On the company's 40th anniversary this month, CEO and founder Stephen Strang announced he has restructured the company to 'streamline' operations. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-06-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers and agents have welcomed confirmation of the Nook's imminent arrival in the UK,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers and Apple fighting the US' Department of Justice over agency pricing have hit back... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple has opposed a government proposed judgment in an ebooks price-fixing lawsuit, stating that the judgement seeks to terminate and rewrite its contracts... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2012-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Twitter cofounders Biz Stone and Evan Williams today offered a preview of Medium, their new publishing platform. Medium is at heart a blogging service, although right now it's only open to a select few authors. The posts are organized into "collections" that use different layouts depending on... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2012-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus is set to publish a new book from reality TV star Francis Boulle. The 23-year-old... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US digital publisher Open Road is publishing the bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul series as... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic has partnered with animal welfare charity the RSPCA for a two-year publishing deal,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp's digital tablet magazine The Daily is letting go of 50 employees, around 29 per cent of its total, as it streamlines production to focus on its most popular features. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2012-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After packaging for a number of American publishers, among them Focal Press, St. Martin’s, Abrams, and Chronicle, U.K.-based Ilex Press is entering the U.S. with its own line of books that is being distributed by Ingram Publisher Services. Founded in 2000 by U.K. publishing veteran Alastair... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The editor of Newsweek Daily Beast wrote to reassure staff members after comments by Barry Diller about the future of a print version of the magazine. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2012-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As print continues to decline and digital often struggles to live up to the hype, events are offering higher profits than print and, for many publishers, far higher revenues than digital. Luxury consumer magazine and media company Dwell, however, is leveraging all of these different groups and... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline has acquired contemporary erotic novel, Because You Are Mine by Beth Kery, and will... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Four local online newsrooms have united to broaden New Orleans’ news options. The mission of the newly formed New Orleans Digital News Alliance is to connect independent digital news organizations for the benefit of our readers and to stren ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Websites and apps by non-traditional publishers are most useful for travellers, according to an... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline has acquired a new humour title, Texts from Dog, billed as "the first ever Tumblr... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The parent company of Penguin Books, Pearson, has bought one of the biggest self-publishing companies, Author Solutions Inc (ASI). Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A prominent Senate Democrat sided with Apple this week, and called on the Justice Department to drop its ebook lawsuit against the Cupertino, Calif. company. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) wrote in an opinion piece that appeared in the Wednesday edition of the Wall Street Journal that a victory... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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If it wasn’t clear before that self-publishing is transforming the book industry, Pearson’s $116 million acquisition of self-publishing vendor Author Solutions Inc. should wipe away any lingering uncertainty. The purchase of Author Solutions—which has 1,600 employees, has published 150,000... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The ebook format became the most popular one for adult fiction in 2011, surpassing hardcover books and paperbacks, according to an annual survey. Net revenue from ebook sales over all more than doubled from 2010. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2012-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chen Guangcheng, whose nighttime escape and conflict with the Chinese government led to a diplomatic crisis for the United States last spring, is writing a memoir to be published next year. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2012-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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