Google has launched an affiliate program for its eBooks service, offering to pay commissions to Web publishers who promote titles on their sites and send buyers... Continue reading at 'PC World'
[ PC World | 2011-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three US independent bookshops have launched a lawsuit against the big six publishers and Amazon... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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By minimizing the risk of buying a bad book, pay-as-you-read business models could translate into higher prices and higher quality content, but will it drive more sales? Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When you buy an ebook from Amazon, it's yours, right? Technically speaking, Amazon is merely licensing the book to you. And the company can, seemingly on a whim, close your account and delete all your books. This isn't likely to happen, but it gives me pause. Indeed, it makes me want to back up... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2013-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperVoyager is marking this year's 50th anniversary of Ray Bradbury's classic sci fi... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[PRESSWIRE] 14.02.2013 -- Meeting this week in Brussels, Members of the European Publishers Council criticised the deal between Google and French publishers clinched last week to settle the dispute over copyright, remuneration and article sni ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jennifer 8 Lee needed programming help to launch her publishing startup Plympton, but she didn’t have the cash. So what did she do? She got creative. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Literary Platform and Bath Spa University have partnered on a new bursary for partnering... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new bi-monthly magazine, World News Publishing Focus, has just been launched by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) to provide members and other readers with a professional international publication focused on the ind ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon has patented a technology that allows customers to sell their previously read ebooks, audiobooks, music and movies in the same way that they can now sell print books, DVDs, and CDs. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin-owned Author Solutions Inc (ASI) has opened a self-publishing imprint called Partridge in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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By incorporating trillions of calculations, Bookish.com, the new online bookstore financed by Hachette, Penguin and S&S, promises to apply Big Data to book discovery. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Egmont UK is the latest children's publisher to launch a new imprint, Red Shed, publishing... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google's long had a contentious relationship with France. But it seems the Mountain View-based company has come up with a way to squash that problem: by throwing money at it. Taking to the company's official blog today, Chairman Eric Schmidt announced the creation of a €60 million Digital... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Egmont UK has commissioned a new research programme as part of a wider initiative by the company... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The American Library Association has created a scorecard that asks library workers to grade publishers on the way that they are offering ebooks for lending. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pushkin Press is launching a children’s imprint, Pushkin Children's Books, for publishing works that have had success overseas but have not found a publisher in the UK. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Porter Anderson's weekly curation of the best Web postings for authors takes in the UK's growing consternation over 20p ebooks, Amazon's untrustworthy reviews and more. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins is launching a new education publishing division in India which will mark its... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Curtis Brown has teamed up with Kobo to launch a short story competition, to be judged by author... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Extrapolating from recent sales figures from ebook distributor DLD, we estimate ebook sales to reach some 3.57 million units—or 2.6% of the overall market—by the end of 2013. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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