Lawyers for Eric Laurent and Catherine Graciet say they were trapped into accepting €40,000 each to not print book Two French journalists facing extortion charges for allegedly trying to blackmail the Moroccan king, Mohammed VI, have said they were trapped into the agreement.Eric Laurent and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Touchpress started life because I was terribly annoyed with the world for not having a platform on which I could publish the interactive electronic edition of my print book, The Elements (which existed fully formed in my little mind, and nowhere else). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ben Denckla explains how he converted Lionel Lord Tennyson's 1933 autobiography into an ebook, and in the process updated it for the 21st century. The post How To: Improving a Print Book By Converting it Into an Ebook appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
James Robertson's daily 365-word stories are a promising idea let down by poor digital designNew Year's Day saw the launch of 365, a collaboration between Scottish writer James Robertson and Hamish Hamilton, a Penguin imprint. It sounded promising: one 365-word story to be published online every... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Pew survey found that e-reading increased as well but that more adults read a print book in 2013 than in the previous year. 'Print remains the foundation of Americans’ reading habits,' the report stated. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Former Wired editor Kevin Kelly says that he self-published his new book A Catalog of Possibilities in print because of the enduring power of a large, print book. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Now when you buy a print book from Amazon, you might be able to get a cheap ebook version of the same title. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Eli Horowitz does not think of himself as someone who “fetishizes the book.” But he’s also seen what books become, in digital form, and has not always been impressed. A former managing editor and publisher at McSweeney’s, Horowitz describes much of what he has seen in the digital revolution in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Tue, 13/09/2011 - 08:20 HarperCollins Children's Books has bought a new collection of previously unpublished work and out of print folk tales by The Weirdstone of Brisingamen author Alan Garner for publication this autumn. Editorial director Nick Lake... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Wed, 27/04/2011 - 09:39 Amazon.com has reported a steep drop in profit despite boosting sales by over a third. Amazon.co.uk also revealed that one print book and four ebooks were among its top 10 bestselling items in the quarter, with the Kindle... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]