Amazon has launched their Kindle for PC application, and still promises a Mac version coming soon. It ties in to the launch of Windows 7 and is designed to use certain capabilities in the new software, though it also works with Windows XP and Vista. Given the size of that platform, the new app could do far more than the international Kindle to make Kindle files available throughout the world. Separately, Wired observes: “But the thing that intrigues us is the screenshot above (along with more on the Amazon site) which shows a book with color illustrations. This may mean […]
Archives for November 2009
People and Authors
Stephenie Meyer will make a rare promotional appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show this Friday. She blogs on why she is “making an exception” from “doing the hermit thing”: “I am so pleased and amazed and thrilled with what Chris Weitz has done with New Moon that I want to talk about it, and to show my support for him.”Meyer blog Gwendolyn Heasley will join Artisans and Artisans as an agent, focusing on young adult. Her own debut YA novel, Confessions of a Teenage Recessionista, was sold to Harper Collins in a two-book deal in July. Vook has hired Peggy […]
Granted: Judge Gives GBS Parties Until Friday the 13th
Judge Denny Chin agreed to the request of the plaintiffs attorneys to wait until “no later than” Friday, November 13 for the submission of a revised settlement agreement. They write that they met with the Department of Justice “as recently as this past Friday” and “the parties have been working diligently” on the revised agreement.
Lunch Weekly for Monday, November 9
Deal Reports Just e-mail to deals@PublishersMarketplace if you aren’t using the online form linked below. Report a deal using the online form The Key As usual, the handy key to our Lunch deal categories. While all reports are always welcome, those that include a category will generally receive a higher listing when it comes time to put them all together. “nice deal” $1 – $49,000 “very nice deal” $50,000 – $99,000 “good deal” $100,000 – $250,000 “significant deal” $251,000 – $499,000 “major deal” $500,000 and up FICTION Debut Scholastic editor-in-chief and best selling YA author David Levithan’s first adult […]
Google Parties Want Until Friday the 13th? Judge Chin Denies Photographers
Unconfirmed “tweets” online this morning indicated that the parties have asked the judge for a little more time, until the auspicious Friday the 13th of November. Meanwhile, consistent with his earlier decisions to swat away those who wish to intervene or otherwise delay the consideration of the settlement, last week Judge Denny Chin denied the motions by a variety of individual photographers and photography organizations. Chin writes, “the proposed settlement does not concern the rights to their pictoral materials and it binds them in no way. The movants are free to initiate their own litigation, and to invest the time, […]
Briefs: High Demand for Nook; Harlequin Launches Digital-Only Carina Press; IDPF Moves Conference to BEA
Barnes & Noble spokesperson Mary Ellen Keating tells the WSJ that “demand for the nook in our stores and online has surpassed our expectations.” While the first wave of pre-orders will ship to customers on November 30, those who purchase the units now are being told their orders will ship on December 11. Keating says “we are working hard to meet demand for the holidays.” Harlequin announced the launch of Carina Press, a digital-only publishing house that will sell directly to consumers and “operate independently of their traditional publishing businesses.” Angela James is joining the new operation as executive editor. […]