HarperCollins puts 'limited number' of titles into Kindle Unlimited

HarperCollins has begun selling a "limited number" of backlist e-books via Amazon’s £7.99 a month subscription e-book service Kindle Unlimited in the UK and Australia in a major shift from one of the big publishers.   Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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William Heinemann to publish ‘desk killer’ title

William Heinemann has acquired a non-fiction title about “desk killers” by Dan... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kickstarter Diary Chapter 2: Rewards and Goals—Running the Numbers

Once I’d made up my mind I was going to do a Kickstarter campaign, the first thing I needed to do was figure out how the math was going to work—and there were a lot of numbers to run. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent titles slash losses by almost a third

Evgeny Lebedevs publishing company boosted by digital and cut-price i, as Evening Standards free strategy also pays offThe Independent, Independent on Sunday and 20p stablemate i slashed losses to less than £12m last year and are on track to fall below £5m this year. Continue reading... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orchard acquires US YA title

Orchard Books has acquired YA title The Witch of Salt & Storm, a book set in a late-1800s... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Global Publishing Leaders 2014: HarperCollins

HarperCollins is a subsidiary of News Corp, a global media and information services company that covers a range of media. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kobo Writing Life Now Carries 250,000 titles by 30,000 Authors

Two years after its launch, Kobo Writing Life (KWL), ebook retailer Kobo’s self-publishing channel, carries more than 250,000 self-published digital titles by over 30,000 authors who publish regularly through KWL. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Are authors running out of book titles?

Novels by Kate Atkinson, Stephen King and Muriel Spark have all had namesakes. Should writers adopt the imitator-proof JK Rowling approach instead?People first started to notice last year when Kate Atkinson's Life After Life coincided in the US with Jill McCorkle's Life After Life, which had... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Soccer Stars, Loom Titles Hot

New titles occupied the top six spots on the Netherlands combined bestseller chart in May. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lovett title named reading group hidden gem

US-based author Charlie Lovett’s The Bookman’s Tale (Alma Books) has been crowned the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Open Road Fires Back at HarperCollins in Copyright Case

Open Road attorneys called HarperCollins' $1.1 million request for attorneys fees "shocking," and argued that such an award would universally harm authors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Egmont acquires two Brooks titles

Egmont has acquired two YA titles from Kevin Brooks, the winner of the 2014 CILIP Carnegie Medal... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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#Hashtag book titles trend is a gimmick that works  for now

From #Girlboss to #Scandal, publishers are discovering a new marketing hook for hard-copy as well as online readingCan a book go viral in the same way a cat video on YouTube can? Unless its Harry Potter or Fifty Shades of Grey, probably not. So rather than simply trying to reach mass audiences,... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'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 ]
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First Melville House UK titles set for autumn

Melville House UK will launch its first titles this autumn, starting with a novel by Goldsmiths... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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JMP to publish 'Plants' tie-in title

John Murray Publishers is to publish a book accompanying a major new BBC Radio 4 series on plants... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Square One Title Surveys Arthur Conan Doyle and Jack the Ripper

Nonfiction house Square One Publishers is breaking into the true crime category with a hybrid nonfiction work that looks at the relationship between Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the legendary serial killer, Jack the Ripper. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Twitter users put 'adorkable' into Collins

"Adorkable" will be added to the next edition of the Collins English Dictionary, after... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S Children’s signs four Hendra titles

Simon and Schuster Children’s Books has acquired four books from author and illustrator Sue... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Duck Dynasty Robertsons Are Putting Out a Bible

Yes, there is going to be a Duck Dynasty Bible. No, the Robertsons are not contributing to the scriptural canon—the translation used in the October edition from HarperCollins' religious book publisher Thomas Nelson will be the New King James Version. But Al Robertson and Phil Robertson (he of... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2014-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2014: The Numbers Are In

Based on rough figures, professional attendance was down slightly, 10,965; BookCon sold out 10,000 tickets. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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