The European Union has accepted an offer from Apple and four major publishers to reduce pricing restrictions on content offered at Amazon and other book-sellers. After being caught out by the EU, we heard that the offer was likely to be adopted last month, and the commission has now confirmed... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
According to Reuters, EU regulators look likely to accept an offer from Apple and a handful of publishers, including Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Hachette Livre and Macmillan. The assembled publishers propose that they will allow retailers (including Amazon) to sell ebooks cheaper than... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette Livre chairman Arnaud Nourry has predicted that worldwide consolidation of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette Livre has said it "remains confident that it did not violate the antitrust laws,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Hachette Livre and Macmillan owner Verlugsgruppe Georg von... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette Livre has today (4th May) reduced the retail prices of ebooks to the level of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette Livre has sold its ebook distribution platform Numilog to its founder and c.e.o. Denis... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Thu, 13/10/2011 - 09:02 The UK is the worst country for protecting its high street chains, which are essential for the long-term health of the book trade, the chief executive of Hachette Livre has claimed. Arnaud Nourry was speaking yesterday (12th... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Barbara Casassus Publication Date: Fri, 26/08/2011 - 09:50 French publisher La Martinière has dropped its legal action against Google and signed an agreement with it to scan specified out-of-print French language titles. The publisher was locked in a five-year long legal battle... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Barbara Casassus Publication Date: Tue, 02/08/2011 - 12:25 The agreement for Google to scan out-of-print French language books for Hachette Livre has been signed, two months later than scheduled. The five-year agreement should have been finalised six months after the memorandum of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Mon, 11/04/2011 - 15:34 Penguin, Hachette Livre and Random House have all joined with PEN International for the launch of the literature-championing organisations latest initiative, the PEN International Publishers Circle. The scheme will see... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Barbara Casassus Publication Date: Tue, 22/03/2011 - 16:45 Hachette Livre and the French National Library (BnF) have signed a print-on-demand agreement for the publisher to sell through bookshops out-of-copyright works from the BnFs online library Gallica. An initial 15,000 titles... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Barbara Casassus Publication Date: Mon, 21/03/2011 - 11:26 E-book sales by Hachette Livre in the United States are in line with the national average, according to the group's chairman and c.e.o. Arnaud Nourry. He told the Buzz Média service of the French daily Le Figaro that ebooks... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Barbara Casassus Publication Date: Wed, 16/03/2011 - 09:03 The new-look Paris Book Fair will open on Friday [18th March] for four days as five of the leading French publishers ponder the raids by the European Commission competition officials a fortnight ago. Hachette Livre, Bayard... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]