Penguin Random House chair Gail Rebuck has said that she and other UK bosses for parent company Bertelsmann are "unanimous" in wanting to stay inside the European Union, because leaving "it is too big a risk to take". Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Kobo will launch its self-publishing platform this quarter and plans on expanding to “a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Justice Department has formally decided to sue Apple, Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillian, Penguin and Simon & Schuster over alleged ebook price-rigging. Apple and Macmillian have already denied any wrongdoing, saying that the agreements were enhancing competition in an industry... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-book price fixing will cost consumers more than US$200 million this year, and U.S. antitrust authorities should take action against Apple and a group of... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2012-04-10 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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It was a big evening for independent publishers at the National Book Critics Circle Awards this year. Copper Canyon Press, Graywolf Press, and Lookout Books scored wins in poetry, criticism, and fiction, respectively. Edith Pearlman, whose story collection Binocular Vision took home the fiction... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Before his death in October of last year, one of Steve Jobs' last big moves was Apple's foray into electronic books. The company announced the platform in March 2010, but the method in which Apple handled its deals with publishers has caught the eye of regulators. The Justice Department plans to... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2012-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ars Technica has many things, from an audience of nearly 8 million monthly uniques to an affluent, educated readership of engaged hard-core techies. What it hasn’t had—until now—is a dedicated advertising staff. Founded by Ken Fisher in 1998 and bought by Condé Nast for a reported $25 million... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2012-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber has acquired at title attempting to answer life's awkward questions, Big Questions from... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Despite another sterling year for Jamie Oliver, Britain's bestselling authors generated their... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reinvention is set to be a key trend for 2012, with top literary agents saying they are on the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Random House Group UK m.d. Gail Rebuck has said the rules of "agent, publisher and retailer... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There may be no greater indication of how things have changed in corporate publishing than the results of an informal PW search for sleeper hits of the year from major publishers. We annually round up sleepers from indie publishers for a late summer feature, but we have not made a regular habit... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Random House parent company Bertelsmann has created a new group management committee (GMC), which... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Booksellers are relying on a handful of established names to boost sales this Christmas, with... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As budget media tablets race to the bottom on price, ebook readers are the real winners receiving deep price cuts and improved features. Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2011-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Matthew White, a self-described atrocitologist, at the African Burial Ground National Monument in Lower Manhattan. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2011-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After a mainly flat first half for ad pages in 2011, big publishers are seeing ad page numbers fall in the third quarter. According to data from MagazineRadar, Meredith Corp.s magazine portfolio saw the biggest fall out of the big consumer publishers, down 11 percent in Q3. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Tue, 25/10/2011 - 09:00 The co-owner of the Big Green Bookshop has launched his own publishing company and is set to release his first book with author Greg Stekelman. Simon Key, co-owner of the independent bookshop based in Wood Green, London, has... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In his closing remarks, Frankfurt Book Fair director Juergen Boos said that 2011 was a strong year for startups at the fair. Among those startups, perhaps none had a better reception than Small Demons, in Los Angeles. We couldnt have asked for a better first Frankfurt Book Fair, Small Demons... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster, Random House and the Hachette Book Group said they would allow authors to access book sales data online, a service Amazon began providing last year. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2011-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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