Sustained increases in book reading and book buying were the underlying factors in driving up sales by 19% and profits by 42% in HarperCollins's latest fiscal year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-08-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers must shape their own policies on allowing their titles to be digitally loaned in libraries, according to Publishers Association c.e.o. Richard Mollet. His comments follow the publication of a report into remote e-lending pilots carried out in four library authorities around the UK,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Phil Carroll, former head of book buying for Sainsbury's, is joining Pedigree Books Ltd as its interim head of sales. Pedigree Books, sister company to Pedigree Dolls & Toys, publishes annuals, yearbooks, learning and seasonal activity formats for children. Carroll will join the company on... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Remote ebook lending in libraries leads to a "significant" increase in borrowing, but not to an increase in book buying, according to interim trends noted at the six-month stage of a year-long pilot project. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The download first, pay-as-you-read ebook sales model from Total Boox in Israel promises a superior consumer experience by minimizing the uncertainty of book buying. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Unlike the owners of a physical tome, buyers of ebooks are licensees with lots of limitations. It's time to change the rules.There's a crass old joke about how you can never buy beer, just rent it. Who would think that the same joke applies to book buying in the digital age? Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]