Salon du Livre closes with pledge for indies

The four-day Paris Book Fair closed on Monday (19th March) with a pledge made to defend... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]

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BookBub Ebook Deals Site Closes in on 1.5 Million Subscribers

With the simple concept of alerting readers to a curated list of discounted ebooks, Bookbub has attracted nearly 1.5 million users in just a year. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Xbox One to allow indie games makers

Microsoft is to allow independent games developers to self-publish on its Xbox One games console, in a reversal of its previous policy. Continue reading at BBC World

[ BBC World | 2013-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Xbox One retail consoles double as debug units, Microsoft to allow indie self-publishing (update)

Microsoft's Xbox One is getting decidedly more indie-friendly with today's confirmation from Microsoft that its forthcoming game console will double as a developer debug unit. In so many words, each $500 unit purchased at retail this holiday will also run in-progress game code, enabling... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2013-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Hachette Livre

Hachette Livre (Lagardère Publishing) is a leading publisher in three key languages: French, Spanish and English. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How Close Can Today’s Agent-Author Relationships Be?

Given the upheaval in digital publishing and many authors' entrepreneurial spirit, can today's literary agents engage their clients' art as they did in the past? Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Regional Mag Maryland Life Closes Down

Regionals were among the most-launched magazines in the first half of 2013, but there's still churn in the segment. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2013-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Williams' Book Store in San Pedro to close after 104 years

Williams' Book Store is considered by some to be the oldest continuously operating bookstore in Los Angeles. It stands to be the latest casualty in a business that has been moving increasingly online.As a little girl, Anne Gusha walked into and was charmed by Williams' Book Store in San Pedro.... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Richmond's Lion & Unicorn to close

The Lion & Unicorn Bookshop in Richmond, London, is to close after 36 years. Owner Jenny... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fairfax Magazines to Close NZ Tech Titles

Fairfax Magazines will resign the licences, owned by IDG, to publish technology titles Computerworld, Reseller News and PC World in New Zealand. In a press release sent out to the media late yesterday, the organisation says the decision is based on ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson and HarperCollins to close New Zealand operations

Pearson is to close its New Zealand educational business at the end of August, while... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indie publishers debate Amazon and IP

The dominance of Amazon and the importance of copyright were two key themes of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Leicester branch of Waterstones to close

One of the two Waterstones shops in Leicester is to close with nine people under the threat of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Making Preorders Work For Indies

Most readers who preordered Charlaine Harris’s forthcoming Sookie Stackhouse novel, Dead Ever After (which will be released May 7), likely did so at Amazon, where it is 45% off and has hovered in the top 50 for weeks. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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