Sep
07
Swiss UBS ad features Legend Press author Zoe Jenny
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Aug
31
Trailer: The Anatomy of Ghosts by Andrew Taylor
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Aug
27
Links of the day
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Publishers are more relevant than ever in the digital era. (Ursula Mackenzie, Guardian)
Andrew Wylie blew his big chance. (BNET)
The new Kindle offers the best E Ink screen, the fastest page turns, the smallest, lightest, thinnest body and the lowest price tag of any e-reader. (New York Times)
Andrew Wylie blew his big chance. (BNET)
The new Kindle offers the best E Ink screen, the fastest page turns, the smallest, lightest, thinnest body and the lowest price tag of any e-reader. (New York Times)
Aug
26
Links of the day
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Random House may have stopped Andrew Wylie publishing ebooks by its authors, but the question of who owns digital rights in works written before the ebook era remains. (Sarah Weinman, Daily Finance)
Interview with Peter Collingridge of Enhanced Editions (which produced ebooks for Andrew Wylie's Odyssey). (Publishing Perspectives)
iAds may appear in iBooks. (CNET)
The London Libraries Change Programme, which now enters its third year of changing nothing, is about to appoint its fourth set of outside consultants. (Good Library Blog)
Interview with Peter Collingridge of Enhanced Editions (which produced ebooks for Andrew Wylie's Odyssey). (Publishing Perspectives)
iAds may appear in iBooks. (CNET)
The London Libraries Change Programme, which now enters its third year of changing nothing, is about to appoint its fourth set of outside consultants. (Good Library Blog)
Aug
25
Links of the day
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If we hold fast to the idea that libraries have to be lovingly cared for and decently resourced, the idea of inexorable decline can be contested. (John Harris, Guardian)
Barnes & Noble posts steeper-than-expected quarterly loss, says that proxy battle with Ron Burkle will put it even further in the red. (Reuters)
UK shoppers ordering wi-fi and 3G + wi-fi versions of the Kindle will have to wait until 17 September. (v3)
Research, based on publishers' revenues, suggests that Google Book Search is not harming them. (But the 2010 figures might not support this theory.) (techdirt)
Why we need publishers. (Huffington Post)
Barnes & Noble posts steeper-than-expected quarterly loss, says that proxy battle with Ron Burkle will put it even further in the red. (Reuters)
UK shoppers ordering wi-fi and 3G + wi-fi versions of the Kindle will have to wait until 17 September. (v3)
Research, based on publishers' revenues, suggests that Google Book Search is not harming them. (But the 2010 figures might not support this theory.) (techdirt)
Why we need publishers. (Huffington Post)
Aug
24
Links of the day
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HarperCollins will "vigorously defend" its right to publish The Stig's memoirs. (PA)
Some of the hostility to Tony Blair is madness. (David Aaronovitch, the Times, via the Australian)
Barack Obama's acceptance of an early copy of Jonathan Franzen's Freedom sets off "a small panic" in the publishing world. (New York Times)
With Amazon's new Kindle, I think they've more or less cracked it. (Sam Leith, Evening Standard)
Some of the hostility to Tony Blair is madness. (David Aaronovitch, the Times, via the Australian)
Barack Obama's acceptance of an early copy of Jonathan Franzen's Freedom sets off "a small panic" in the publishing world. (New York Times)
With Amazon's new Kindle, I think they've more or less cracked it. (Sam Leith, Evening Standard)
Aug
23
Links of the day
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The New York Times favours white male authors, according to Jodi Picoult. (Guardian) Also: Fairness
and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) claims that 95% of US authors of
politically themed books reviewed in the NYT are white, and 87% are
male. (NPR)
Are Barnes & Noble founder Len Riggio and his nemesis Ron Burkle the only people in America who still want to own a mega-bookstore? (New York)
Tony Blair's new book "is like a love letter to George Bush". (Latest attack from the Mail)
In advance of HarperCollins' publication of a memoir that the BBC is challenging, the Sunday Times claims to reveal the identity of The Stig from Top Gear. (Guardian)
Tom McNab self-publishes a new edition of Flanagan's Run, a bestseller for Hodder in the 1980s, in time for the release of a Miramax adaptation. (Herts Advertiser)
More than half of the students who read Flat World Knowledge's textbooks online for free choose to pay for POD, e-book and other editions. (Publishing Perspectives)
Are Barnes & Noble founder Len Riggio and his nemesis Ron Burkle the only people in America who still want to own a mega-bookstore? (New York)
Tony Blair's new book "is like a love letter to George Bush". (Latest attack from the Mail)
In advance of HarperCollins' publication of a memoir that the BBC is challenging, the Sunday Times claims to reveal the identity of The Stig from Top Gear. (Guardian)
Tom McNab self-publishes a new edition of Flanagan's Run, a bestseller for Hodder in the 1980s, in time for the release of a Miramax adaptation. (Herts Advertiser)
More than half of the students who read Flat World Knowledge's textbooks online for free choose to pay for POD, e-book and other editions. (Publishing Perspectives)
Jul
28
Links of the day
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Susan Kamil promoted to Publisher of the Random House and Dial Press imprints. (New York Times)
Education publisher Bright Red [Education Publisher of the Year at the IPA Awards] announces move into profit and 22-fold rise in revenue. (Scotsman)
Barnes & Noble, Borders decline to comment on Andrew Wylie's exclusive ebook deal with Amazon. (PW)
Kitten found stuffed into library book drop. (Philly.com)
Pornographic novellas disappear from Apple iBook chart. (Telegraph)
Education publisher Bright Red [Education Publisher of the Year at the IPA Awards] announces move into profit and 22-fold rise in revenue. (Scotsman)
Barnes & Noble, Borders decline to comment on Andrew Wylie's exclusive ebook deal with Amazon. (PW)
Kitten found stuffed into library book drop. (Philly.com)
Pornographic novellas disappear from Apple iBook chart. (Telegraph)
Jul
27
Links of the day
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Following the announcement of the abolition of the MLA, Chair Sir Andrew Motion and Chief Executive Roy Clare pledge a smooth and orderly transition to deliver the best possible future for museums, libraries and archives across England and for the people and communities who expect to use them. (MLA)
Could "The Jackal" be the death of publishing? (Independent)
"That the Wylie/Odyssey agreement is reportedly exclusive raises many questions and concerns," - Authors Guild. (New York Times)
Janet Evanovich, rumoured to have been seeking $50m for her next four novels, has moved from her longtime publisher St Martin's Press to Ballantine Bantam Dell (New York Times); Evanovich says: "Load up the U-Haul; break out the pizza and the beer - it's moving day." (AP)
Could "The Jackal" be the death of publishing? (Independent)
"That the Wylie/Odyssey agreement is reportedly exclusive raises many questions and concerns," - Authors Guild. (New York Times)
Janet Evanovich, rumoured to have been seeking $50m for her next four novels, has moved from her longtime publisher St Martin's Press to Ballantine Bantam Dell (New York Times); Evanovich says: "Load up the U-Haul; break out the pizza and the beer - it's moving day." (AP)
Jul
26
Links of the day
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Asne Seierstad, author of The Bookseller of Kabul, is to pay K250,000 damages to Suraia Rais, wife of Shah Mohammad Rais, the bookseller of the title. (ABC)
A review of the TV book club phenomenon as Richard and Judy (without TV this time) return. (Viv Groskop, Observer)
Jane Streeter on independent bookselling, running the Lowdham Book Festival, and her friendship with the late Alan Sillitoe. (Left Lion)
Hodder revamps the Famous Five. (Mail)
Sachin Tendulkar denies that a luxury book about his career will contain his blood. (NDTVCricket)
A review of the TV book club phenomenon as Richard and Judy (without TV this time) return. (Viv Groskop, Observer)
Jane Streeter on independent bookselling, running the Lowdham Book Festival, and her friendship with the late Alan Sillitoe. (Left Lion)
Hodder revamps the Famous Five. (Mail)
Sachin Tendulkar denies that a luxury book about his career will contain his blood. (NDTVCricket)
