There have been tons of focus groups, studies and market research done on the topic: how do you intersect content and commerce? Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amanda Hocking, the 26-year-old author who shot to fame by selling more than a million copies of her self-published books, has signed a deal with St. Martin's Press. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2011-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google may seek help from Congress as it tries to salvage a book publishing settlement that was rejected by a federal judge. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2011-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 24/03/2011 - 15:52 Setting books within the wider cultural scene and building collaborations are set to be key themes at this year's Book Industry Conference, as organisers revealed the event programme. BIC 2011, which takes place between... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Active Interest Media has acquired BoatQuest.com, adding the online classified page to its portfolio of properties, which includes Yachts Magazine and Show Management. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 24/03/2011 - 15:50 Jean M Auel's new Earth's Children title is Amazon.co.uk's most pre-ordered book of 2011. The Land of Painted Caves: Earth's Children 6 (Hodder & Stoughton), is the last in the Earth's Children series. It will be published... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
With the recent reports from Bloomberg News that Android is one of the fastest operating systems currently on the market, it is no surprise that the system has introduced a new appstore in partnership with Amazon.com, Inc., which launched on Tuesday. "Custome Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Philip Stone Publication Date: Wed, 23/03/2011 - 15:49 The BBC's "Faulks on Fiction" and "My Life in Books" series have boosted book sales by almost £500,000, Nielsen BookScan data indicates. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
As convenient as they are, I've long worried about the many ways in which ebook purveyors restrict readers' rights. You can't resell the books you purchase for the Amazon Kindle, and you can't read them on most other e-readers. We also don't really own ebooks in the same way we own... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2011-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publication Date: Wed, 23/03/2011 - 07:50 Writer, journalist and editor Peter Forbes' exploration of mimicry and camouflage in nature, art and warfare has been awarded the £50,000 Warwick Prize for Writing. His Dazzled and Deceived (Yale University Press) was described by chair of judges... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Wed, 23/03/2011 - 11:58 A third of UK trade publishers think that over 10% of their total book revenue will come from ebooks by 2012, according to new research released by Publishing Technology at BMLs annual Books & Consumers Conference. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 23/03/2011 - 15:24 Publishers Association chief executive Richard Mollet has said he is "delighted" at the government's implementation of a network of intellectual property (IP) attaches, announced in its Budget reforms today [23rd March].... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Wed, 23/03/2011 - 07:10 Lendle, the US-based tool that allows Kindle users to lend their ebooks, has been reinstated after Amazon said that its concern related to its "Book Sync tool". The news that Amazon had locked the services out of its API caused... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
A b-to-b publisher shares lessons from its first app launch including mobilizing Web sites and implementing QR codes. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Adobe certainly had a solid first quarter in 2011, with record revenue of $1.028 billion reported. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Tue, 22/03/2011 - 19:52 A New York judge has ruled that the revised Google Book Settlement is not "fair, adequate, and reasonable" and has denied final approval. Judge Denny Chin has instead told the parties to redraft the settlement as an "opt-in"... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Caroline Horn Publication Date: Wed, 23/03/2011 - 08:31 Millions author Frank Cottrell Boyce is writing a trilogy based on Ian Fleming's children's classic, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car, in which the flying car makes a return alongside a modern family who are descended... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
RIM and Samsung have announced release dates for their versions of the tablet computer, with the RIM Blackberry Playbook on sale on April 19th and the new Wi-Fi version of the Samsung Galaxy tablet line launching June 8th. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomberg announced today that it will launch the Bloomberg Media Group, a media group that pulls together all of Bloombergs consumer properties. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publication Date: Wed, 23/03/2011 - 07:18 Nosy Crow has signed a four-book deal with Roald Dahl Funny Prize-winner Philip Ardagh, with Axel Scheffler to illustrate. M.d. Kate Wilson acquired world rights all languages directly in the unagented deal to The Grunts, about "a disgustingly... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]