The publishing industry is in the midst of a rapid, tech-fueled period of change, but what does that change mean for the future of the business? That was the question posed to an opening panel at the 2013 Frankfurt Book Fair: What Is a Publisher Now? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Publishers Weekly salary survey is back, and the publishing industry has undergone much change since we last conducted it, in the spring of 2010. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
There is no denying that the past decade has seen some mighty changes within the publishing industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Next Issue Media, the publishing industry's attempt to create a Hulu-style joint venture for digital magazines, is expanding to Canada and taking on a new investor. The JV, whose members include Time Inc., Hearst and Conde Nast, will add Rogers Communications' Roger Media unit as an equity... Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2013-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Can a Spotify-like service created by ex-Googlers shake up the publishing industry? Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2013-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
There’s still no more relevant topic of debate in the publishing industry than the future of the physical book versus the exponentially growing influence of digital publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apparently Apple isn't the only company thinking the US Department of Justice's recently imposed remedies against it were "draconian." US publishers HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Penguin and others have also ganged up on the DOJ with a legal brief opposing the punitive restrictions. In... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new bi-annual publication dedicated to the unpaid workforce looks anything but entry-level. Intern magazine marks a new meta-high in the publishing industry: Unpaid interns who work in media are paying plenty of attention to a media launch dedicated to unpaid interns. If you had to think... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
For the first time in a long time some optimism is returning to the publishing industry. Circulation numbers and revenues were decimated by the rise of the internet and while the future for print still looks shaky, the companies behind newspapers and ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pearson PLC's book publishing business, Penguin Group, has agreed to pay $75 million to settle a dispute in the U.S. over the way it priced electronic books, drawing to a close an investigation into the publishing industry's ebook pricing tactics. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2013-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
After spending 37 years in the publishing industry, including the last five as chairman, CEO, and publisher of Counterpoint LLC, Charlie Winton turned over the publisher reins at the press to Rolph Blythe on May 1. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-books are affecting bargain books, like everything else in the publishing industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
It’s been a year since Steve Jobs passed away, and yet it’s still easy to be reminded of his legacy in the publishing industry. It’s omnipresent in the equipment used to create content, especially the operating system th ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi founded the Emirates Publishers Association and pushed for it to become a full member of the IPA. Here, she explains it was so important. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Finns’ love of books has bolstered the publishing industry in spite of global economic challenges. Read our interviews with prominent Finnish publishing pros. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
It’s almost here, the publishing industry’s annual literary Oktoberfest: the Frankfurt Book Fair. This year’s edition officially kicks off on October 10, with more than 150,000 professional visitors representing some 7,500 companies and 110 countries expected to gather to trade rights, network,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a move that could reshape the publishing industry, a federal judge has approved a settlement with three of the nation's largest book publishers over alleged collusion in the pricing of ebooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
John Wiley & Sons work to sell off unwanted assets as Google makes its foray into the publishing industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sen. Charles Schumer wrote in an op-ed that the Department of Justice's lawsuit could 'wipe out the publishing industry as we know it.' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite challenges faced by the publishing industry and past predictions, the written word has not seen its last day Continue reading >> [ Source: The Atlantic | 2012-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]