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 ]
Tim Brooks, the former managing director of Guardian News & Media, identifies a new sense of optimism setting into the publishing industry, after two years of concern amid sweeping change. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2012-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
By Robert M. Sacks In any given year, I give about a dozen “talks” about the publishing industry. Sometimes it is to interested companies and sometimes it is to the industry at large during publishing conventions... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Executive | 2012-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Unresolved conflicts among publishers, sellers, libraries, and the U.S. Justice Department cloud the future of the publishing industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Atlantic | 2012-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple Inc. says the accusation that it conspired with major book publishers to raise the price of ebooks is untrue.Apple spokesman Tom Neumayr says that, contrary to allegations in lawsuits by the Justice Department and 15 states, Apple fostered innovation and competition by introducing its... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2012-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Alleged collusion aside, the publishing industry's agency pricing model may actually protect the long-term interests of everyone in the ebook value chain. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple responds to antitrust charges: "The launch of the iBookstore in 2010 fostered innovation and competition, breaking Amazon's monopolistic grip on the publishing industry." Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Not that we were expecting Apple and Macmillan to simply fess up and say, "you're right, totally tried to circumvent the free market," but both companies have come out swinging pretty hard against the allegations of price fixing. Apple has rejected the charges, calling them "simply not true." A... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
CHESTERFIELD, MO, February 22, 2012 – Newspaper Data Exchange (NDX), innovators in media data aggregation in the publishing industry, will now have an exclusive license to enroll new affiliate members for the Audit Bureau of Circulations (A ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
After seeing Samsung's spirited swing at Apple users, Amazon's continuing anti-Apple pandering just feels weak. The new ad for the Kindle Fire pits a dorky, single iPad user against a Kindle-reading mom in a bikini—the same ice queen from the 2010 spot, though now she's warmed up a bit and seems... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2012-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]