Hachette Tests if Gumroad Can Sell Books on Twitter

Hachette has partnered with Gumroad, a company that enables direct sales through Twitter, to see if the social media platform can sell books. The post Hachette Tests if Gumroad Can Sell Books on Twitter appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
News tagged with: #twitter appeared #sell books

Other Publishing stories related to: 'Hachette Tests if Gumroad Can Sell Books on Twitter'


Capstone Tests Bundled Kids' E-books at Indies

Ten stores ranging from University Book Store in Seattle, Wash., to Park Road Books in Charlotte, N.C., will begin offering book and interactive ebook bundles starting later this week. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Schnittman leaving Hachette Book Group

Evan Schnittman, e.v.p, chief marketing and sales officer at Hachette Book Group (HBG) in the US, is to leave the company. Scnittman joined HBG in 2012, from Bloomsbury UK, where he was m.d., group sales and marketing, print and digital. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #chief marketing #evan schnittman #sales officer #bloomsbury uk #group sales


Zoe Sugg's Girl Online is fastest selling book of the year

YouTube star Zoella’s first book sells 78,000 copies in its first week, the highest first week’s sales of a new author ever! Girl Online, the first novel by Zoe Sugg AKA “Zoella” has pushed Jeff Kinney’s newest Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul off the top of the chart as the fastest selling... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #zoe sugg #girl online #wimpy kid #long haul


Amazon Resolves Dispute With Top-Five Publisher Hachette Over Book Sales

After months of bitter fighting, Hachette and Amazon announced on Thursday morning that they have settled their differences and reached a new multi-year agreement for ebook and print book sales. The post Amazon Resolves Dispute With Top-Five Publisher Hachette Over Book Sales appeared first on... Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2014-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #publisher hachette #book sales #amazon announced #thursday morning #multi-year agreement


Hachette Book Group reaches agreement with Amazon

Hachette Book Group (HBG) in the US and Amazon have reached a new multi-year agreement, after months of negotiations and a very public battle. The agreement will give HBG responsibility for setting consumer prices of its ebooks, and the publisher will “benefit from better terms when it delivers... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #multi-year agreement #public battle #hachette books #print sales


Hachette book preorders return to Amazon as companies come to terms

Amazon and Hachette have resolved a contentious contract battle that caught readers and authors in the crossfire for months. Neither company is talking specifics, but the New York Times reports that Hachette will get the ability to set its own ebook prices. At the same time, Amazon will offer... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2014-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #ebook prices #sell books #lower prices


Deal Struck, Amazon Lets Hachette Set Its Own E-Book Prices

Amazon and Hachette Book Group have resolved their dispute over ebook prices and physical book sales with a multiyear agreement in the U.S., ending a standoff that cut off availability of some of the publisher's books by the online retailer and stirred up ugly PR for Amazon.The deal will take... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2014-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #e-book prices #ebook prices #online retailer #statement today #appealed directly #digital book


What's Selling at Symposium Books

Anne Marie Keohane and her husband own Symposium Books, one in Providence, R.I., and its sister store in nearby East Greenwich. AShe spoke with PW about a handful of books that she is currently handselling. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Best-Selling Author Warns ‘You Might Not Want to Buy’ His Book

Patrick Rothfuss is the author of the mega-bestselling novels The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear, and is currently hard at work on The Doors of Stone, the final volume in his epic fantasy trilogy The Kingkiller Chronicle. In the latest episode of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy he discusses... Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2014-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #book appeared #patrick rothfuss #final volume #latest episode


Skyhorse Gets Good Books, Sells Mayo Titles to Perseus

Skyhorse Publishing has completed its purchase of the Good Books assets in a bankruptcy auction, but in a twist, is selling Good's line of Mayo Clinic titles to Perseus. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #skyhorse publishing #good books


A Brilliantly Witty Book Mined From Twitter’s Wannabe Novelists

For the last several years, the New York artist has fastidiously tracked the phrase "working on my novel" as used on Twitter. His new book, Working On My Novel, collects hundreds of these tiny declarations of literary intent. It's a clever conceit, but it's also something more. Taken together,... Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2014-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


B&N Testing Espresso Book Machines

Barnes & Noble has begun a test of the Espresso Book Machine system at three of its outlets, including its New York City store at Union Square. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #barnes noble #union square


A Book Excerpt From 'Darling, You Can't Do Both': The Dove Litmus Test

The campaign perhaps most associated with the new feminism, Dove's "Campaign for Real Beauty," slowly evolved into its current incarnation. The effort today shoots down stereotypical preconceptions about what makes a woman beautiful, but it began with a concept almost equally radical for beauty... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2014-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #personal interest #tipping point


Amazon and Hachette feud could rewrite the book on publishing

The Ebook price row has the potential to create irreversible changes to the literary world and its business modelsThe battle between Amazon and the French publisher Hachette is not just a spat about the price of books. Their row over ebook prices, which led to the online retailer freezing out... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #ebook prices #donna tartt #biggest publishers


Streaming of books threatens to sell readers down the river

Scholastic is the latest publisher to phase out downloading, meaning ebooks already purchased might become unreadableScholastic, the publisher of such children's book juggernauts as The Hunger Games and the Harry Potter series, announced recently that its Storia ebook shop would shortly be... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #streaming model #hunger games #ebook licensing #barnes noble


Amazon offers to donate Hachette book proceeds to charity

Amazon has reportedly offered Authors United, a group of writers protesting against the online... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #amazon offers


Amazon Tests Kindle Unlimited, Its Own E-book Subscription Service

The $9.99 monthly service offers access to more than 600,000 books and audiobooks.Now the go-to place for electronics, groceries, and pretty much everything else, Amazon's e-commerce empire was built atop books. The site hasn't forgotten about its roots--it is reportedly testing an ebook and... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2014-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Amazon Tests Its Own E-Book Subscription Service

Amazon is quietly testing its own subscription ebook service, Kindle Unlimited, which will reportedly cost $9.99 per month and include over 600,000 titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #kindle unlimited


Hachette to buy Perseus Books

Hachette Book Group, the publisher of J.K. Rowling and James Patterson, is buying the independent publisher Perseus Books Group, according to the industry newsletter Publishers Lunch. The deal is... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2014-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #james patterson


'Game of Thrones': Twitter users put a Westeros twist on children's books

Twitter users are subbing in 'Thrones' themes for famous children's book titles. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #famous children #twitter users #book titles