As convenient as they are, I've long worried about the many ways in which ebook purveyors restrict readers' rights. You can't resell the books you purchase for the Amazon Kindle, and you can't read them on most other e-readers. We also don't really own ebooks in the same way we own paperbacksAmazon has gone as far as remotely deleting titles from users' devices.[more ...] Continue reading at 'Slate'
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When it comes to high-calibre non-fiction, risk-averse trade publishing houses are producing too many copycat ‘smart thinking’ books that promise more than they deliver. But praise should be given to the university pressesAmid the ambient wails of doom about the publishing industry, I’d like to... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kodansha was started by Seiji Noma in 1909 as a spin-off of the Dai-Nippon Yūbenkai (Greater Japan Oratorical Society). Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The changing nature of the worldwide book industry is sharply demonstrated in the upper echelons of the 2015 edition of the Global Ranking of the Publishing Industry: for the first time, publishing houses from outside Europe and North America have cracked the top 10. Both the groups—Phoenix... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jim Bryant draws examples from Trajectory.com bookselling partners in China to argue that superior, localized metadata increases book sales — everywhere. The post Employing Localized Data for Global Book Discovery appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In December 2010, China Education Publishing & Media Group (China Education) was formed as a strategic merger to reshape educational publishing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury Children’s Books has revealed plans for a second Harry Potter Book Night in 2016. The event, which will take place on the 4th February, will again include events and activities based on the seven Harry Potter books penned by J K Rowling. More than 10,000 schools, libraries,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Just as Spotify has done for music, the new pay-per-page system could change the way ebooks are published and authors paid. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A response to inaccurate statements made by O'Reilly about 'Publishers Weekly' and his book sales history. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Statistics from the publishers association show that German ebook sales has stabilized, with prices dropping year over year, and print sales are up. The post German Ebook Sales Reaches 4.3% Of Overall Book Market appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers are ready to ramp up content distribution on Facebook’s Instant Articles in the coming days, people familiar with the matter said, with some newsrooms preparing to post a few dozen stories a day. Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon's UK website sales rose by 14% to £5.3bn last year, but the company also paid less in corporation tax and received more handouts in government grants. According to accounts filed in the US, net sales for the UK website were £5.3bn ($8.3bn) to the year ending December 2014, up from... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Viral sensation Upworthy has seen its traffic decline from a peak of 50 million last summer. But that hasn’t stopped others from jumping on Upworthy’s successful formula. One of the biggest knockoffs is Germany’s Heftig.co, which claims 50 million monthly uniques worldwide since launching a year... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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W.W. Norton & Company has announced that its entire catalog of trade and professional ebooks will be available to readers through lending libraries. The post W.W. Norton Offers Entire Ebook Catalog to Lending Libraries appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We asked some of the world's top design schools to share their favorite books. Here's what they recommend for your summer reading list.It doesn't matter if you're a student of design, or just someone who hears the term "design thinking" and stays quiet at meetings while noting to Google it... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Spiegel & Grau is pushing up the publication date of Atlantic correspondent Ta-Nehisi Coates’ new book, 'Between the World and Me,' which confronts issues of race in America, from September 8 to July 14. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fake reviews are still “rife” in the industry and most authors have been subjected to it, the author who exposed the sock puppetry scandal of 2012 has said. Jeremy Duns was speaking after the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) revealed it has launched an investigation into fake online... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ricardo Lay discusses how to revitalize the book market in Brazil, such as opening new sales and distribution channels and bolstering foreign rights sales. The post What Can Revitalize Brazil’s Book Market? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A hijab-wearing female comics superheroine debuts; evangelical author Elisabeth Elliot memorialized. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nominations open for Christianity Today book awards; NirV Bible now available in Anglicized edition. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House Children’s is adding books by Noel Streatfeild, Erich Kastner and Anne Fine to its A Puffin Book list of classic children’s titles. PRH launched A Puffin Book last year to replace Puffin Modern Classics and is adding 20 further titles to the list in July. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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