Random House Offers 2-Day Transit for the Holidays

For the third year in a row, Random House (but not its Penguin side, because the warehouses aren't integrated yet) will provide express shipping, starting November 1. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Offers Kids' E-books via Epic!

HarperCollins continues its support for subscription ebook services in a deal with Epic!, a children’s subscription service, adding 1,000 backlist kids’ ebook titles to the company's library. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kinokuniya Expanding Foreign Book Offerings

Kinokuniya, Japan's largest bookstore chain, announced that it will be opening a newly expanded and refurbished foreign books section in its Shinjuku South store May 29. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Italy to Promote Southern Houses

As part of a comprehensive effort by Italy’s Ministry for Economic Development (MSE) and the Italian Trade Commission (ITA) to give more international exposure to small- and medium-sized companies in the country’s south, ITA’s publishing taskforce is organizing Voices from the South, an... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Humble Bundle Offers Dr. Who Digital Comics

Humble Bundle, the pay-what-you-want platform that offers bundled digital content and supports charities, is teaming with another comics publisher, IDW Publishing, to offer an all-graphic novel bundle of digital Dr. Who comics. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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OverDrive Adds 2,100 Libraries, More Consumer Services

OverDrive added more than 2,100 libraries to its global network in the first four months of the year, gains that mark its effort to add a wide range of direct-to-consumer services to its offerings. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oyster, the Netflix of ebooks, now offers more than 500,000 titles

Oyster, an iPhone and iPad app that gives users unlimited access to its catalog of ebooks for $9.95 per month, announced that it now has more than 500,000 titles available on its service. The New York start-up launched to much acclaim last September, hailed as the Netflix of ebooks. But... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2014-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Mary Book Launches for Mother's Day

On May 3 at St. Mary’s Bookstore and Church Supply in Nashville, Tenn., Franciscan Media author Julie Dortch Cragon, whose new book, "Visiting Mary: Her U.S. Shrines and Their Graces," is out for Mother's Day, signed books for some 100 attendees. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Triumphant California Bookstore Day

A year in the planning, California Bookstore Day proved to be a success for participating stores, all of which demonstrated significant sales increases. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Religion Update Spring 2014: Books Offering Help with the Practice of Faith Are Ever New

Christian church attendance has fallen from 43% in 2004 to 36% today, according to the March 24 Barna Group research report “Americans Divided on the Importance of Church,” and a lot of those who still go do so less frequently. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Job Moves: May 2, 2014

Kristin Spang has been promoted to publishing manager and manager of special initiatives at Penguin. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors on the Air May 2, 2014: Anne Geddes

Anne Geddes, author of "Anne Geddes Little Blessings" (Sourcebooks, 9781402298189), will appear on "CBS This Morning" on Monday, May 5. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PA Yearbook shows 2% fall in 2013 UK sales

The invoiced value of UK publishers’ annual sales fell 2% in 2013 to £3.39bn, with... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kremlin account wins Pushkin House Russian Book Prize

Red Fortress: The Secret Heart of Russia's History by Catherine Merridale (Allen Lane) has... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Humble Bundle, Image Offer All-Graphic Novel e-Bundle

Humble Bundle, the website that bundles digital content and offers it to consumers for whatever they wish to pay, is teaming with Image Comics to offer its first all-graphic novel digital bundle. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2014: A Busman’s Holiday

As Joe Fox told Kathleen Kelly in You’ve Got Mail, it would be a shame to miss New York in the spring—particularly New York City’s bookstores. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oyster Offers Spritz Speed Reading Technology

Subscription ebook service Oyster is teaming with Spritz, the speed-reading venture, to offer Stephen Covey’s self-help bestseller, "The 7 Habits of High Effective People," for free in the Spritz format. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Savannah Book Festival to Offer Year-Round Author Events

The Savannah Book Festival announced plans to offer year-round author events, starting with Tami Hoag set to headline the Spring 2014 event. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PubWest to Offer Continuing Ed

PUB501 is designed to develop new skills and techniques for book publishing professionals with one to five years experience in the industry. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Knewton, Sanoma Partner to Offer Adaptive Learning in Europe

Knewton, a company that produces adaptive learning software, has an agreement with European educational publisher Sonoma Learning to use the Knewton API in digital content produced by Malmberg, its Dutch publishing division. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Total Boox Offers a Week of Free Reading

Total Boox, an unusual ebook delivery service based on metered reading, is making its library of 20,000 ebook titles available to the public to read entirely for free during the week of April 13 to April 20. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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