Saturday, September 15, 2012

Book publishing

  • A Book Guy Gets a Top Spot

    When Hachette Book Group announced that Little, Brown publisher Michael Pietsch would succeed David Young next spring at the top perch of the publishing company, many were surprised. Surprised that Young was stepping down—he will be staying with ...

    www.publishersweekly.com

  • Audiobook Leader Tantor Media Launches Into Print & E-Book Publishing

    NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Tantor Media (www.Tantor.com), one of the nation's largest independent audiobook publishers, is venturing into the realm of printed books. The 12-year-old publisher - after releasing 2,700 audiobooks -- is ...

    www.sacbee.com

  • E-Book Publishing Rejuvenated at The Wall Street Journal

    The Wall Street Journal was an early entrant into the e-book market compared to other non-book-publishing media companies.

    www.digitalbookworld.com

  • Québec's Digital Book Warehouse: Publishing in Quebec 2012

    Every minute, a title is added—5150 rue des Ormes, I Hate Hockey, L'envers de l'assiette, À fleur de peau; every hour, a new author is categorized—Patrick Senécal, François Barcelo, Laure Waridel, Martine Latulippe; every day, a new publisher signs ...

    www.publishersweekly.com

  • Number One Book System Inundated with People Seeking Membership in Final ...

    In its final registration period, the Number One Book System has been flooded with requests for membership to its all-inclusive community of writers and publishers who are learning all about the Amazon e-book publishing process. While registration was ...

    www.equities.com

  • Former Banker Promises Inside Peek at Goldman

    Grand Central Publishing, a division of the Hachette Book Group, secured a deal, offering Mr. Smith an advance of close to $1.5 million, according to people with direct knowledge of the negotiations.

    dealbook.nytimes.com

  • Judge approves settlement in e-book case

    U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in New York gave initial approval to the accord with Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers and Simon & Schuster Inc. and all the states but Minnesota. Hachette agreed to pay $31.7 million; HarperCollins, $19.6 ...

    www.latimes.com

  • Kent Larson of Bridgeport National Bindery on changes in the book publishing ...

    Cary Sherburne: So you've migrated your business really from being a bindery, a case bindery, to now having full book printing services, and I wonder if you could just talk to us a little bit about the changes that you're seeing in the book publishing ...

    whattheythink.com

  • Fantagraphics to publish Ed Piskor's Hip Hop Family Tree as a book

    Fantagraphics to publish Ed Piskor's Hip Hop Family Tree as a book. By Mark Frauenfelder at 8:10 pm Friday, Sep 14.

    boingboing.net

  • Beasty Book; Local author finds freedom in self-publishing

    The book is sold on Amazon.com and locally at The Bookstore. Lavering published her book through her own company, Silvermist Publishing LLC. Although she had submitted the book to another publishing company, she decided she wanted more control ...

    elkodaily.com

  • Espresso Book Machine

    At McNally Jackson, the set-up cost for a custom book ranges from a bare-bones $19 to $349, which includes consulting and design help.

    online.barrons.com

  • Government's e-book case helps Amazon build toward a monopoly

    To recap: In 2010, five major book publishers decided to change their sales method for e-books from the conventional model, in which online booksellers paid wholesale prices for the books and sold them for whatever retail price they chose, to an ...

    www.latimes.com

  • Spotlight Interview with Maggie Lyons, Author of Vin and the Dorky Duet

    Today we have author Maggie Lyons who just debuted her first children's contemporary chapter book, Vin and the Dorky Duet from MuseItUp Publishing (eBook) and Halo Publishing International (print). When I asked Maggie Lyons to share a bit about herself ...

    blogcritics.org

  • Research and Markets: 2012 Report on the $28 Billion US Book Publishers ...

    Research and Markets: 2012 Report on the $28 Billion US Book Publishers Industry that Features John Wiley & Sons, McGraw-Hill, Pearson and Scholastic.

    www.heraldonline.com

  • DOJ, please don't let up on Apple, book publishers

    In April, the Department of Justice filed suit and accused five of the country's largest book publishers of conspiring with Apple to raise e-book prices.

    news.cnet.com

  • New Study: 55% of YA Books Bought by Adults

    More than half the consumers of books classified for young adults aren't all that young. According to a new study, fully 55% of buyers of works that publishers designate for kids aged 12 to 17 -- known as YA books -- are 18 or older, with the largest ...

    www.publishersweekly.com

  • E-book Publishers Reach $69 Million Settlement With States

    Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers and Simon & Schuster have agreed to an antitrust settlement with the attorneys general of 54 U.S.

    www.pcworld.com

  • New Book Warns Americans of the Danger of Individualism

    iUniverse has a strategic alliance with Indigo Books & Music, Inc. in Canada, and titles accepted into the iUniverse Rising Star program are featured in a special collection on BarnesandNoble.

    www.equities.com

  • New Book Details how to Break the Spells of Painful Emotions

    iUniverse has a strategic alliance with Indigo Books & Music, Inc. in Canada, and titles accepted into the iUniverse Rising Star program are featured in a special collection on BarnesandNoble.

    www.equities.com

  • Monica Lewinsky Hawking Secret New Book

    Monica Lewinsky has been shopping a new book, sources tell the New York Post, and it's so hush-hush that she's making publishers sign a non-disclosure agreement before she'll meet with them. "I'm sure every major publisher was interested in hearing ...

    www.newser.com

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