EL James’ print sales may be eye-popping but the digital market is truly where she’s queen of all she surveys, as The Mister soars effortlessly into the Weekly E-Book Ranking number one spot. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
A recent EU ruling could have huge ramifications for the digital market, says Publishers Association's chief executive Stephen Lotinga. Should the UK government follow its continental neighbours in acting fast? Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
French publisher cooperative La Place has plans to stay ahead of digital market changes and attain the necessary scale and data to compete with the duopoly. The post Inside French publisher programmatic cooperative La Place’s growth ambitions appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2017-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Is it me, or you? This morning, The Bookseller reported that Waterstones was taking Kindle devices off most of its shelves due to “pitiful” sales. No great surprise here: the chain’s managing director James Daunt said after Christmas 2014 that device sales, once strong, had tapered off, a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
It is a measure of how strange the ebook market is that in death Oyster may create more ripples in the digital market than it ever achieved while it lived. It will be missed by publishers more than by writers, and its passing will be pored over by pundits eager to have their say about the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The continuation of our series on illustrated book publishing in the US looks at the digital market, where sales pale compared to print counterparts. The post Thoughts on the Digital Market for US Illustrated Books (Part 4) appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sales at Hachette UK were down 3.5% in the first six months of 2015 compared to the year before, because of a “slate of new releases that was not as strong as the first half of 2014”, according to results announced by Hachette's parent company Lagardere. E-books represented 33% of sales in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
With the public promiscuously hopping from one format to another, reports of the e-reader’s death look distinctly prematureWe have barely stumbled into 2015 and already some commentators are calling time on the ebook. The analysis was provoked by Waterstones’ managing director, James Daunt, who... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Illustrated publishers say the digital market is yet to take off for their businesses, with... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Launched at the end of 2011, the ebook program of the Library of America has released eight titles so far with plans to publish about two ebooks a month for the next year. LOA publisher Max Rudin explained that the nonprofit charged with producing high-quality, beautifully designed editions of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Caroline Horn Publication Date: Thu, 31/03/2011 - 15:38 Ladybird is updating its image with a new campaign designed to highlight its preschool credentials to families and to grow the market for its digital products. Editorial director Heather Crossley said: In the past Ladybird... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
As most publishers are scrambling to compact content (call it the Twitter effect), one company is bringing lengthy journalistic stories to digital devices. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]