Authors including Lee Child and John Grisham have been awarded $7.8m (£5.8m) in damages, after teaming up with Amazon and Penguin Random House to sue a number of pirate e-book sites at work in Ukraine. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-29 09:54:39 UTC ]
Recent automatic updates to e-book editions of works by Roald Dahl, R.L. Stine and Agatha Christie are a reminder of who really owns your digital media. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2023-04-04 23:45:06 UTC ]
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Sales at Penguin Random House rose nearly 5% in 2022, but rising costs resulted in an 11.8% decline in earnings, which dropped to €666 million. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House has installed a machine in the Devon city’s station, enabling travellers to buy a changing raft of titles, inspired by company founder Allen LaneCommuters at Exeter St Davids station in Devon will now have the option to buy a book using a vending machine, after publisher... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-03-27 11:49:47 UTC ]
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A federal judge has ruled against the Internet Archive in its high-profile case against a group of four US publishers led by Hachette Book Group. Per Reuters, Judge John G. Koeltl declared on Friday the nonprofit had infringed on the group’s copyrights by lending out digitally scanned copies of... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-03-25 16:46:29 UTC ]
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It's Friday, which means it's time for another roundup of notable discounts on good tech. Among the highlights, Apple's AirPods Pro are back down to $200, tying the best price we've seen for the iPhone-friendly noise-cancelling earphones. Amazon has dropped the Kindle Paperwhite down to $100,... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-03-24 15:43:59 UTC ]
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Blackstone Publishing has built a backlist of about 800 print and 950 e-book titles since it released its first books in those formats in 2016. The goal now, company president Anthony Goff said, is to continue to ramp up production across all formats. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Science is the reason you aren't reading this by firelight nestled cozily under a rock somewhere however, its practice significantly predates its formalization by Galileo in the 16th century. Among its earliest adherents — even before pioneering efforts of Aristotle — was Animaxander, the Greek... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-03-12 14:30:52 UTC ]
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Rebel Girls, the media company whose mission is to instill confidence in girls, raised $8 million in a new funding round, with Penguin Random House its lead investor. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-06 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Among the headlines this week: a look at libraries some three years after the Covid-19 pandemic began; how the right wing culture war playing out in many communities has led to some librarians living in fear; the St. Paul Public Library's 'Read Brave' program enters its 10th year; and... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-03 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House interim CEO Nihar Malaviya says that international division chiefs will continue to report to him. The post Penguin Random House’s Nihar Malaviya Announces Reorganization appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2023-02-28 17:11:50 UTC ]
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The highlight of a new operating structure for Penguin Random House is the creation of separate Random House and Crown adult publishing groups. No replacement has been named for departing PRH US CEO Madeline McIntosh. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A year after a federal judge struck down Maryland's groundbreaking library e-book law, library advocates are backing revised legislation they say can help ensure “fair and equitable licensing terms" for library e-books while avoiding the thorny copyright issue that doomed Maryland’s effort. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-23 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Andy Hunter, Bookshop.org CEO, told 'PW' that the online retailer is developing an e-book platform for indie bookstores from scratch, and will launch it in beta late this year. In addition, the company is publishing its first book, a collection by Lydia Davis, who did not want her book available... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-23 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Months after a federal court ruling blocked the Penguin Random House deal, the publisher Simon & Schuster is once again up for sale. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-02-14 17:17:54 UTC ]
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Among the week's headlines: The Colorado Civil Rights Division rules that a librarian who objected to censorship efforts in her library was illegally terminated; more on the College Board's questionable interactions with Florida officials; Library Journal releases its annual budget survey... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Beginning next week, the first of an anticipated 500,000 indie and self-published e-book titles from Draft2Digital and Smashwords (which merged last year) will be made available for library lending via the Palace Marketplace, the upstart Palace Project’s digital content platform. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-09 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House Audio has acquired Playaway Products, a producer of physical audio players and tablets preloaded with content. Launched in 2005 and based in Solon, Ohio, the company offers 36,000 titles and works with some 40,000 libraries and institutions. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-02 05:00:00 UTC ]
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About three weeks after Gina Centrello retired as president and publisher of the Random House Publishing Group, McIntosh announced that she will step down as CEO of Penguin Random House in the very near future. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The American Library Association gets a massive grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to address key issues in libraries; Florida librarians and educators struggle with pernicious new 'parental rights' laws; and two more states introduce new library e-book bills. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-27 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Among the week's headlines: eight states so far in 2023 have new bills seeking to expose librarians and educators to criminal prosecution for obscenity violations; why a bestselling author with a new kids’ book was barred from speaking at a Texas school; and the first new state e-book bill of... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-20 05:00:00 UTC ]
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