Publishing sector has the lowest level of illegal downloads in the entertainment industry, with book piracy at half the rate of copyright theft in film and musicFor publishers, fresh from winning a landmark ruling forcing internet service providers to block illegal ebook download sites in Russia and the US, pirates are the enemy. Author Paulo Coelho believes that “the more people ‘pirate’ a book, the better”. But research commissioned by the government shows that that the literary world has the lowest level of illegal downloads in the entertainment industry.Just 1% of UK internet users aged 12 and over read “at least some” ebooks illegally between March and May 2015, according to the Intellectual Property Office’s study into the extent of online copyright infringement in the UK. This compares favourably to other forms of entertainment, with 9% accessing some of their music illegally, 7% television programmes, 6% films, and 2% computer software and video games. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2015-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Strong ebook sales over the festive period compensated for the decline in physical sales,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Physical book sales in the final week of the year totalled £22.5m — down 70% week on... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The UK has 16 titles making the Gourmand cookery book award shortlists this year, down on 21 in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette has reported a "blockbuster Christmas for ebooks", selling more than 100,000... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins US is suing digital publisher Open Road for copyright infringement after it... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-books and audio books on the Web site of the New York Public Library. Publishers are waiting for an industrywide approach to e-lending to gel. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2011-12-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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China's biggest online book retailer Dangdang has launched its ebook platform in China, with... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Friday Project's Confessions of a GP has been crowned the top-selling UK ebook of the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ealier this month, Ziff Davis Enterprise [ZDE] completed a significant step in its OmniDigital strategy, rolled out earlier this year. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan has launched its first ebook bundles, collections of two or three titles in a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bookseller is launching its annual survey of how independent bookshops have fared with... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gallimard reduced the prices of its 1,500 ebooks on Monday (19th December), two weeks ahead of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-books are expected to account for 17% of Simon & Schuster's total revenue in 2011,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Random House has released two more Nigella Lawson cookbooks as ebooks today (20th December),... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Health and fitness publisher Rodale is bringing in a new executive to oversee the digital division it created as part of October's shakeup. Former Barnes & Noble GM Anthony Astarita will become Rodale's general manager of digital and new brand development, one of three divisions CEO Maria... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2011-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eighty publishers have joined the Independent Publishers Guild this year, with digital companies... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Since its launch last December in partnership with the American Booksellers Association, Google eBooks has yet to capture significant market share. According to the Codex Groups recent Showrooming study, while the number of people who read both print books and ebooks has grown from 25% in... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trinity Mirror has restructured the management structure across its regional division and is creating 20 new digital positions as it looks to increase its focus on digital publishing and streamline its reporting structure. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2011-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers are planning to up their marketing campaigns over the crucial festive period,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US retailer Barnes & Noble's e-reading device range, the Nook, will be available in the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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