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After 3 months, Amazon restores IPG’s Kindle titles

By May. 25, 2012, 5:10pm No Comments

Three months after Amazon yanked book distributor IPG’s 5,000 titles from the Kindle store in a fight over terms, the two companies have come to an agreement and Amazon has restored the titles. IPG’s letter to clients is below. Read More »

Is this the next “50 Shades of Grey”?

By May. 25, 2012, 9:15am No Comments

This weekly feature tells the backstory of how one e-book became a bestseller, and highlights bestselling titles that are selling more copies in digital than in print. This week: The next “50 Shades of Grey”? Read More »

 
 

5 key takeaways from paidContent 2012

By Robert Andrews, Laura Hazard Owen, Jeff Roberts May. 24, 2012, 5:34pm No Comments

It’s all about the platform — except when it isn’t: Speakers at paidContent 2012 spoke about the opportunities, challenges and constraints of creating digital content. Read More »

Harry Potter’s publishing wand can tame Amazon, pirates

By May. 23, 2012, 6:27pm No Comments

“If you buy a digital book you should be able to read it on anything you want to read it on”, said Pottermore CEO Charlie Redmayne at paidContent 2012. Read More »

Richard Russo: Amazon puts great young writers in “particular peril”

By May. 23, 2012, 5:09pm 11 Comments

Amazon is a “predator,” Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Russo said at paidContent 2012 this afternoon, and he believes that young undiscovered writers are at particular risk. Read More »

Hachette lets you read free chapters from upcoming books on Facebook

By May. 23, 2012, 11:19am 1 Comment

Big-six publisher Hachette Book Group is making free chapters of upcoming books from bestselling authors like James Patterson and Michael Connelly available through a new Facebook app. Read More »

The new digital newsstand: Enabling “pass-along” — and saying no sometimes

By May. 23, 2012, 10:33am No Comments

The biggest challenge for a media company like Meredith is shifting focus to consumer engagement across platforms, Meredith’s Liz Schimel said at paidContent 2012. Part of that means making the brands available on the right platforms, but not all platforms. Read More »

Publishers intimidated by big data should think about “little data” first

By May. 22, 2012, 1:24pm 2 Comments

Big data is an intimidating concept for publishers who don’t collect much info about their customers already. A first step is to think about “data-driven decision making,” and little data, says bitly’s Hilary Mason. Read More »

Why the Waterstones/Amazon deal could hurt Waterstones

By May. 21, 2012, 5:32pm 6 Comments

UK bookstore chain Waterstones is partnering with Amazon to sell the Kindle in its 294 stores starting this fall. The deal is bad news for Barnes & Noble. But it may not be so great for Waterstones, either. Here’s why. Read More »

Hachette is offering new e-books to some libraries

By May. 20, 2012, 6:41pm 1 Comment

Hachette, which has not made e-books available to libraries since 2010, is reconsidering the idea. In a pilot program starting this spring, the publisher is working with two e-book distributors to bring a “selection of HBG’s recent bestselling e-books to 7 million library patrons.” Read More »

Crashing a book on the financial crash: E-book bestsellers breakdown

By May. 18, 2012, 12:50pm No Comments

This weekly feature tells the backstory of how one e-book became a bestseller, and highlights bestselling titles that are selling more copies in digital than in print. This week: Crashing a book about the financial crash. Read More »

Pottermore adds Kobo as a Harry Potter e-book partner

By May. 17, 2012, 8:39am No Comments

Pottermore has partnered with Kobo to make the Harry Potter e-books available on Kobo devices. Pottermore has similar arrangements with Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Sony and Google (but not Apple yet). Read More »

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Inkling will sell iPad textbooks in over 900 college bookstores
By May. 15, 2012, 11:30am No Comments

iPad textbook publisher Inkling is partnering with college bookstore provider Follett. Starting this fall, Follett will sell hundreds of Inkling titles in its over 900 college bookstores — including Stanford and UC Berkeley — and on its website. Read More »

Fox, Ridley Scott nab film rights to self-published sci-fi series
By May. 14, 2012, 9:33am No Comments

As traditional book publishers are increasingly signing self-published authors, Hollywood studios are also looking to self-published books for their next blockbuster. Last month, Universal acquired the film rights to “Fifty Shades of Grey.” Now Fox and Ridley Scott have acquired the rights to sci-fi series “Wool.” Read More »

Nokia launches Reading app for Lumia in Europe
By May. 11, 2012, 11:25am No Comments

Nokia is launching its Reading app and e-bookstore for the Lumia Windows Phone in France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain and the UK. In doing so, the company hopes to bring more local-language e-books to countries where e-readers haven’t yet taken off. Read More »

This book plays itself on TV: E-book bestsellers breakdown
By May. 11, 2012, 10:16am No Comments

This new weekly feature tells the backstory of how one e-book became a bestseller, and highlights bestselling titles that are selling more copies in digital than in print. This week: A book that plays itself on TV. Read More »

Pottermore CEO: New Amazon deal so big, any lost Harry Potter sales “more than made up for”
By May. 10, 2012, 9:04am 3 Comments

Amazon will make all seven Harry Potter e-books available in the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library. “It’s a commercial deal that makes sense even with a level of cannibalization of sales,” Pottermore CEO Charlie Redmayne tells paidContent, “but I believe it will actually drive greater sales.” Read More »

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