According to internal documents obtained by the website TechCrunch, Microsoft has offered $1 billion for the digital assets of Nook Media, Barnes & Noble's digital book venture.According to internal documents obtained by the website TechCrunch, Microsoft has offered $1 billion for the digital assets of Nook Media, Barnes & Noble's digital book venture. The deal would give Microsoft Barnes & Noble's ebooks, homegrown games and of course its Nook e-readers and tablets. But perhaps not for long: Nook plans to discontinue its Android-based tablet business by the end of 2014, according to the documents. Instead, the company will transition to having Nook content available solely on third-party devices, perhaps ones made by Microsoft, if the purchase goes through. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales of print books for the first six months of 2015 were running just about even with the same period in 2014 at outlets that report to Nielsen BookScan. Units inched up 0.3% in the period, to more than 286 million. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Police and prosecutors in New Jersey are asking people to please not buy a cellphone case that looks like a gun. "It's a terrible idea, and it's very dangerous," New Jersey state police said on Facebook. "We strongly recommend that you do not use this product. "Officers do not have the luxury of... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster has bought a "unique" debut from an Australian author. S&S ssistant fiction editor Carla Josephson bought UK, Commonwealth & ANZ rights in All These Perfect Strangers by Australian prize-winning author Aoife Clifford from Rebecca Ritchie and Clare Forster at Curtis... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bonnier Publishing has acquired Lincolnshire-based commercial fiction publisher Totally Entwined Group for an undisclosed sum. Bonnier is acquiring the whole company and its imprints Totally Bound Publishing (romance), Pride Publishing (LGBTQI fiction), Finch Books (YA), Evidence Press... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus has acquired a book about cycling by Olympic gold medallist and world champion Geraint Thomas after a "fierce auction". In The World of Cycling According to G, which will be published in hardback and ebook on the 29th October, Thomas talks about the world of cycling, from “grovelling... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scribd has acquired Librify, a social e-reading platform, for an undisclosed sum. Librify was founded in 2013 and launched publicly last summer as a social e-reading site for book clubs with a retail offer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google and its lobbyists have had more meetings with European Commission officials than any other company, according to figures published by Transparency International on Wednesday.With 32 meetings logged between December and June, Google’s lobbying is topped only by that of BusinessEurope,... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan has acquired a book about how the forces of Christianity destroyed the texts of the ancient Greeks and Romans. The Darkening Age, by historian and journalist Catherine Nixey, will tell the story of how all over the ancient Roman world books were burnt, temples were thrown down and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For the second week in a row, E.L. James’s 'Grey,' the next installment in the Fifty Shades of Grey series, topped Apple’s iBooks bestseller list. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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European booksellers have united to defend the freedom of expression in "the strongest terms." The European & International Booksellers Federation (EIBF) reaffirmed its "absolute belief in and support for freedom of speech, of publishing and of bookselling" at its annual conference held in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Given demand, publisher Vintage plans to go back for third, fourth and fifth printings on the title, which was released June 18. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Business and personal development publisher Nicholas Brealey Publishing has been bought by Hachette UK, with the business becoming an imprint within John Murray Publishing. The deal will see founder Nick Brealey continue to manage the lists, reporting into John Murray Press m.d. Nick Davies,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Little, Brown imprint Abacus has acquired UK rights to Jonas Jonasson’s The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out Of The Window And Disappeared. Independent Hesperus was ordered to stop selling or distributing the title in April after a High Court hearing brought by Hachette Book Group US, which... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette UK has acquired Nicholas Brealey Publishing in a deal that includes the company’s U.S. imprints Davies L. Black and Intercultural Press. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When you’re not liking your friends’ photos on Facebook, you’re likely to soon have more opportunities to buy stuff.Facebook is expanding its partnership with Shopify, which helps businesses create online storefronts. Facebook has been testing buy buttons in the News Feed and on businesses’... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2015-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ben Denckla outlines the challenges of creating reflowable digital texts that incorporate challenging elements present in a wide variety of Jewish books. The post The State of Jewish Digital Publishing (Part 1) appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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SF grand dame Ursula K Le Guin, writes, 'Every book purchase made from Amazon is a vote for a culture without content and without contentment.' The post Ursula K. Le Guin Urges Amazon Book Buying Boycott appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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WH Smith's total group sales for the last quarter grew slightly by 1% compared to the same period in 2014, although high street sales were down. The high street division saw both total sales and like-for-like sales fall 4% compared to last year in the 13 weeks ending 30th May. However, the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Manchester University Press (MUP) has acquired 58 titles in politics and sociology which had been scheduled to appear with Bloomsbury. Earlier this year, Bloomsbury Academic announced it would no longer be commissioning books in the fields of politics, international relations or sociology as it... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a matter of hours, pre-orders pushed 'Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian,' to the top of the Barnes & Noble and Amazon bestseller lists. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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