Print market volumes up 18% year on year since bookshops reopened

Bookshops reopening since lockdown restrictions eased have boosted the market 18% in volume against the same period in 2019, with 14.6 million books sold since shop doors opened. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-17 09:17:49 UTC ]
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Company magazine forsakes print to go digital-only

Company magazine is to cease print publication. Its owner, Hearst Magazines, is to turn it into a digital-only publication from October 2014.The final print issue of the monthly magazine, which was launched in 1978, will go on sale on 5 September. Continue reading... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Best Little Bookshop launches in beta

International online boutique bookseller Best Little Bookshop has launched in beta form, with the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstores celebrate the release of Haruki Murakami's newest novel 'Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage'

Celebrations include karaoke and a film contest that will enable the winner to go on his or her own Tsukuru Tazaki-like pilgrimage. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harper Has New Indie Marketing Fund

HarperCollins has started what it is calling the HarperCollins Promotional Fund (HCPF), a program which will provide additional funds to help independent retailers market HC books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Self-publishing becomes larger focus at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair

The Frankfurt Book Fair will organize a two-day self-publishing and author program at the 2014 fair this year, aimed at an international audience. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp. Holds Firm On Value of Print

News Corp., the global publishing conglomerate chaired by Rupert Murdoch, reaffirmed its commitment to print in the face of ongoing financial pressures that have upended the industry as more readers migrate from paper to digital platforms. "W ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Review: Out of Print, a Film by Vivienne Roumani

Out of Print, the film documentary by Vivienne Roumani about the state-of-affairs in the book business and the culture of reading in America circa 2013, is worth seeking out. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Catholic Marketing Network: A Trade Show that’s Thriving

There was no missing the life-size photo of Pope Francis near one of the entrances to the 18th annual Catholic Marketing Network trade show July 29-Aug. 1. He was there in spirit, perhaps, and certainly adorned many a book cover at a show publishers said brought robust sales and many... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion marks 10 years of Paver's Chronicles

Orion Children’s is celebrating 10 years of Michelle Paver’s Chronicles of Ancient... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chinese Book Market Snapshot: Bestsellers, E-publishing, Translation

Xiaoying Chu at Charlesworth (Beijing) Information Services details the booming Chinese digital publishing market and the strides being make by online booksellers. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lost Dr. Seuss stories from the 1950s come back into print

"Horton and the Kwuggerbug and More Lost Stories" by Dr. Seuss will hit bookstores September 9th. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Evernote Teams with FastPencil for E-books and Print

Evernote users can import their notes into FastPencil and create an ebook or PDF that can be distributed through all the major ebook retail platforms. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Archant journalists surprised as chief executive resigns after six years

Adrian Jeakings, the chief executive of the regional newspaper publisher, Archant, has resigned.In what many of the company's journalistic staff view as an unexpected turn of events, he is to depart at the end of the month. He is also to step down from the board. Continue reading... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nielsen Book: Total book market declined 4% in 2013

The overall book market including print and digital fell by 4% in 2013, according to Nielsen Book... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dynamite Entertainment's Surprising 10 Years

Celebrating its 10th Anniversary with a panel starring director Quentin Tarantino in front of a packed house at the San Diego Comic-Con, it was hard to remember that when Dynamite Publishing launched 10 years ago, no one was sure what to expect. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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40 Years After Resignation, a Wave of Nixon Books

With the 40th anniversary of Richard Nixon's resignation approaching, five books on Nixon are coming to market. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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App partners with HarperCollins to digitize your old print books

BitLit has landed a deal with the publisher to allow readers to get their print books into an ebook format. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Target Mobilizes Back-to-School Print Campaign With Image Recognition

Target wants to prove that traditional media like print and TV can drive e-commerce sales, highlighted in its new back-to-school marketing push. Target is launching a mobile app that works with the retailer’s fall print catalog to trigger sales for its Room Essentials collection, aimed at... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2014-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Riding the Juggernaut That Left Print Behind

Even if you aren’t one of those people worried about media consolidation — there are many in that number — the big bolt of lightning last week that pierced a summer of ennui in entertainment and publishing news was hard ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Self-publishing surging to 31% of ebook market, claims report

Hugh Howey says his study, based on calculation of Amazon sales, shows 'real progress' for authors who have chosen to go it aloneA new report claims that self-published authors have surged to 31% of ebook sales on Amazon.com, and are now earning more ebook royalties than writers published by the... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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