Stephen King said his new novel, 'Joyland,' will be released in paper format only. 'Let people ... go to an actual bookstore,' said King. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Arthur Attwell, founder of Paperight, explains why his company has leveraged the network of photocopy shops throughout South Africa to cater to hard-to-reach readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a move to bump up physical book sales, Stephen King will not release an ebook version of his new novel, "Joyland," the Wall Street Journal reports.In a move to bump up physical book sales, Stephen King will not release an ebook version of his new novel, "Joyland," the Wall Street Journal reports. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
By negotiating for an agency pricing model with publishers, Apple says, it was simply seeking to enter a new market and offer competitive prices. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2013-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
"Heck, Amazon is selling these books at $9.99, and who knows maybe they are right and we will fail even at $12.99." Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2013-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
The number of ebooks sold last year grew by 43 percent, but that's a fairly small increase compared to the triple-digit increases of past years. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
There is no convincing technological reason preventing ebook interoperability between different... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booksellers from across Europe have urged European Commission representatives to act over the use... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Concerned about Amazon.com's low pricing of ebooks, publishers had taken measures as early as 2009 such as "windowing," a practice of delaying ebook releases to benefit sales of hardcover editions, Apple said in a filing in an ebook price-fixing lawsuit.The U.S. Department of Justice in an... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2013-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The gist: "Apple knew that the plan it was proposing involved a ‘dramatic business change’ for publisher defendants." Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2013-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
At Publishers Weekly’s May 8 discussion series on trends in consumer book-buying, held at the offices of Random House in New York City, Carl Kulo, U.S. director of Bowker Market Research, highlighted the major shifts that took place in 2012 in such key areas as sales by format and by channel. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Endeavour Press has rushed out an ebook on the topic of which players would make up Manchester... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chinese publishing houses, long frustrated by the sale of pirated books in the country, have... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nick Perrett, group strategy and digital director at HarperCollins, will open the FutureBook... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Recent reports from Korea, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia indicate growth in indigenous ebook development and dealmaking across the region. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Start-up company ReDigi had planned to allow users to sell used ebooks but were told by a judge that doing so would be illegal. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette, the last holdout among America's "big six" publishers, will make its full ebook catalog available to nonprofit public libraries and school libraries across the nation on May 8th. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
If you're still balking at the cost of download-to-own ebooks, and would rather stick to the tried-and-true library lending system, then this Hachette news is for you. Come next Wednesday, the entirety of Hachette's ebook catalog -- over 5,000 titles -- will be made available to nonprofit... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dubai's Rufoof e-bookseller offers 5,000 titles in Arabic and has attracted 100,000 users, 50% from Saudi Arabia, starting with free Islamic titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
A price war earlier this month between two of China’s biggest online booksellers has... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]