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Thursday 2nd September |
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Feature Items
Scholastic Books Revamps Its Marketing This school year, Scholastic is taking a new approach to getting its books into classrooms
Groupon For Publishers & Bookstores Publishers and bookstores should pay attention to the explosive growth of group coupon service, Groupon
Has Rupert Murdoch's Paywall Gamble Paid Off? The paywall at News International may not be winning many fans, but the man behind it is determined to keep it standing
The Perfect Bookstore Offers A 'transformative Experience' What is the dream of book lovers everywhere?
Accessible Ebooks Help Publishers To Reach More Readers Ebooks have transformed reading for those with print impairments, and still more can be done
The Digital Innovators: Henry Volans Of Faber Digital Faber's digital strategy, and the current state of e-publishing in the UK today
Publishers Struggle To Adapt To E-books (and So Do Book Lovers) She prefers the book version, while he reads it on his iPad
Digested Read: Tony Blair A Journey WMDs, George Bush, Cherie and Gordo: Tony Blair's memoir in just 818 words!
Twist In The Tale For Digital Reading Thanks to falling e-reader prices, a growing digital inventory and changing consumer habits, publishers are reporting strong e-book sales
Sitting, Lying Or Standing: What's The Pole Position For Reading? Is it weird to read lying on your stomach?
Can Low Prices And Customer Rewards Nurse Borders Back To Health? Borders is trying to get back into the black with fewer stores and a focus on digital books
On- And Off-line Reviewing The state of reviewing and criticism
Bestsellers Propel Big Sales For Random House And Hachette When one author becomes a big phenomenon, big sales — and big profits — are the end result. But when that phenomenon starts to wane, the red ink starts to creep into the black
Edinburgh Book Festival Signs Off For 2010 The Edinburgh International Book Festival closed its doors Monday night with the announcement of the formation of a Word Alliance network including four other book festivals ranging from China to Canada
Book Fan Reveals Collection Of 15,000 Penguin Paperbacks Bookworm Steve Hare has unveiled the world's largest collection of Penguin paperbacks
A Modest Proposal For Authors Who Abandon Their Publishers — Give Me A Break If I were a commissioning editor in a major publishing house, I'd be feeling a little unloved right now
The Other Comparison: Ebook Royalties Versus Ebook Self-publishing The next comparison to make, between doing a book with a publisher and doing it without a publisher at all
Chinese Fiction In Translation While world literature has found its way into China, Chinese literature is still fumbling to find its feet in the world
Is E-reading Really Greener? Is it really greener to abandon the good old print-on-paper book for a cool gadget that holds hundreds of books without causing back strain?
Mobile Content Pricing And Business Models In China Chinese government has started promoting digital reading, which caused a surge in the popularity of mobile reading, particularly among young readers
The Value Of Negative Reviews So why are negative reviews so polarizing? And can this debate ever be definitively resolved?
Beijing 2010: A Busy Fair With High Optimism With China announced as the Focus Country at London Book Fair 2012 this morning, more interest from the British publishers in the Chinese market is to be expected
Did Jackal Screw Amazon? Amazon.com could not find much humor when Wylie offered them a two-year exclusive commitment that he then had to abandon because he didn't quite own the rights to the books he was offering
Publishing In Flux Seth Godin's very public defection is just one more example of how publishing is in flux
Ben Jelloun Hates Even The Gentler, Kinder Houellebecq Tahar Ben Jelloun, left, has initiated a literary feud with Michel Houellebecq |
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