Spotify Completes Findaway Purchase

Spotify has completed its acquisition of digital audiobook distributor Findaway. The Swedish streaming giant has 422 million monthly active users, and will use the Findaway purchase to speed its growth in the audiobook market. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-06-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic Completes Solid Fiscal 2014

Total revenue at Scholastic rose 2% in the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014, to $1.82 billion, and operating income fell 7% to $63.1 million. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hastings Sale Completed

After a delay caused by lawsuits questioning the adequacy of the purchase price, the shareholders of Hastings Entertainment have approved the sale of the retailer to companies owned by Joel Weinshanker. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH Completes Santillana Ediciones Generales Acquisition

The acquisition, first announced in March, brings the major Spanish-language publisher into PRH Grupo Editorial. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Perseus Sale to Hachette Near Completion

Almost since the death of Perseus Books Group founder Frank Pearl in May 2012, speculation has swirled that the company would be sold. Now, it seems, the rumors have come to fruition, with word leaking that Hachette Book Group has acquired the publisher. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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XanEdu, SharedBook Merge Complete

XanEdu and SharedBook have completed their merger, previously announced in March. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder Completes Quercus Buy

Quercus CEO and cofounder Mark Smith will be leaving the company, but aiding in the transition. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder Completes Quercus Buy, Smith to Leave Company

Quercus CEO and cofounder Mark Smith will be leaving the company, but aiding in the transition. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Midpoint Completes Move to Ingram

As of April 1, Midpoint Trade Books has completed the transfer of its distribution activities to Ingram 3PL. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Netflix and Spotify help drive UK home entertainment revenues to £5.3bn

New figures show that three-fifths of Britain's video, video games and music sales are now derived from the internetGrowing demand for streaming services such as Netflix and Spotify helped the UK home entertainment sector increase its revenues in 2013 for the first time in five years to £5.3bn,... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Deutsche Telekom, Paypal offer carrier billing for digital purchases

Through a deal with PayPal, Deutsche Telekom is letting mobile users purchase digital goods and get billed on their regular mobile phone accounts.Deutsche Telekom has a presence in 14 markets throughout Europe, with some 144 million mobile customers, and is working with PayPal to offer the... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2014-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Patrick Carman's 'Half Nelson' proposal: for each Amazon purchase, buy a book at an independent bookstore

'39 Clues' author Patrick Carman says he knows Amazon is a convenient option, but suggests buying a book from an independent bookstore each time you buy from Amazon. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Complete List of Children's Books and Authors at Wi9

PW has compiled a list of the children's books and galleys being given away at this year's Winter Institute, along with the buzz about why specific authors are attending. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Behind Time Inc. Purchase of American Express Publishing Lies a Long History

After a two-decade-long relationship between the magazine giant Time Inc. and American Express, Time Inc. plans to close quickly on its purchase of American Express’s publishing division. “This 20-year courtship is finally bei ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon's Kindle MatchBook turns past print purchases into low-cost ebooks

It's yet another step in Amazon's merging of the physical and digital worlds—and another ploy for platform lock-in. Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2013-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kindle MatchBook: Re–Purchase your Library from Amazon for $2.99 or less

In October Amazon launches Kindle MatchBook, an arrangement that lets you purchase the Kindle edition of books you've already bought from them in print for $2.99 or less. The agreement currently covers about 10,000 books from a variety of publishers, and the prices are valid for any book... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House merger completed

Pearson and Bertelsmann have completed the merger of Penguin and Random House to create Penguin... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Microsoft Mulling Nook Media LLC Purchase For $1 Billion

Microsoft is offering to pay $1 billion to buy the digital assets of Nook Media LLC, the digital book and college book joint venture with Barnes & Noble and other investors, according to internal documents we’ve obtained. In this plan, ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Atwood completes MaddAddam trilogy

Margaret Atwood's next novel, MaddAddam, will be published by Bloomsbury on 29th August. The... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cambridge Completes Warehouse Sale

Cambridge University Press has completed the sale of its U.S. warehouse and distribution facility in West Nyack, N.Y. CUP announced plans to sell the warehouse as part of a strategic process that included an agreement last summer with Ingram Publisher Services to have Ingram manage the... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rupert Murdoch says Los Angeles Times purchase not a sure thing

Now that Rupert Murdoch is spinning off News Corp.’s publishing properties into a separate company, media observers have identified the Los Angeles Times as a likely target for acquisition. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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