Sales from publishers reporting to the AAP's StatShot program were down 6.4% in 2022 compared to 2021. Sales were down in all publishing categories, with print sales off in both trade segments. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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About a fifth of American adults have read an ebook in the past year, a figure likely helped along by the recent holiday surge in the sale of tablet and e-reader devices, according to a report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project. Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2012-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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One in five American adults read an electronic book in the last year, as gift-giving sped the shift away from the printed page, a Pew Research Center survey showed on Wednesday. Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2012-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Justice Department is nearing a settlement with publishers over allegations of ebook pricing, but finalizing the deal is proving problematic as Apple and two publishers are balking at the terms of the deal. Amazon will be permitted to once again discount ebooks to its customers as a result.... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2012-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Last April Fools' Day, publishers from Time Inc. to the Washington Post Company sent fast-growing startup Zite an aggressive cease-and-desist letter. The publishers weren't joking, accusing Zite's app, a personalized news reader for the iPad and iPhone, of copyright infringement and calling it... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2012-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More tablet experimentation from publishers, this time via reading apps Pulse and Zite. Zite, which already offered readers excerpts from Bonnier's Popular Science magazine, will now be doing that with 20 other Bonnier titles. And Pulse will be bring content from 8 publishers, including Venture... Continue reading at AllThingsD
[ AllThingsD | 2012-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With the amount of digital content expected to overtake the written editorial work carried out by customer publishers, plus a move towards redefining the sector as content marketing, Mike Fletcher investigates a sector that's keeping up with modern media times. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2012-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While 2011 saw fewer announcements of layoffs and buyouts in the newspaper industry than previous years, attrition continued quietly and relentlessly, with the nation’s biggest newspaper publishers trimming their combined work forces by 7.2 ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers have made a flurry of "major" acquisitions and additions to their schedules... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Locke found fame as the first self-published author to sell one million Kindle ebooks. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google has announced a new way for online news publishers to gate access to their premium content, by requiring would-be readers to fill in a survey first. Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2012-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins UK and International recorded its highest turnover and best margin for three years... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The "Harry Potter" series, which has conquered mediums from books to movies, is finally available in ebook format. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Group company Octopus Publishing has acquired children's non-fiction publisher... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Harry Potter ebooks will go on sale exclusively from the Pottermore website from midday... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson chief executive Marjorie Scardino earned almost £2.5m in 2011, down on £2.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers have called on retailers to come up with creative new paperback promotions in stores... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two thirds of UK online publishers are planning to increase the number of digital roles "on the back of product growth expectations", the Association of Online Publishers reported today, compared to 55 per cent which saw growth in 2011. Acco ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
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Blackwell’s revenue dropped in 2011, but the company continued to reduce its losses and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bringing to the marketplace has always been a struggle for emerging writers, but the evolution of digital publishing formats is seeing a new wave of authors skipping the print medium entirely. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2012-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Best known for The Song of Bernadette (1941), which was turned into an Oscar-winning movie, Jewish writer Franz Werfel (1890–1945) was also the author of one of the most popular Book-of-the-Month Club titles ever, The Forty Days of Musa Dagh. First released in 1933, the work is a historical... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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