Whether publishers want it or not, the Netflix model is coming to the book business.The San Francisco startup Scribd, best known as a site for posting PDFs of documents, announced Tuesday it is launching a multi-platform digital book subscription service that will provide access to a wide range of titles for $9 a month. Users can read ebooks on iOS and Android devices, as well as on Web browsers, and keep as many as 20 titles available for reading offline.Unlike other Netflix-like services that have launched recently, including Manhattan-based Oyster, Scribd is starting with thousands of titles from HarperCollins, or the majority of the publisher's backlist up until July 2012. Getting the cooperation of the so-called Big Five New York publishing houses has been the holy grail of subscription-service startups, and having even one of them represents a significant advance.More than 30 smaller publishers are also working with Scribd, including Sourcebooks, Workman and Kensington.Scribd, founded in 2007, also starts out with a high profile and an enormous user-base: It claims 80 million active readers monthly, and says that the subscription service—which soft-launched in January—has been growing by 60% every month. The company declined to provide subscriber numbers."There's never been an access model rolled out with this level of support and scale," said Trip Adler, Scribd's 29-year-old CEO and co-founder.Publishers have typically shied away from subscription services on the... Continue reading at 'Crains New York'
[ Crains New York | 2013-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Whether publishers want it or not, the Netflix model is coming to the book business.The San Francisco startup Scribd, best known as a site for posting PDFs of documents, announced Tuesday it is launching a multi-platform digital book subscription service that will provide access to a wide range... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2013-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sexually abused by his piano teacher, a boy struggles to reclaim his life in Ian McEwan's new novel "Lessons." Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-09-20 15:52:11 UTC ]
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A new history book shows how entanglements of race, gender, class and sexuality in South Africa flow from the moral contradictions of the settler colonial state. Continue reading at The Conversation
[ The Conversation | 2019-12-08 07:14:51 UTC ]
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SAN FRANCISCO -- There is Netflix for online videos and Pandora and Spotify for streaming music by subscription. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Details on the agreement are forthcoming, but HarperCollins Union leaders and the publisher have reached a tentative deal. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-02-10 14:49:53 UTC ]
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On IAB NewFronts day two, digital content platforms and streamers pitched new ad formats (with a focus on artificial intelligence and shoppable content) in short-form social video and longer-form TV shows and movies. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2023-05-03 10:01:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has secured the global rights from the Lumistella Company to publish books tied to the Elf on the Shelf universe over the next five years. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-07 05:00:00 UTC ]
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After almost hitting the 100-day mark on the picket line, HarperCollins Union members (UAW 2110) have agreed to a tentative deal with management. According to this tweet, yesterday, employees expect to return to work on February 21. Big News!!! We have voted to ratfiy the contract and will be... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-02-17 16:54:37 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has reached a tentative agreement with its striking union that includes an unspecified increase in minimum salaries. The deal was announced shortly after the publisher reported that sales fell 14% in the quarter ended December 31, and that profits plunged 52%. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The new arrangment for Usborne's children's books sees HarperCollins taking over trade back-office functions by February 1. The post England’s Usborne and HarperCollins Announce American Distribution Deal appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2022-11-14 21:10:20 UTC ]
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Workers at the only ‘big four’ publisher to have a union authorize indefinite strike over low wages and diversityStephanie Guerdan started working in the children’s book department of HarperCollins Publishers six years ago. It was a dream job – just not a dream paycheck. The $33,500-a-year... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2022-11-10 18:03:45 UTC ]
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Edmund Richardson’s latest book revisits the tale of Charles Masson, a runaway British soldier who reinvented himself as an archaeologist and a spy. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2022-04-05 15:57:24 UTC ]
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Uwem Akpan’s novel follows Ekong — whose name means war — as he travels to the United States. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-11-02 17:31:46 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Children's Books has signed a new four-book deal with picture book creator Emma Chichester Clark. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-26 17:42:17 UTC ]
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Journalist Stig Abell has signed a three-book deal with HarperCollins, including his crime fiction debut and one non-fiction title. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-07 18:18:52 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has bought three standalone crime novels from Irish author Dervla McTiernan in a seven-figure deal, to be published by HarperFiction in the UK, William Morrow in the US and HarperCollins Australia in March 2022. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-05 14:26:31 UTC ]
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TV presenter and author Paul O'Grady has signed a “major” multi-book deal with HarperCollins for his debut children’s novel, Eddie Albert and the Amazing Animal Gang, the first in a planned series. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-17 19:53:37 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has signed a new two-book deal with “supremely talented and prolific” author Amanda Brooke. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-26 21:27:06 UTC ]
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As part of the deal, Verizon is acquiring a minority stake in BuzzFeed, which will use the telecom giant’s ad platform to reach more customers. Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2020-11-19 19:16:51 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has signed a multi-book deal with author Alex Brown which will see her published across its HarperFiction and One More Chapter imprints. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-13 04:02:24 UTC ]
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