Written By: Charlotte Williams Amazon.co.uk has selected books published by Myriad Editions, Fig Tree, Atlantic Books and Simon & Schuster as its four Rising Stars for this quarter. Snowdrops by A D Miller (Atlantic Books) is currently the featured book, with a Q&A with Miller on the promotion page along with media reviews. My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira (Fig Tree), thriller The Terror of Living by Urban Waite (Simon & Schuster) and Into the Darkest Corner byElizabeth Haynes (Myriad Editions) will follow as the other titles chosen for this first quarter. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2011-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Salon du Livre in Paris will open for four days on 16th March with a notable new addition... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Historically slow to innovate their products and their editorial for the digital age, a trio of UK regional news publishers is this week taking its titles to iOS tablets and mobiles in their original form. Archant of the east of England is debutin ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former director of Interead Phil Wood has been appointed to the new role of Kobo’s country... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Despite consumer uncertainty in buying online, and publisher uncertainty in partnering with Amazon, ebooks sales are dominating the market. Continue reading at The Atlantic
[ The Atlantic | 2012-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US retailer Barnes & Noble is to sponsor an event for developers in London later this month,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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French booksellers are cautiously optimistic that their margins will not be squeezed when VAT on... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It remains to be seen if it's a full-on change of policy, but it looks like Amazon is at least shifting it stance when it comes to where some of the ebooks put out by its Amazon Publishing division are sold. As you may recall, Barnes & Noble and other booksellers recently pulled print... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With iPad 3 rumored to be on the way—possibly boasting a sharper screen and talking personal assistant Siri—Apple CEO Tim Cook may drop the price of the iPad 2 so he can go after the cheaper tablet market now dominated by Amazon's Kindle and Barnes & Noble's Nook. Analysts figure a $200 to... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2012-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Preface has acquired a J Sheekey fish cookbook, with recipes from the Covent Garden fish... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US digital textbook rental service CourseSmart has soft-launched in the UK, with industry... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lee Child is the most successful British Kindle book author worldwide, followed by Stephen... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan has snapped up UK and Commonwealth rights to Amazon’s self-publishing... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US publisher Educational Development Corporation (EDC) is withdrawing the sale of its Usborne... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Educational publisher and FT owner, Pearson reports a rise in profits thanks to improved digital sales and growth in emerging markets. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2012-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon's gearing up a Brazilian launch for the Kindle this summer. Their strategy? Sell their product for far cheaper than the local competition, take a hit in import duties, and watch the profits roll in.The Amazon Kindle is an ubiquitous piece of tech in the United States, Canada, and Europe.... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2012-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette UK has moved to have its ebooks removed from content site Mobiles24. The publisher has... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When the Independent Publishers Group couldn't come to terms with Amazon, the bookselling giant took 5,000 IPG titles out of their Kindle ebook store. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Since ebooks first became a meaningful part of a publisher’s business in 2009, results at Simon & Schuster have followed a familiar pattern—a decline in revenue but an increase in earnings. Between 2009 and 2011, total sales at S&S dipped 0.7%, but adjusted operating income has jumped... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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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 at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2012-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Watermark Bookstore has revealed plans to expand in the UK, following the opening of the company... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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