Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 31/08/2011 - 10:05 E-book sales now account for over 10% of Random House Group UK sales, as worldwide earnings for parent company Random House surged despite a dip in sales. In the first six months of 2011, Random House worldwide reported revenue of 787m (£697.3m), down from 791m (£701.0m) last year, according to figures from parent company Bertelsmman. However, earnings before interest and taxes surged from 40m (£35.5m) to 69m (£61.2m) during the same period. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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E-bookseller Kobo plans to grow device sales in the UK with a strong marketing push towards the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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This year’s crop of eight £1 World Book Day titles were once again the bestselling... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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HarperCollins has launched an ebook imprint, called Mischief, which will focus on erotica and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Justin Moodie is leaving DK to start up his own digital consultancy, moving from his role as... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Not content with simply doling out free digital comics to fans who favor the tangible page, Marvel is now giving readers a new reason to reach for their tablets: augmented reality. Android and iOS devices will be able to look beyond the page using Marvel AR, an Aurasma-powered app slated to... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On March 21, 10 of Judy Blume's books for young readers will become available as ebooks. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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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
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Cosmopolitan topped 115,000 digital subscribers last month, making it the first Hearst title to break 100,000 and perhaps marking renewed reason for hope among magazine publishers. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
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Hearst Magazines UK has appointed News International's Lee Wilkinson to the newly created role of product director for its digital division. Continue reading at Media Week
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Print book sales were down 13% (£15m) to £98m year-on-year in February, according to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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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
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The Publishers Association has said it is looking forward to working with internet service... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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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
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Book sales soared £1.9m week on week last week, with the children's sector benefitting... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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It's a case of having one's cake and eating it, too. Or, in this instance, digitizing the works of others and reselling them online for a 40 percent cut. According to Le Temps, a controversial new law recently passed by the French government will see out-of-print books from the 20th century... Continue reading at Engadget
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Reading a book on a tablet like the Kindle Fire is “like trying to cook when there are little children around,” David Myers said. Continue reading at The New York Times
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In the early days of the digital revolution, most independent publishers were moving slower than the larger houses in getting on the ebook bandwagon. That period has clearly passed. With only a couple of exceptions, the publishers that made it onto this year’s edition of PW’s fast-growing small... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Self-publishing an essay through Amazon is a reminder of the benefits of a traditional publishing house. Continue reading at The Atlantic
[ The Atlantic | 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
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Comag Marketing Group, the national magazine distributor jointly owned by Hearst and Condé Nast, has been sold to the Jim Pattison Group. The deal signals the exit of the two publishers from the magazine distribution business and is being positioned as an effort to heal a newsstand supply chain... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
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