The pandemic resulted in a steep drop in electricity use and business travel last year, but "significantly" higher demand for print books led to a 2% increase in Hachette Book Group's carbon footprint in 2020. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-04-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
The first six months of 2019 were something of a mixed bag for trade publishers whose financial results are publicly reported. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
The mixed bag of books labeled mind-body-spirit is filled with an array of categories and subjects—including self-help titles on topics such as alternative health, positive psychology, mindfulness and meditation, and yoga, as well as occult and esoteric topics such as crystals, astrology,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
It was a mixed bag for the 16 members of the Independent Alliance, with its biggest member bagging the Man Booker and others enjoying big-screen boosts, but others suffered year on year tumbles. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The end of the summer and the beginning of the school year finds a mixed bag of ebooks hitting the Apple iBooks store's bestseller list, including Kendall Ryan's self-published romance at #1. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The effect of ebooks on sales of paper books has not been as drastic as expected – it seems that other, more unpredictable factors have a greater influence on how and what we readNielsen, which tracks book sales in several countries, released 2016 figures to coincide with this week’s London Book... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
For the Malaysian bookselling and publishing communities, the first quarter of the year leading up to the 6% goods and services tax (GST) implementation on April 1 was tumultuous and disruptive. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dutch ebook resale site Tom Kabinet has to close because, at least at the moment, it cannot prove that all the books offered for sale on the site have been legally obtained, an Amsterdam court ruled Tuesday.Tom Kabinet, which allows sellers to upload ebook files to the site, has been online... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Even in the digital age, Barnes & Noble can’t avoid the headache of returns. Although the company posted lots of positive results for the year-end and fourth quarter of fiscal 2012, the number most analysts seem to focus on was Nook segment sales for the fourth quarter, which fell 10.5%, to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Managing a digital audience is truly a mixed bag: on one hand, it is now possible to understand more about who is consuming what content, where and how-maybe even why; on the other hand, it can be incredibly complicated, despite all the advantages, to do so. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2012-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]