Analysis: Apple is modifying its licensing policy, raising doubts that ebooks bought elsewhere will be readable on Apple devices. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2011-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
By Tim Conneally, Betanews Google on Thursday finally launched a renewed web-based Android Market that integrates with a user's Google account and lets him shop for applications and send them to the various Android-powered devices linked to the account. This new shop marks the industry-wide... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2011-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Expect much higher capital expense costs and much greater need for in-house digital development skill. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 04/02/2011 - 16:42 Emma Hopkin, managing director of Macmillan children's books, is to leave the company on 21st April to "pursue an exciting new challenge elsewhere in children's publishing". Hopkin said: "It's been fantastic and I've... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Fri, 04/02/2011 - 09:05 The nation is gearing up for the first Save Our Libraries day on Saturday (5th February), with around 50 events planned around the UK and hundreds of thousands of supporters thought to be backing the cause. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Fri, 04/02/2011 - 10:49 Apple is set for a collision course with Amazon after setting a 31st March deadline for its changes to its app terms. From that date, all apps must make any content they use available for purchase within the app itself. This... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Katie Allen Publication Date: Fri, 04/02/2011 - 08:51 Thames & Hudson is to steer art aficionados through the museums and galleries of great cities in a new series of illustrated travel guides. The Art Guide series will begin this spring with two titles focusing on New York and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
By Joe Wilcox, Betanews Apple's approach to magazine and newspaper subscriptions and third-party ebook sales stink of the kind of practices that got Microsoft into trouble with trustbusters on two continents during the late 1990s and early 2000s. A year ago, publishers embraced iPad as the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2011-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams and Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Fri, 04/02/2011 - 12:19 The transition to the agency model could be halted as publishers outside of the new terms could wait as much as a year for an Office of Fair Trading investigation into ebook pricing to be completed. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Fri, 04/02/2011 - 09:07 The starting gun has been fired for the Bookseller Industry Awards, which this year have been expanded with two new categories celebrating public libraries and childrens publishing. The awards, which run on 16th May during... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Fri, 04/02/2011 - 17:00 Remember everyone: Saturday 5th February is Save Our Libraries day. Four hundred of our libraries up and down the UK are currently threatened with closure. Show your support for our treasured service: go to your local... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Days after Newsweek and the Daily Beast officially merged, reports come that a redesigned Newsweek is about to make the rounds among ad buyers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
New York--There was a question during the morning session today at the Media Dealmakers Summit that crystallized what a lot of people are thinking about the future. "Are tablets and e-readers the future of media?" For George F. Colony, CEO of Forrester Research, the answer was simple: "Yes.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Caroline Horn Publication Date: Fri, 04/02/2011 - 09:01 Publishers are being warned to check their Google Books data online as thousands of titles have been mistakenly attributed to publisher BPR. Independent UK publisher Childrens Story Publishers spotted the mistake after its... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Fri, 04/02/2011 - 08:57 HarperSport has bought a book by former Arsenal footballer Paul Merson. The publisher bought world rights directly from the author to How Not to be a Professional Footballer. The title will be published on 31st March. Merson... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Michael Joseph has acquired rights in "X Factor" finalist and "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!" queen Stacey Solomon's autobiography. Katy Follain, Michael Joseph non-fiction publisher bought British Commonwealth including Canada, serial, audio and ebook... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
By Tim Conneally, Betanews At a special event in Mountain View, California Wednesday, search leader Google gave the first in-depth look at "Honeycomb," the tablet-specific version of the Android operating system. This is the biggest overhaul the platform has gotten since it debuted in 2008. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2011-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page A new Media and Entertainment group has been created within Penguin Childrens Books under newly promoted publishing director Eric Huang. The group combines the BBC Children's, Sunbird and Ladybird licensing teams. Penguin Children's Books m.d. Francesca Dow said... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Environmental publisher Earthscan has been bought by international academic publishing group Taylor & Francis following a process brokered by mergers and acquisitions specialists Bertolli Mitchell. The deal was completed on Monday [31st February]. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Caroline Horn and Philip Stone Richard and Judys childrens book club initiative, which launched a week ago, saw average sales across the 18 selected titles grow by some 226%. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]