HarperCollins and Tolkien estate settle £62m lawsuit against Warner Bros

The estate of J R R Tolkien and HarperCollins have reportedly settled an $80m (£62m) lawsuit against Warner Bros over the licensing of online games, apps, slot machines and other types of gambling merchandise based on The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Google, Belgian Newspapers Settle Copyright Link Dispute

Google Inc. (GOOG) reached a deal with Belgian newspaper publishers, resolving a six-year copyright battle that had blocked the owner of the world’s most-used search engine from publishing links to local newspapers. “We tur ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wilbur Smith moves to HarperCollins

HarperCollins has signed a world English language six-book deal with thriller writer Wilbur Smith... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Canada Tests Geo-Targeted Marketing

HarperCollins Canada has started testing a digital and print geo-targeted marketing campaign that will reach consumers in cities and small towns across Canada with messages specific to their location. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Launches New Imprint for the YA Market

HarperCollins is creating a new digital imprint—HarperTeen Impulse—focusing on young adult short stories and novellas, which sell for .99 cents to $2.99. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fourth Estate acquires Lena Dunham

Fourth Estate has acquired rights in the book of essays by writer/director/actress Lena Dunham... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HC to release previously unpublished Tolkien poem

A previously unpublished long poem by J R R Tolkien will be released next year by HarperCollins... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google Settles Copyright Case With Publishers

The Association of American Publishers has settled a long-running copyright infringement case with Google Inc., though the issue of whether Google had the right to digitally reproduce books in copyright is still being hashed out in court. Continue reading at AllThingsD

[ AllThingsD | 2012-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Easypress Technologies Signs HarperCollins UK to Its Cloud Platform

Easypress Technologies, a book production software developer, is launching Book Publishing in the Cloud, a new technology platform it claims can cut the costs and time required to produce print and digital titles by as much as 50%. The new service is said to allow publishers to produce even more... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hancock and Valentine among HarperCollins promotions

HarperCollins has promoted Sam Hancock to digital product development manager. In his new role... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fourth Estate buys erotic tale from Gemmell

Fourth Estate has acquired a new erotica title from Nikki Gemmell, whose book, The Bride Stripped... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Monster series to HarperCollins Childrens Books

HarperCollins Children's Books has acquired an illustrated young fiction series, Monster and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple, ebook publishers look to settle EU antitrust dispute

Apple and four major ebook publishers have offered retailers such as Amazon.com the option to set their own prices for ebooks for the next two years in a bid to end an antitrust investigation in the European Union. The European Commission launched the investigation into allegations of cartel... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cornwell signs four more with HarperCollins

HarperCollins has closed a four-book deal with bestselling historical novelist Bernard Cornwell... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins US ebook prices drop

American e-tailers including Amazon.com have begun selling HarperCollins ebooks at discounted... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BAM! Gets Settled In New England

Last August Books-a-Million’s $934,000 purchase of the leases for 14 Borders stores from U.S. bankruptcy court gave it entrée to seven new states above its stronghold in the Bible Belt. By year’s end, through the acquisition and assumption of more leases, BAM! had moved into 41 former Borders... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-book revenue up 250% at HarperCollins UK

HarperCollins UK has described its annual performance as "strong", despite the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Agency lawsuit hits S&S profits

  Simon & Schuster's sales rose 3% year-on-year to $189m in the second quarter... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fourth Estate dominates Man Booker longlist

Three books from Fourth Estate have made it onto the Man Booker Prize for Fiction longlist this... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Schumer challenges DOJ on ebook lawsuit

Sen. Charles Schumer wrote in an op-ed that the Department of Justice's lawsuit could 'wipe out the publishing industry as we know it.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins to publish Fifty Shades-inspired lovers' guide

HarperCollins is attempting to help readers live out their Fifty Shades of Grey-inspired... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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