A hot summer's debate at The New York Times around 'fake and illegitimate' online book sales. Amazon asserts a remedy may take more industry cooperation. The post David Streitfeld’s Orwellian Shopping List, and Amazon’s Retort appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
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Book sales rep David Segrue is set to open an independent bookshop with his wife Amanda in May. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Mary Hoffman and her husband Stephen Barber are launching an independent publishing house, The Greystones Press, as an “alternative to commercially driven major publishers”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Over the past year, Amazon has gained enough traction on college campuses to have a booth at this year's Campus Marketplace Expo in Houston, which has drawn a steady flow of booksellers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Plexus is publishing David Bowie: Starman: A Colouring Book, a "cultural history in pictures" revealing the late musician's 50-year fashion evolution in 30 illustrations. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Publishers Weekly Stock Index fell 3.6% overall, with declining share prices for Amazon and News Corp. offsetting gains elsewhere. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There are a lot of famous faces in this week’s compilation of new adverts including an appearance for IBM by Carrie Fisher; William H Macy in a Samsung commercial; Benicio Del Toro for Heineken; Joey Essex for Batchelors Cup a Soup; and Prince Charles and the Queen for The Body Shop! And once... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The web giant’s move into bricks-and-mortar bookselling has upset many in the books community – but there is much to praise in this innovationYou could describe it as a troubling development in publishing: someone comes along with no real knowledge of the book business, a brash salesman who... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The subscriber list and review archive for mail-order book business the Good Book Guide has been acquired by book review and recommendation site Lovereading, following a “turbulent” decade for the Guide. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a conference call in December, CEO Ron Boire promised further details of a prototype store. Now more specifics are starting to emerge for a store that bears striking similarities to one just opened by Amazon in November. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A man convicted in 2007 of murdering six women in British Columbia, had his 144-page memoir removed from the e-tailer on Monday. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon is creating 500 new jobs by opening a 1m sq ft fulfilment centre in Coalville, Leicestershire. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Epic novel, whose length has long discouraged readers, has made it on to the Bookseller’s top 50 after the BBC’s acclaimed new adaptationBritain is racing to address the fact that only 4% of Britons have read War and Peace, with Leo Tolstoy’s doorstopping epic entering the UK’s book charts for... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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India's Business Standard reports that Amazon has purchased a 26-percent share in Westland, the book publishing unit of Tata's Trent Ltd. The post Amazon Invests in India’s Westland: ‘Still Very Much Day One’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The world’s biggest online retailer wants to invade the high street. What’s in it for them?In December, Amazon US released its 2015 in-house all-format all-category bestseller list, and then the newspaper USA Today came out with its own industry-wide all-sources version. What was the difference?... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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India's Business Standard reports that Amazon has purchased a 26-percent share in Westland, the book publishing unit of Tata's Trent Ltd. The post Amazon Invests in India’s Westlake: ‘Still Very Much Day One’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jessica Woollard, previously primary agent at the Marsh Agency, has joined David Higham Associates. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Educational publishers in South Africa are meeting with the National Department of Basic Education this week in a bid to allay fears over a potential move towards state publishing that trade figures believe would “totally decimate” the industry. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From 1948 to 1975, David Astor transformed Britain’s oldest paper into a vibrant, intelligent weekly renowned for its progressive campaigns and the quality of its writing. The author of a new biography recalls some of Astor’s achievements• Click here to read an extract on Astor’s lifelong... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Opinions were mixed about what Amazon's rumored plans to open more physical bookstores could mean for the publishing industry. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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