In a message sent to library customers, Tom Mercer, senior v-p of digital products for Bibliotheca (formerly 3M), called out Amazon for its role in the increasingly contentious library e-book market. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
Delegates at this year’s FutureBook Conference will have the chance to receive a full day of training into coding, as part of the event. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-08-26 14:40:06 UTC ]
Egmont has signed a deal with award-winning author Jim Smith for his new series A Super Weird! Mystery. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-08-20 08:27:48 UTC ]
Author’s son explains that wish for accessibility has persuaded trustees to look past his father’s dislike of digital mediaAfter years of refusing to allow publishers to digitise his works, the estate of JD Salinger has announced that the author’s famously small body of work will be published as... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-08-12 15:49:19 UTC ]
All of J.D. Salinger’s works will be available as e-books starting this week. Disaffected youth can finally read Catcher in the Rye on their Kindle Paperwhites, just like J.D. Salinger intended.Read Full Story Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2019-08-12 10:34:36 UTC ]
Macmillan Publishers recently announced a two month embargo on all newly published e-book titles. This will greatly effect libraries. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2019-08-12 10:34:07 UTC ]
Penguin Books UK is publishing all four of J D Salinger’s works as e-books for the first time, as part of celebrations marking the centenary of his birth. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-08-12 05:42:10 UTC ]
It's not just musicians giving in to demand to go digital. J.D. Salinger's son Matt has agreed to publish e-book versions of the famed author's novels, including The Catcher in the Rye and Franny and Zooey, later this week. Salinger had generally be... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2019-08-12 00:41:00 UTC ]
“The Catcher in the Rye” and other Salinger novels are coming out in digital formats, and the writer’s son plans to release more from his archives. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2019-08-11 09:00:01 UTC ]
Amazon imprint Thomas & Mercer has signed a new crime series from Carol Wyer in a three-book deal. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-08-08 18:23:43 UTC ]
Facebook will begin testing subscriptions on its Facebook Watch video destination in the U.S., with initial publishing partners BritBoxTV, CollegeHumor Dropout, MotorTrend On Demand and Tastemade Plus. The social network would not provide details on payments by publishers or on subscription... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2019-08-08 18:05:58 UTC ]
The literary collage amounts to a charming, intriguing and insightful portrait of a poet who continues to fascinate. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2019-08-08 15:35:36 UTC ]
The Interactive Advertising Bureau is putting together the lineup for its second annual Digital Content NewFronts West, the L.A. version of its one-week event held in New York in the spring. So far, the list includes tech giant Facebook, which will make its case for ad dollars for the first time... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2019-08-08 15:34:45 UTC ]
Irish indie Tramp Press has acquired a three-book list for 2020 featuring new titles by Sara Baume, Doireann Ní Ghríofa and Jack Fennell. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-31 11:18:19 UTC ]
In a memo to authors and agents, Macmillan CEO John Sargent asserted that 45% of Macmillan’s U.S. “e-book reads” were now 'being borrowed for free' from libraries," and said the publisher's new terms are "designed to protect the value of your books during their first format publication." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
Seeing its audiobook unit sales double year-over-year, Russia's digital retailer now has a new presence in the Polish market. The post Russian Ebook and Audiobook Player LitRes Opens Sales in Poland appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-07-23 05:30:01 UTC ]
Horror and thriller author Dean Koontz has signed a five-book deal with Amazon Publishing imprint Thomas & Mercer. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-07-22 18:40:29 UTC ]
Amazon announced today that it inked best-selling author Dean Koontz to a five-book deal. The agreement will also include a short story collection called Nameless that will be available for free to Amazon Prime and Kindle Unlimited customers on Novem... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2019-07-22 15:24:00 UTC ]
Indie press Vertebrate Publishing has signed a three-book deal with the creators of popular walking website Walkhighlands. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-18 11:06:34 UTC ]
Recent developments suggest a grim future for digital content in libraries, writes Sari Feldman, unless library supporters find a way to fight back. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-12 04:00:00 UTC ]