Publishers should help authors to identify their digital skills, but social media is “not the most important thing”, writers and industry insiders have told The Bookseller. Authors should feel comfortable with any digital activity they are asked to undertake, using tweeting, blogging and other... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
To mark the opening of the 'Insurgent' film, HarperCollins and Twitter are partnering to offer fans of Veronica Roth's Divergent trilogy a discounted hardcover of the 'Insurgent' movie tie-in edition via Twitter links. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Books unveils a clever interactive site, inspired by the iPod's clicking wheel, to accompany the release of 80 classic e-books.Penguin Books turns 80 this year. To celebrate its birthday, the British imprint of the world's largest publishing house is releasing a new series of 80 books,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2015-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette is selling three of its titles, including Amanda Palmer's new book 'The Art of Asking,' using buy buttons on Twitter. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette has partnered with Gumroad, a company that enables direct sales through Twitter, to see if the social media platform can sell books. The post Hachette Tests if Gumroad Can Sell Books on Twitter appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette Book Group in the US has partnered with Gumroad to sell books directly through Twitter. From later this week (11th December), tweets from certain authors will contain buy buttons allowing customers to buy the books without leaving Twitter. The first book to be offered this way will be... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon and Hachette have resolved a contentious contract battle that caught readers and authors in the crossfire for months. Neither company is talking specifics, but the New York Times reports that Hachette will get the ability to set its own ebook prices. At the same time, Amazon will offer... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2014-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
UK-based startup ValoBox offers an attractive revenue sharing model for those who use social media as a catalyst to sell books, empowering discovery. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hardie Grant Egmont will sell books from U.S. based Capstone Young Readers) and Curious Fox in the U.K. to readers in Australia. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the week after Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize for literature, sales of her books jumped 6,650% in Canada, and saw significant bumps around the world. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ed Nawotka examines the publishing industry's changing relationship with data and how that might or might not impact the way publishers acquire and sell books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Warehouse clubs, mass merchandisers, and other big-box retailers remain important to publishers because they not only sell books, they are places where books can be discovered. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Reader's Digest UK will no longer produce or sell books, following a restructuring of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Justice Department has formally decided to sue Apple, Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillian, Penguin and Simon & Schuster over alleged ebook price-rigging. Apple and Macmillian have already denied any wrongdoing, saying that the agreements were enhancing competition in an industry... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The word synergy, in the world of book publishing, feels like a term that died in the ’90s. Back then, almost every publisher housed within a media conglomerate was touting the ways it would use its TV-making or movie-making sister companies to sell books. Fox would boost HarperCollins.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Fri, 26/08/2011 - 07:13 A coalition of "left-leaning political bookshops" is to launch in October, creating a support network for independent booksellers. The Alliance of Radical Booksellers (ARB) will officially begin on 6th October and so far has... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]