Industry Moves: Macmillan; IGN; HarperCollins; Rodale
– Macmillan: Brian Napack is stepping down as president of Macmillan, effective the end of the year. In a letter to employees, he writes, “… Read more »
New Stats: E-Book Revs Up 131% YTD, But Overall Trade Sales Decline
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The newest statistics from the Association of American Publishers show that e-books saw triple-digit percentage growth in October, compared… Read more »
How Publishers And Authors Are Promoting E-Books For The Holidays
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I asked publishers and authors how they’re promoting their e-books for the holidays and got answers from bundling and free samplers to Kindl… Read more »
Highlights Of 2011: The Year In Paid Content, By The Numbers
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This is the last in a series of posts over this week that looks at the most significant developments of this year in the sectors that we cov… Read more »
Wimp Sues Zombie In New Test Of Parody Limits
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The owner of the popular Wimpy Kid franchise is suing an upstart publisher for releasing an illustrated “diary” featuring a haggard, blood-s… Read more »
Will There Ever Be A Universal, MP3-Like Standard For E-Books?
Digital music is now mainstream, thanks in part to the MP3. Will the e-book market be next to produce a one-size-fits-all format-a format th… Read more »
The Queen On Kindle
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When you unwrap your new Kindle on Christmas morning and are wondering what to read first, may I suggest Her Royal Majesty’s Christmas Day s… Read more »
Updated: Amazon Releases Kindle Fire Update; New Features In iOS Apps
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Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) has released its promised Kindle Fire software update, which the company says will resolve some of the problems users ha… Read more »
Publishing Insider Tipped Law Firms About E-Book Price Fixing Conspiracy
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The decision by major publishers to strike a pricing deal with Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has been the source of speculation and several antitrust i… Read more »
Highlights Of 2011: The Year In Book Publishing, By The Numbers
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This is the second in a series of posts over this week that looks at the most significant developments of this year in the sectors that we c… Read more »
Epicurious, Random House Partner To Sell Digital Cookbooks
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Condé Nast cooking site Epicurious is selling Random House digital cookbooks that users can import into their “digital recipe boxes.” Howev… Read more »
Pottermore.com Runs Reading Survey In Preparation For Harry Potter E-Books
Ahead of the release of the Harry Potter e-books and digital audiobooks, J. K. Rowling’s Pottermore.com is running a survey on reading habit… Read more »
Barnes & Noble's Nook Will Likely Launch In UK In 2012
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Barnes & Noble’s Nook e-reader will hit the UK “in the not too distant future,” a company VP said yesterday. The Kindle and Kobo are already… Read more »
Stop Treating $9.99 As The Magic E-Book Price
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$9.99 is often treated as a magic price–the cost of a New York Times bestseller on Kindle back in the good old days, before big-six publish… Read more »
ePub Direct Funded To Supply E-Books To Kindle, iBooks Et Al
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If print book costs major on distributing boxes of dead trees, what price the e-book fulfilment sector? Read more »
China E-Reader Sales Down Thanks To Lack Of Content
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Though the e-book phenomenon is now taking off around the world, Chinese e-reader sales actually fell 5.1 percent, according to Analysys Int… Read more »
Here's A Real-ish Kindle Number From Amazon
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Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) has released a real number for how many Kindles are selling. Well, sort of. Read more »
Does Anybody Care About Tablet Stats That Don't Include The Kindle Fire?
Let’s find out! Research firm IDC released its Q3 2011 report on media tablet shipments today. You’ll recall that the Kindle Fire and Nook T… Read more »
New Site Will Offer Groupon-Style Deals On E-Books
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Andrew Rhomberg thinks discovering new books online isn’t much fun. It’s great if you already know what you’re looking for, but if you’re ho… Read more »
Back To Square One In The Google Books Lawsuit
It’s been more than six years since the Authors Guild first sued Google (NSDQ: GOOG) for scanning books. Today, with a proposed settlement i… Read more »
Byliner Has Sold Over 100,000 Original E-Singles
Longform journalism site Byliner has sold over 100,000 of its “Byliner Originals” since launching the program in April, says CEO John Tayman… Read more »
Publishers' Social Site aNobii Relaunches To Put The 'Book' In 'Facebook'
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Book-readers’ social commerce site aNobii has got the relaunch for which three book publishers invested in it back in March. Read more »
Crayola Moves From Magic Markers To E-Books
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Seeing “digital devices as another canvas for kids to share their originality and creative ideas,” Crayola is partnering with interactive st… Read more »
Is There A Business Model To Support Some Of The Great New Curation Tools?
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I love talking about the things I enjoy using. The emerging ecosystem in which a bunch of smart people curate long form journalism is defini… Read more »
Self-Published Authors Debate Amazon's KDP Select
When Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) launched the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library last month, it contained around 5,000 traditionally published titles. J… Read more »
With Netflix For Nook Color, Barnes & Noble Fights Against Kindle Fire
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Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) is blurring the lines between the $199 Nook Color and $249 Nook Tablet with a major update for the Color, adding… Read more »
A Closer Look At Apple's Role In The E-book 'Conspiracy'
In the mushrooming controversy over e-books, it’s easy to understand the publishers’ motives. But what about Apple? (NSDQ: AAPL) Did the com… Read more »
Wiley Sees Digital Revenues Up From Last Year, Down From Previous Quarter
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Book publisher John Wiley & Sons’ professional/trade book division made $9 (£5.85) million from e-book sales in the second quarter of fisca… Read more »
Update: Amazon Eyeing Up Mobile Carrier Billing With New Bango Deal?
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Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) has been jumping with two feet into the mobile world — launching an app storefront, an enhanced selection of cloud-base… Read more »
Amazon Expands Kindle Owners' Lending Library To Self-Published Authors
As rumored, self-published authors who agree to make their e-books available exclusively on Kindle for 90 days are now eligible to include t… Read more »
China's Dangdang Does An Amazon With E-Books, Apps, E-Reader
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The Chinese e-commerce site Dangdang (NYSE:DANG) is set to follow in the footsteps of Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) (NASDAQ:AMZN) and its Kindle when… Read more »
The E-book Investigations: Are Publishers And Apple Breaking The Law?
It’s been a week to forget for publishers after both the Justice Department and the European Commission announced investigations into e-book… Read more »
Stop Freaking Out About Amazon's Price Check App
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This Saturday, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) is running a promotion that is making a lot of people very mad: Use the company’s Price Check mobile app… Read more »
Kids On Kindle: Amazon Starts Publishing Children's Books
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With the release of its color-screened, picture-book-friendly Kindle Fire, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) is expanding into publishing books for a new… Read more »
The Camera In The Book: Engaging Paddington On iPad
The book is no longer a book. This charming iPad remake of Paddington Bear goes way beyond early “interactive” conversions of linear texts b… Read more »
Europe Probing Apple And Publishers For E-book Price 'Cartel'
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After carrying out unannounced inspections at the companies back in March, the European Commission is now starting a formal antitrust invest… Read more »
Kindle Fire Offers 'Disappointingly Poor' Experience; 'Miserable' Magazines
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Will the projected 3.9 million Kindle Fire buyers this quarter end up disappointed with their new tablets? User-experience guru Jakob Nielse… Read more »
The Truth About Amazon Publishing, Part II
In an interview with Publishers Weekly, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) says it will double the number of original titles it publishes next year, to 400… Read more »
Kindle Fire To Ship 3.9 Million Units In Q411, 2nd Only To iPad: Estimate
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Amazon’s Kindle Fire is the second most popular tablet after the iPad and will ship 3.9 million units in the last quarter of this year, proj… Read more »
Kobo Will Give Away 1 Free E-Book Per Month, With Caveats
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Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) recently gave Kindle-owning Prime members a new perk: The Kindle Owners’ Lending Library, which allows them to borrow a… Read more »
