Ingram has announced what they call "a comprehensive solution for publishers to manage the complete life cycle of print books," under the banner LifePrint. The program lets publishers manage everything from print-on-demand and digital short-runs up through full offset runs from a master digital file, so they can "manufacture books…
About Michael Cader
Michael Cader is the creator of Publishers Lunch and PublishersMarketplace.comApple's Biggest Obstacle? Judge Cote Already Thinks They Are Guilty
In a pre-trial hearing before the beginning of the scheduled June 3 ebook price-fixing case between the government and Apple, Judge Denise Cote reasserted in plain language what has been clear some of her rulings a year ago: She already thinks Apple is guilty. Cote said: "I believe that the…
News Corp. Approves Separation; Aims for June 28
The board of News Corporation formally approved the division of the company's assets into two publicly-traded companies. They expect the spinoff to occur in a month, on June 28. As previously described, HarperCollins will join the company's newspapers, education unit and other division in the New News Corp. which will…
Your Quick Guide to BEA
Here are a variety of links and resources to help you prepare for next week's BEA (whether you're going or not): - Our free ebook Buzz Books 2013: Fall/Winter is the biggest galley giveaway you'll see (running about 750 pages in all). It solves the "BEA discovery problem" by packing together substantial excerpts…
Getting Ready for BEA
Here is our quick guide for your BEA preparations: - Our free ebook Buzz Books 2013: Fall/Winter is the biggest galley giveaway you'll see, featuring substantial excerpts from 40 forthcoming book (running about 750 pages in all). It includes work from many featured BEA speakers, such as Amy Tan, Jonathan…
New Dan Brown Opens with A Million Units In the US
Doubleday reports to us that Dan Brown's INFERNO sold 1 million units in the US and Canada in its first five days on sale, through Saturday, in print and ebook sales combined. The company did not break out the distribution between formats, but the Nielsen Bookscan count would indicate that…
Last to Settle Pays the Most: Penguin Agrees to Pay Over $90 Million to Settle eBook Pricing Suits
Penguin's hard-to-fathom delay in settling the state and class-action lawsuits over ebook pricing (after settling with the Department of Justice in December 2012) was down to the wire, with the company forced to join in the trial starting June 3. But on Wednesday, it was announced that the publisher has…
Jones Is the Latest to Leave in Granta Restructuring, and More
Granta Publications executive publisher Philip Gwyn Jones is the latest employee to be shown the door, leaving Granta this summer according to a company announcement. They now admit that a larger reorganization is underway after the resignations of Granta Magazine editor John Freeman and deputy editor Ellah Allfrey, to result…
The BEA Master Schedule
BEA keeps making incremental improvements to their web site and mobile app but they still don't provide what a lot of attendees (and our readers) ask for: All the events in a single spreadsheet, arranged by time and date. So here, bigger than ever, is our annual pass at organizing…
The Publishers Lunch BEA 2013 Party Planner
In keeping with our tradition, here is an overview of the known BEA after-hours celebrants and events so far. (If your event is not listed, that means you didn’t let us know–send an e-mail and we’ll update as appropriate.) As usual, this is a guide to what's happening rather than…
- Retailer Report Says Barnes & Noble Foot Traffic Rose Significantly in First Quarter
- More On Cost Cutting, Exodus At Granta; Freeman "Decided it was a good time to get out. And I quit"
- NYPL's Helen Bernstein Book Award to Katharine Boo
- Modern Times Bookstore In SF May Close in September Unless They Clear $100,000 In Debt
- Second Judge Agrees that Borders Gift-Card Holders Won't Get Any Bankruptcy Proceeds
- Ingram Announces Broader Printing Program
- More on Granta Cost-Cutting, Exodus
- Apple's Biggest Obstacle? Judge Cote Already Thinks They Are Guilty
- News Corp. Approves Separation; Aims for June 28
- People, Etc.
- Penguin Blinks on Agency Model Civil Suit: [...] to Publishers Lunch, “As the last to settl...
- Further ruminations about the complex notion of scale in publishing - The Shatzkin Files: [...] their scale. They’re now seeing Google...
- Amazon Gives Authors New World of Options | Digital Book World: [...] Penguin Pays Through the Nose (Pub Lunch) La...
- Abandoning Amazon | Digital Book World: [...] publishers may find this out-of-the-box solu...
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