Written By: Barbara Casassus Publication Date: Mon, 23/05/2011 - 15:35 French culture minister Frédéric Mitterrand has said internet companies must contribute more to financing creativity. Setting the tone for the e-G8 forum, to be held in Paris May 24-25, he said in an interview with the Saturday edition of daily newspaper Le Figaro: "It is unreasonable to think that the internet giants will build prosperous economic models, thanks to the presence of content and cultural works (and) without participating in their financing." read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2011-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Le Monde and Le Figaro have paired up to offer a scaled digital ad proposition, and 15 other publishers are pooling audience data to rival the duopoly. The post French publishers are joining forces to take on Google and Facebook appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
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Allison & Busby, which recently celebrated five decades in business, has struck a rich niche in crime and saga series which sell and sell to their devoted fans. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Chester Investment Group has acquired a majority shareholding in independent publisher Urbane Publications. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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A change in the curriculum at schools gave France's book business a boost in 2016, while its new minister of culture, a former publisher, is addressing lingering challenges, including the regulation of online bookselling. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Effective July 1, MVB Marketing, a subsidiary of Börsenverein, the German Publisher and Bookseller Association, will take over ownership of Pubnet and PubEasy. Ted Hill has been named general manager. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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As the US Book Industry Study Group surveys new awareness of rights, China's markets are seeing positive trends in copyright-based exports. The post China’s ‘Copyright Industry’ Shows Rapid Growth, Exports in Creative Products appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ian Rankin has brought David Walliams’ reign in the UK Official Top 50 number one spot to an end, after four weeks. Rather be the Devil (Orion), the 21st John Rebus title, leapfrogged The World’s Worst Children 2 (HarperCollins Children's) to swipe the top spot. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The Creative Industries Federation has issued its Brexit "red lines” in the week the Article 50 negotiations formally begin. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The Big Five have found themselves in the middle of a long-running battle between Greenpeace and Resolute Forest Products over logging practices in Canada’s Boreal Forest. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Germany and France have called on policy-makers in their respective governments in Berlin and Paris as well as in Brussels for sustainable policies to promote books in the digital age. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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This self-help book, which instructs people how to emulate the best qualities of cats, was helped along by an innovative marketing campaign in which its publisher reached out to cat lovers via Facebook. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The Book People has acquired gift company Qwerkity, heralding its “natural” expansion into the gift market. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Some teams' marketers are already back on the training field in a bid to monetize an uptick in digital consumption they have so far struggled to understand. The post ‘In reality, we are a content company’: Football clubs embrace the role of digital publisher appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
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The future of the government’s libraries brief has been thrown into doubt after libraries minister Rob Wilson lost his seat in Thursday’s General Election. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Penguin Random House has acquired a New York-based company specialising in creating and selling licensed illustrated literary-themed products called Out of Print. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The publisher has acquired Out of Print, which produces and retails literary-themed apparel, accessories, and home goods. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Author and vlogger Joe Sugg completed a 24 hour book signing over the weekend which raised funds for the appeal to help the victims of the Manchester Arena bombing on 22nd May. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Former Penguin Random House editor Marina Kemp is launching a series of one-on-one creative writing courses modelled on the traditional writer-editor relationship. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Other writers have reacted with scepticism to the Alex Rider author’s claim that he was discouraged from ‘artificial and possibly patronising’ writingA furore has broken out in the children’s books world around claims by Alex Rider creator Anthony Horowitz that he was “warned off” creating a... Continue reading at The Guardian
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A single word in the language of a law passed in Pennsylvania last year could have long-ranging implications for companies that use or provide a common service — technical support. The so-called "help desk tax" emanated from Act 84, a statute designed to levy the Pennsylvania Sales and Use Tax... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
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