Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know. What does Penguin Random House’s refusal to sign with any ebook subscription service mean for the Big Five? Is…Continue Reading
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Tagged Big Five, digital rights management, DRM, ebook subscription service, Hachette, HarperCollins, Norton, Penguin Random House, People Roundup, Reading habits, Renaissance Learning
Publishing Trends has assembled an updated version of our annual book distribution chart. This year’s list includes 24 companies total – one less than last year due to the consolidation of Penguin and Random House. Of the 24, 13 are publishers with a distribution arm and 11 are distribution-only companies. The trend of including digital distribution continues with 22 of the companies…Continue Reading
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Tagged Abrams, Antique Collectors' Club, ARTBOOK, AtlasBooks, BookMasters, Consortium, D.A.P., distributors, Greenleaf Book Group, Hachette, Hanover Publisher Services, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Independent Publishers Group, Ingram Publisher Services, International Publishers Markteting, Legato Publishing Group, Macmillan, Midpoint Trade, National Book Network, Penguin Random House, Perseus, Perseus Academic, Profiles, Publishers Group West, Red Wheel/Weiser, SCB Distributors, Simon & Schuster, W. W. Norton
With the ever-increasing importance of libraries as a way readers can discover new authors and books, and the growing popularity of digital access, we thought it was time to post a comprehensive update on libraries and ebook licensing. It’s important to recognize that the large majority of libraries license, rather than buy, their ebooks. This…Continue Reading
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Tagged 2014 survey of ebook usage in public libraries, 3M, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Douglas County Libraries, ebooks, freegal, Hachette, HarperCollins, Heather McCormack, hillsboro public library, ian singer, john palfrey, Kindle Unlimited, libraries, licensing, Macmillan, OverDrive, oyster, Penguin, Random House, Simon & Schuster, stephanie chase, the digital shift, the library journal, The New York Times
Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know. Mediabistro further unpacks the diversity and gender data in the Publishers Weekly Salary Survey. What does Authors United’s continued…Continue Reading
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Tagged Amazon, Amazon-Hachette negotiations, American Library Association, Authors United, Banned Books Week, Hachette, Huffington Post, Jeff Bezos, MediaBistro, Publishers Weekly, Salary Survey, Scholarly Journal
Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know. Will the Apple iOS 8 update convert Amazon Kindle users into iBooks users? Will print books survive alongside ebooks…Continue Reading
Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know. Will there be an audiobook war similar to the current Amazon–Hachette war in the near future? A new report on direct…Continue Reading
It turns out Simon & Schuster, who has been gaining press attention with the release of its “Behind the Book” video series, isn’t the only publishing company that’s been building its video cache. We’ve decided to gather a few together for viewing. Here’s a little background in case you missed it: S&S uploaded 5 videos of book…Continue Reading
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Tagged Amazon, barnes and noble, behind the book, brands, bryan devendorf, Digital Book World, Ellie Hirschhorn, Erin Gorham, Farrar Straus & Giroux, garth stein, Goodreads, GQ magazine, Hachette, HarperCollins, James Patterson, Jeremy Greenfield, kid and the wolf, Nellie Kurtzman, publishers, Random House, Simon and Schuster, Soho Press, the national, video
PEOPLE Workman Publishing Company announced that Dan Reynolds has been appointed Chief Executive Officer. He will relocate to New York full-time on October 1, 2014. Carolan Workman continues in the role of Executive Chair of the Board and President, and Katie Workman is named VP of Strategic Marketing and Business Development. As CEO and president…Continue Reading
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Tagged Abrams, Abrams Artists Agency, Amazon Publishing, Ampoto Books, Ashley Lima, B&N, Beijing International Book Fair, Betsy Stromberg, Bouchercon Mystery Convention 2014, Brand Licensing Europe 2014, Brenda Marsh, Brian Grogan, Brooklyn Book Festival, Carolan Workman, Catherine Lynch, Chloe Rawlins, Christina Rodriguez, Chronicle Books, Colleen Venable, Curtis Brown, Dan Reynolds, David Doerrer, Diane Gedyman, Digital Kids Summit, Disney-Hyperion, DMA 2014, Edinburgh International Book Festival, Elena Hershey, Emma Sweeney Agency, Erin Gorham, First Second Books, Flavorwire, Frankfurt Book Fair, Gotham/Avery, Grand Central Publishing, Guadalajara International Book Fair, Hachette, Hammah Buchsbaum, Hanna Glidden, HarperCollins, Hudson Street Press, Ingram, Internet Archive, IPG, Jason Diamond, Jay Sahcer, Jeff Salane, Jynne Martin, Kara Plikaitis, Kate Stark, Katie McHugh, Katie McKee, Katie Salisbury, Katie Workman, Kelly Chipponeri, Kensington, Klutz, Lance Fitzgerald, Latoya Smith, Lee Peters, Legato Publishers, LIBER 2014, Linda Kaplan, Lindsay Kline, Lisa Johnson, Lisa Yoskowitz, Little Brown Books for Young Readers, Lorraine Woodcheke, Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2014, Margery Mayer, Marie Florio, Mark Suchomel, Men's Journal, Moscow International Book Fair, Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association Conference, NAIBA Fall Conference 2014, Natalie Mulford, National Book Festival, NEIBA Fall Conference, Netta Rabin, New York Comic Con, New York Public Library, Noah Ballard, Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Fall Show, Pearson Education, Penguin, Penny Makras, Perseus, Peter Brantley, PGW, Potter Style, Princeton Architectural Press, Publishers Lunch, Putnam, Riverhead, S&S, Salon du Livre de Montréal, Samhain, São Paulo Book Fair, Scholastic, Sharjah International Book Fair, Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators Summer Conference, Stephanie Wong, Storey Publishing, Ten Speed Press, Texas Book Festival, The Crown Publishing Group, The Publishing Desk, Timber Press, Time Home Entertainment, Toronto Book Fair, Turner Publishing, Twelfth International Conference on Books, Watson-Guptill, Wiley, Will Schrom, Workman, World Fantasy Convention
