You can now download ten free ebooks on social and economic justice from Haymarket Books to read while social distancing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-03-19 15:10:47 UTC ]
Macmillan has abandoned its controversial lending policy on e-books for US libraries in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-18 05:44:27 UTC ]
Johns Hopkins University press will make 1,400 books and 97 journals accessible for free for the remainder of the spring semester to both students and the general public via the Project MUSE platform—the latest in a number of university presses making similar arrangements. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
Macmillan's John Sargent reverses his controversial stance on library ebooks, and Penguin Random House announces a discounted program amid the outbreak. The post Coronavirus: Macmillan and PRH Ease Library Digital Book Availability appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-03-17 20:47:59 UTC ]
Macmillan Publishers has announced they will return to the library ebook pricing model that was in place October 31, 2019. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-03-17 20:14:04 UTC ]
“There are times in life when differences should be put aside,” reads a brief memo from Macmillan CEO John Sargent addressed to librarians, authors, illustrators, and agents, revealing that Macmillan will "return to the library e-book pricing model that was in effect on October 31st, 2019." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
Amid Europe's largest COVID-19 outbreak, Italian citizens in lockdown have been able to read free Mondadori ebooks in a program facilitated by Kobo. The post Coronavirus: Canada’s Kobo Joins Mondadori in Providing Free Ebooks to Italians in Lockdown appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-03-11 12:22:51 UTC ]
After taking a hit with the rest of the digital media industry during the Facebook and Google advertising duopoly, founder Brit Morin is taking a more hands-on and themed approach to creating the site's content to ready the brand for a comeback. The post Life after Facebook: How Brit + Co became... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2020-03-09 04:00:06 UTC ]
Macmillan executives are seeking feedback on three new e-book licensing proposals from a select group of librarians. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-06 05:00:00 UTC ]
Steven Levy mines the company’s history and talks to its leaders to figure out where things went wrong. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-02-28 13:00:00 UTC ]
Lifebook c.e.o. Julian Shaw is joining Welbeck as group finance and operations director, after two previous attempts to lure him to the firm failed. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-02-25 08:57:25 UTC ]
OPINION: Does seeing ad spend and number of advertisements really tell us that much? Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2020-02-07 16:00:00 UTC ]
From bestsellers to textbooks, stolen content is easily found on a 14-year-old hosting service operated by Microsoft’s social network. Mid-level writers are hurt the most. If you want to purchase a copy of The Institute, Stephen King’s latest novel about supernatural kids, you could find it at... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2020-01-15 13:00:52 UTC ]
As the old saying goes, new year, new e-book charts—the Bookstat E-Book Top 10 is joining the Publisher E-Book Ranking in The Bookseller’s regular e-book chart section. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-01-10 11:38:52 UTC ]
As the lines between journalism and advertising become increasingly blurred, media companies must be on high alert for potential pitfalls around the failure to properly disclose sponsored content. The proper characterization of content as commercial advertising, and the proper disclosure of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2020-01-09 00:40:34 UTC ]
Rakuten OverDrive, a platform for digital books (used by more than 43,000 libraries and schools worldwide), has released a list of its most-borrowed ebooks and audiobooks in 2019. There are no real surprises on the list, besides maybe the fact that so many people want to listen to a woman tell... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-01-08 19:19:19 UTC ]
The Publishers Association has welcomed the latest ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on the exhaustion of e-book rights, which has found the re-sale of second-hand e-books infringes copyright. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-12-19 20:42:11 UTC ]
Three new collections — by D.H. Lawrence, Emmanuel Carrère and Greg Gerke — highlight the power of the form. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2019-12-19 19:00:00 UTC ]
Saga author Pam Weaver is returning from Pan Macmillan to HarperCollins imprint Avon in a three-novel deal. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-12-19 17:25:21 UTC ]
Adam Kay's Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas (Picador) has re-claimed the Weekly E-Book Ranking number one, topping the chart for the first time since its launch week in October. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-12-19 16:49:58 UTC ]