Fri, 26/08/2011 - 09:50 French publisher La Martinière has dropped its legal action against Google and signed an agreement with it to scan specified out-of-print French language titles. The publisher was locked in a five-year long legal battle... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 26/08/2011 - 10:00 Waterstone's concession in Harrods is to close, with the last day of trading understood to be 17th September. Around 25 members of staff currently work at the store. Waterstone's is currently in talks with staff and a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publication audit agency BPA Worldwide released its U.S. Consumer Trac Data report for the period ending June 30, 2011 on Tuesdaythe results show that newsstand sales across different titles throughout the industry are on a decline from the same period a year ago. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The bookstore chain landscape has undergone seismic shifts over the past 20 years and will enter the fall with approximately 1,100 fewer stores than dotted the country in 1991. Just as it is today, Barnes & Noble was the country's largest bookstore chain 20 years ago, closely trailed by... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booktour.com, a Web site used by authors and publishers to publicize book signings, readings and other live events since 2007, is closing on September 1. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]