Industry sales had a small decline in 2013, falling to $27.01 billion from $27.12 billion in 2012, according to figures released last week by BookStats, the statistics program run by the AAP and BISG. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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Parragon Books has acquired master publishing rights in the UK for Nickelodeon UK children's... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A group of Israeli authors launch a battle to stop the country's leading bookstores from slashing prices, claiming it reduces their royalties. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Engage: The Fall and Rise of Matt Hampson has won the British Sports Book Awards Sports Book of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The ebook store market may be dominated by Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Apple, but a few independent online ebookstores, patterned after bricks-and-mortar retailers, have carved out a lucrative niche. Some were emboldened as far back as 2003, when Barnes & Noble.com initially exited the... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Germans, grab your reading glasses, for it's today that Google is announcing the arrival of Play Books -- complete with the ability to purchase native language texts -- in the land of the Kant and Goethe. Yes, those in Deutschland may now buy and read titles from Google Play Books on their... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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British author Jon McGregor wins the 100,000 euro (£81,000) International Impac Dublin Literary Award for his third novel Even the Dogs. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2012-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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W H Smith has reported a like-for-like sales decrease of 3% across the group in the last quarter... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Art and cookery specialist Phaidon Press is up for sale, with owner Richard Schlagman looking for... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thomas Pynchon, author of “Gravity’s Rainbow” and “The Crying of Lot 49,” characteristically declined to speak about his decision. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2012-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nearly 60% of families do not own a single baby book until they receive their first packs from... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google has struck a deal to digitise French books, ending a six-year legal battle. Continue reading at BBC World
[ BBC World | 2012-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Though results aren't what they used to be, sales still spiked for the first pick. Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2012-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hay Festival founder Peter Florence has warned that it is “almost impossible” to make... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hay Festival founder Peter Florence has blamed “crap books” from UK publishers as... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bookseller also said that Justice officials did not take the company's objections seriously before the settlement, that they were only "checking the box." Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2012-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US pop star Katy Perry will become the latest celebrity to be depicted in the biography comic book Fame series, publisher Bluewater Productions says. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2012-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wattpad, a booming ebook community site, hosts five million stories, with 500,000 added per month. Continue reading at AllThingsD
[ AllThingsD | 2012-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The romance with the printed word shows no signs of abating. Despite the rapid growth in ebook sales in recent years, print book output in 2011 grew by 6%, to 347,178 titles, compared to the prior year. The preliminary numbers released Tuesday by bibliographic database Bowker are "the most... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2012-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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J.K. Rowling's 'Book of Spells' will allow players to wave wands and cast spells using Wonderbook technology. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sony has decided to join the web-based shopping party, launching an online reader store for its e-inked devices and companion apps. Any e-Books purchased will arrive ready-to-read on the Reader app or other suitably wireless device, with titles also working on any Adobe DRM-supported apps and... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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