Self-publishing an ebook to Amazon.com is so easy anyone can do it, and that has drawn in a lot of spammers Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2011-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Advice for Amazon on its ebook strategy -- and these changes will please customers. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2011-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Barnes & Noble's newest Nook has fewer features than its predecessor, as well as many other rivals. That's great, says Consumer Reports, which has crowned the new $139 device its favorite ebook reader. It's the first time the magazine has put an e-reader made by anyone other than Amazon at... Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2011-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
As awesome as Kindle Direct Publishing is, it will be crushed by spam if Amazon doesn't take some action to control the amount of junk titles being dumped on it. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2011-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 17/06/2011 - 10:49 Hammer has acquired three books by Shaun Hutson, the writer of blood-soaked thrillers. Hutson will be producing novelisations of three of Hammer Films' movies, beginning with "Twins of Evil", the 1971 Peter Cushing film,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Fri, 17/06/2011 - 10:56 Blockbuster writer Jackie Collins is to get a backlist makeover and a new marketing push, after Simon & Schuster bought her first 20 novels from Pan Macmillan. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Financial Times has decided to go another way for their digital subscription offering, opting out of the Apple sub model and creating an app through HTML 5, allowing users to get the app experience through their Web browser. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Fri, 17/06/2011 - 14:40 The world's largest publishers have begun growing again after weathering the global recession over the past three years, with Pearson once again emerging as top dog. According to the annual ranking of global publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google has launched an affiliate program for its eBooks service, offering to pay commissions to Web publishers who promote titles on their sites and send buyers... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2011-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Caroline Horn Publication Date: Fri, 17/06/2011 - 07:59 The Seven Stories centre for children's books in Newcastle is to benefit from a £750,000 endowment donated by the Enid Blyton Trust for Children, following a decision to close the Enid Blyton Trust and donate its funds to one... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Philip Jones and Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 17/06/2011 - 09:02 E-books pioneer Arthur Klebanoff has made a targeted approach to UK agents over backlist digital rights, with agents calling his 50% royalty rate a "very positive" alternative to working with traditional... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 17/06/2011 - 10:52 Century has acquired world rights to a book by comedian Frank Skinner, set to feature columns selected from those he has published in the Times newspaper in the past two years, plus some fresh and previously unseen... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publication Date: Fri, 17/06/2011 - 10:50 Little, Brown imprint Orbit has acquired an urban fantasy trilogy by American author Amanda Carlson, about the only female werewolf in the world. Orbit commissioning editor Anna Gregson bought UK and Commonwealth rights to Full Blooded plus two more... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Fri, 17/06/2011 - 08:11 A call for the industry to lobby the government to ring-fence students' bursary spend on textbooks has received support from the trade. In a speech given at the BA a.g.m. held in London last Thursday (9th June), Iain... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 17/06/2011 - 10:55 Hodder & Stoughton has acquired an eighth title in the Dark Tower series by Stephen King, which has Roland Deschain of Gilead as its lead character. The Wind Through the Keyhole will be published worldwide in spring... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Rachel Bradley Publication Date: Fri, 17/06/2011 - 08:07 A guide to astronomy and a pop-up guide to how the world works are among the shortlisted titles for the first Royal Society Young People's Book Prize in three years. The £10,000 prize was not awarded between 2008 and 2010 due... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Neill Denny Publication Date: Fri, 17/06/2011 - 08:18 We Love This Book, The Bookseller's sister consumer magazine and website, launches next week with a circulation of 100,000. The free quarterly magazine is designed to alert readers to exciting new books and to provide a platform... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Fri, 17/06/2011 - 14:12 Women dominate the first-ever The Bookseller Rising Stars, an annual listing which highlights the people who will shape the British book trade. Two-thirds26 of 39 entriesof Rising Stars 2011 are women. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Times Higher Education and publisher Hachette Filipacchi were among the big winners at the 2011 PPA Awards last night, hosted by Scottish comedian Kevin Bridges and with a special appearance by 'Happy Days' actor Henry Winkler. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2011-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publication Date: Thu, 16/06/2011 - 09:21 Harry Potter fans have been reacting with excitement to a mysterious website launched by J K Rowling. Pottermore.com features a pink holding page with the description "coming soon" and Rowlings signature underneath. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]