As the industry takes a fresh look at whether or not to lift DRM from ebooks to provide readers with greater flexibility (and something closer to real ownership and control of their files) and potentially loosen the "lock in" of particular platforms, the IDPF has published a draft proposal outlining…
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People: Harlequin Reorganizes Marketing Channels Into Single Digital Unit
by Sarah Weinman on May 18, 2012 in Free, Personnel
Earlier this month Harlequin reorganized its North American digital, retail, direct-to-consumer, and physical sales and marketing channels into a single division, which will be spearheaded by Craig Swinwood, named coo of the entire division. "By bringing these groups together under a single division, we wanted to strengthen the focus on…
eBooks Grow to Comprise 6 Percent of Export Sales
by Michael Cader on May 18, 2012 in eNews, Industry Statistics, International News, Sales
As part of their expanding BookStats project, the AAP is now breaking out some meaningful export sales data for the first time. Many US publishers have known that export is the prime growth areas and have been devoting resources towards maximizing the opportunity. The interesting insight is that, while digital…
Initiatives: Faber In Audio Co-Venture with Canongate; Hay House Enrolls Bloggers
by Michael Cader on May 18, 2012 in Audio, Audio, eNews, International News, Marketing, Social Network, Web marketing/promotion
In the UK, Faber has entered in an audio co-publishing venture with Canongate (which acquired audio publisher CSA in 2010). Canongate will produce and sell audio editions of up to about a dozen Faber titles annually, the Bookseller reports. (Faber will continue to publish audio versions of their poetry books…
Simon & Schuster Agrees to Settle with States
by Michael Cader on May 17, 2012 in Legal
As expected would happen, Simon & Schuster has signed a memorandum of understanding with the original group of state attorneys general who filed suit against the company as part of the action over ebook pricing. That memo was executed May 10, the parties told Federal Judge Denise Cote, in a…
Awards: Rea Award to Baxter; Carnegie Nominates Lauded Authors
by Michael Cader on May 17, 2012 in Awards, Free, Personnel
The twenty-fifth Rea Award for the Short Story has gone to Charles Baxter. The prize recognizes a US or Canadian writer who has "made a significant contribution to the discipline of the short story as an art form." Baxter's works include six published collections of stories. The jurors wrote (in…
Burkle to Reallocate His Barnes & Noble Stock
by Michael Cader on May 17, 2012 in Bookstores, Finance
Barnes & Noble's stock was having a rough day in Thursday morning trading and then briefly plunged in the afternoon following an SEC filing by large shareholder Ron Burkle. What he reported to the SEC is that two of the entities he controls--Yucaipa American Alliance Fund II and Yucaipa American…
eNews: CreateSpace Allows Authors To Distribute Into Amazon Europe Sites For Free; Kobo Will Sell Harry Potter eBooks; and More
by Sarah Weinman on May 17, 2012 in Direct publishing, Distribution, eNews, eReaders, On Demand
Amazon's print-on-demand service CreateSpace will now allow self-published authors to distribute their books into Germany, Italy, France, Spain, and the UK for free through the company's websites in those countries. "We are very excited to offer our members the option to distribute their books on Amazon sites in Europe. By…
Hyperion to Publish New Mitch Albom Novel, THE TIME KEEPER, on August 28
by Sarah Weinman on May 16, 2012 in Authors, New Releases/Forthcoming
Mitch Albom will return to fiction with the August 28 release of THE TIME KEEPER, which Hyperion described in release as a "magical new novel" that "re-invents the legend of Father Time, and casts him not as an old, withered man, but as a gifted young boy who becomes the…
People: Frost, Ambrosi, Fuentes, and George
by Sarah Weinman on May 15, 2012 in Authors, Distribution, eNews, Free, Personnel
Former president and publisher of the Crown Publishing Group Jenny Frost has joined Scholastic as epublisher and svp ebook strategy. Frost has been working as a consultant for the past two years. Sterling vp marketing and publicity Leigh Ann Ambrosi will join Crown Archetype in the newly created position of vp,…
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- IDPF Suggests Exploring New Type of DRM May 18, 2012
- People: Harlequin Reorganizes Marketing Channels Into Single Digital Unit May 18, 2012
- eBooks Grow to Comprise 6 Percent of Export Sales May 18, 2012
- Initiatives: Faber In Audio Co-Venture with Canongate; Hay House Enrolls Bloggers May 18, 2012
- Simon & Schuster Agrees to Settle with States May 17, 2012
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