Of the 150 titles on HarperCollinss spring audio list, only two are being published on CD; the rest are being released as digital downloads. Although CD sales have been declining in the audio market for several years, no major house has moved away this drastically from the format. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Mon, 07/02/2011 - 09:20 Tim Waterstone is reportedly pondering a bid to buy the bookstore he founded in 1982 with HMV billionaire investor Alexander Mamut. In the recent past, Waterstone has distanced himself from a bid saying while he would be... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Philip Stone and Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Mon, 07/02/2011 - 09:24 The supermarket sector was the only winner in the 2010 retail trade, with sales jumping 7% year-on-year. Estimates based on data from Nielsen BookScan show that book sales in the UK were down by 4% in 2010 in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Mon, 07/02/2011 - 15:59 Edinburgh City Council has announced it will not be taking forward plans to cut school library services after over 30 children's authors criticised the proposals. Leading names including Gruffalo creator Julia Donaldson,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Mon, 07/02/2011 - 16:12 ASDA has launched the UKs cheapest e-reader at £52. The View Quest Mediabox 5in Media Tablet went on sale today through its Asda Direct website. The Asda site does not sell ebooks with the supermarket chain instead... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Mon, 07/02/2011 - 12:29 Mills & Boon is publishing a book in association with department store Selfridges. The as-yet-untitled book will be published in December 2011, with author Heidi Rice to write the book from her desk in Mills &... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hearst Corporation, parent to the National Magazine Company, has confirmed for the first time it is no longer in talks to buy BBC Magazines following its Lagardère move. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2011-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Mon, 07/02/2011 - 12:37 Octopus has signed up a bakery book from new Soho cupcake shop, Cox Cookies & Cake. Group publisher Denise Bates acquired world rights to Sexy Desire through Anne Kibel at AK Artist Management. Bates said: "Baking is... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Consumer magazines slowed their general circulation skid, with total paid and verified circ dropping 1.2 percent for the second half of 2010 (compared to a 2.3 percent drop in the first half of the year), according to preliminary figures reported in the Audit Bureau of Circulations' most recent... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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: 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 ]
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: 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 - 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: 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 ]
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 ]