ProPublica and Open Road Integrated Media will release several ebooks based on ProPublica's investigative journalism, beginning in February. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2012-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The actress Jennifer Lawrence in a scene from the movie adaptation of "The Hunger Games." Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2012-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
An imprint of Penguin Group USA discovered Kerry Schafer after she posted samples on Bookcountry.com, a site that lets writers share their work. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2012-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sheila C. Bair, who ended a tumultuous five-year term as chairwoman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation this month, has landed a book deal to give her inside account of the financial crisis. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2011-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
A book deal that Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, signed only six months ago has fallen through, according the Guardian. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2011-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The former newspaper baron, serving out a sentence for fraud and obstruction, will publish "A Matter of Principle" in the fall. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2011-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The longtime editor said that the coming of ebooks played a role in his decision. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2011-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Republican candidate has sold his memoir to the conservative imprint of Simon @ Schuster. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2011-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The publisher Algonquin is offering digital books at a discount or free to customers who buy certain trade paperback or hardback books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2011-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
American publishers have always given away their work in hopes of building up huge audiences that they can sell advertising against. Are they making a mistake in replicating that model on the iPad and other tablets? Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2011-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
A $5 million lawsuit against Simon & Schuster over a book by former President Jimmy Carter was dropped by the plaintiffs on Thursday, three months after it was filed. The plaintiffs in the class-action suit had argued that Mr. Carter's "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid," about the Arab-Israeli... Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2011-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House has acquired Smashing Ideas, a digital media agency, in an effort to strengthen its digital publishing side, the publisher said on Thursday. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2011-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The author of a forthcoming book about the ever-private Harper Lee, author of "To Kill a Mockingbird," insisted on Friday that she had the cooperation of Ms. Lee, two days after Ms. Lee released a statement through her lawyer denying that she had cooperated. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2011-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The author addressed the "60 Minutes" allegations in an interview with Outside magazine. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2011-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amanda Hocking, the 26-year-old author who shot to fame by selling more than a million copies of her self-published books, has signed a deal with St. Martin's Press. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2011-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amanda Hocking, the darling of the self-publishing world who has sold more than 900,000 copies of nine books in the last year, has been shopping a four-book series to major publishers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2011-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Barry O'Callaghan, the chief executive of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, resigned on Tuesday after less than two years on the job. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2011-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Beginning Tuesday, Random House will join other major book publishers in selling its ebooks using the so-called agency model, setting its own prices for ebooks while the retailer takes a commission. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2011-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Beginning in March, ebooks from HarperCollins may be lent by public libraries only 26 times before the license expires. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2011-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
After a month of negotiations, Hearst has made an offer to buy 102 magazine titles from the French publisher. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2011-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]