Acquisitions: Netflix Buys Millarworld; Barnes & Noble Education Buys Student Brands

Netflix acquires comic book publisher Millarworld. Barnes & Noble Education adds positions in Brazil, France, Mexico with Student Brands. The post Acquisitions: Netflix Buys Millarworld; Barnes & Noble Education Buys Student Brands appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

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Macmillan restructures education division

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[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publish and be branded: the new threat to literature's laboratory

Increasingly fixated on the stars of today, such as Hilary Mantel and JK Rowling, publishers are neglecting the experimenters who could save their industry tomorrow: the mid-list writersThe tickets sold out months ago. Long before the admiring reviews of the stage adaptation of Hilary Mantel's... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bonnier buys stake in Marginesy

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[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Macmillan buys Cookstr

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[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Starts Indiegogo Campaign to Buy Main Street

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Polly Powell buys out Anova

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[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Zola Books buys Bookish

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[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kensington Buys Digital Pub, Lyrical Press

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp buys Storyful for £15m

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[ The Guardian | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The "Netflix For Books" Business Model, And How It'll Change The Way You Read

Mark Coker of Smashwords, which recently inked a major content deal with Scribd, weighs in on how the all-you-can-read model changes the way we read, how authors make creative choices, and how everyone gets paid.Is a "Netflix for ebooks" nearing viability? Yesterday, Smashwords, the largest... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Best Brand Content of 2013

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[ Digiday | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Is this Wilmington startup the 'Netflix' of e-Books?

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[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2013-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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WME buys IMG Worldwide

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Native American Group Buys Entire Christmas Display

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Italy proposes tax credit for book-buying

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Evans makes first acquisitions at Headline

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Partworks buys Aerospace properties

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins buys gang girl memoir

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Buying Guide: Find the perfect ebook reader

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