If you had $10 million to invest in a new publishing business today, with no limitations or obligations, where would you put your money? That's the question put to an opening panel at Frankfurt Book Fair's digital conference, ConTec. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-book prices have remained stable five days after a new law came into effect charging an extra 20% VAT on ebooks from 1st January. A survey of ebooks by The Bookseller shows ebooksellers and publishers appear to have cushioned the impact of the VAT price rise on ebooks at least for now, five... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jonathan Edwards' poetry anthology My Family and Other Superheroes is reprinted after selling out following its recent Costa win. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2015-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"Premium publisher" may be one of the most overused words. We asked a sampling of stakeholders what it means. Here's what they said. The post What does ‘premium publisher’ mean, anyway? appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Early in 2014 we snuck an unauthorized hands-on with Asus's Transformer Book T300 Chi, the company's newest Windows-enabled tablet/laptop hybrid, and came away impressed. It's slim! It's lightweight! It runs Windows 8.1! It's a blatant, uh, homage to the Microsoft Surface! Nine months later, at... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2015-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In India, 'Runaway Romances,' 'Thriller Takeaways,' and 'Mythological Mysteries' dominated the book business, forging a wide gulf between genre and lit. The post What Genres Were Hot In India 2014? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ina Garten's ninth cookbook, 'Make it Ahead,' was the top-selling cookbook of last year, moving more than 500,000 copies. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A book club started by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has already had almost 140,000 "likes". Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2015-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Facebook founder, who has over 30 million followers, has launched a new book club as part of a challenge to himself, for 2015, to read a new book every two weeks. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Janklow & Nesbit literary agent Rebecca Carter discusses how independent publishers specializing in translation are changing the market for the better. The post New Ways of Publishing Translations appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It's going to be tough for Mark Zuckerberg to break his New Year's resolution this year. He's got more than 130,000 people to keep him accountable. The post Mark Zuckerberg’s New Year’s Resolution: Start a Worldwide Book Club appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2015-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Parragon Books has posted an operating profit of £19.4m in 2014 compared to a loss of £6m the year before, thanks to a company restructure earlier in the year. For the year ending the 31st March 2014, turnover fell 14% to £48m from £56m but “the overall improvement in profitability was due to a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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I’m worried it will cost too much and don’t know what cover price to chargeEvery week a Guardian Money reader submits a question, and it’s up to you to help him or her out – a selection of the best answers will appear in next Saturday’s paper.This week’s question Continue reading... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-booksellers and publishers appear to have cushioned the impact of the VAT price rise on ebooks at least for now, according to a survey of ebooks by The Bookseller. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Despite another year of strong gains for the stock market, the Publishers Weekly Stock Index fell 13.6% in 2014 (relative to 2013), as only five of the 13 companies on the PWSI had an increase in their share price. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google executives believe the company’s ebook program is on the right course, after some early missteps, as it enters its fifth year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Find your lost pet with the help of facial recognition. Your home security system gets smarter. Search for a home cleaner and instantly book an appointment. Meet 2014's newest tech ideas in our collection of stories from The Pitch, a weekly feature in the Silicon Valley Business Journal. The... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins and Connect Books have said customers should not be affected by the collapse over Christmas of delivery company City Link. Administrators were appointed at the company on Christmas Eve, with substantial jobs cuts anticipated among its 2,727 staff. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Monitor book critic recalls seven of his favorite author interviews from 2014. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-12-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The print book market for 2014 is down just 1.3% by value year on year, the full year's statistics from Nielsen BookScan reveal. Just under £1.4bn was spent on print books for the 52 weeks ending 27th December, generated from 180.6 million book sales. Year on year the value of the print book... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ihar Lohvinau, who won the International Publishers Association's Freedom to Publish Prize 2014 earlier this year, is to face judgement and sentencing in January, charged with selling books from his Belarus bookshop without state registration. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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