Open Access Industry Notes: Germany’s Projekt DEAL and Springer; Baker & Taylor and McSweeney’spublishingperspectives.com Some three years in the making, a new accord between Springer and Projekt DEAL will produce 13,000 or more articles annually. And B&T now has …
Retail Asian Bookstore Forum 2019: The Retail Context in China Todaypublishingperspectives.com - Porter Anderson At China's Asian Bookstore Forum in Xi'an, researchers cited a sharp shift, book sales moving quickly away from physical stores and over to online …
Al rescate de las librerías de barrio en la era Amazoneldiario.es - EFE La autenticidad de las librerías de barrio no ha sido suficiente para combatir la era Amazon, pero sí para que sus dueños no echen la persiana …
Jorge Herralde: «El ebook fue una mentira, una ‘mandanga’»ultimahora.es - Gemma Marchena Jorge Herralde presenta este jueves (20.00) en La Biblioteca de Babel de Palma su libro Un día en la vida de un editor, donde hace un estudio …
Hasbro Hasbro Buys Entertainment One for $4 Billionhollywoodreporter.com - Etan Vlessing The toy maker acquires the studio and its 'Peppa Pig' and 'PJ Masks' kids properties and a global film and TV production and distribution …
Entreprises Pourquoi les géants du web ouvrent des boutiques en ville ?capital.fr - Laura Makary Les Gafa ne sont pas que sites et entrepôts. Les voilà désormais dans de véritables boutiques, un peu partout dans le monde. Le point sur une …
PublishingPeace in our time. Storytel and Bonnier sign three-year armistice. Consumers and authors are the winners, says Tellanderthenewpublishingstandard.com - AuthorMark Williams The problem with the subscription model is, for publishers, remuneration rates. In an all-you-can-eat model as offered to consumers by Sweden-based …
US Bookstore Sales are Down 5.1% in the First Six Months of 2019goodereader.com - Michael Kozlowski US bookstore sales are down 5.1% in the first six months of 2019. Sales from January through June saw over $4.59 billion in revenue, down from $4.84 …
Amazon Studios Amazon's Plan to Conquer the World of PublishingThe Atlantic - Blake MontgomeryWhat does the e-commerce giant want with the notoriously fickle world of publishing? To own your every reading decision. Have you read Victoria Helen Stone’s False Step? No? Surprising, given that it’s
Google Play is now renting ebooksgoodereader.com - Michael Kozlowski People who use Google Play have the ability to rent movies, television shows and a select number of digital textbooks. They have just launched a new …
Google Play Books Launches Beta Featuresgoodereader.com - Michael Kozlowski Today, Google Play Books is launching Beta Features, which gives our users early access to experimental features. These features are opt-in only on …
MetadataIn March 2018 the BIC called on UK publishers not to abuse metadata. Today 60% of Amazon UK’s “Most Sold” Top 20 got therethenewpublishingstandard.com - AuthorMark Williams Rules are there to be broken. At least, that appears to be the thinking of many in the UK publishing industry. an independent organisation set up and …
George Orwell Paging Big Brother: In Amazon’s Bookstore, Orwell Gets a RewriteThe New York Times - By DAVID STREITFELDSAN FRANCISCO — In George Orwell’s “1984,” the classics of literature are rewritten into Newspeak, a revision and reduction of the language meant to make bad thoughts literally unthinkable. “It’s a beautiful
El precio de los libros de texto sube un 1 % de media para el nuevo cursoeldiario.es - EFE El precio de los libros de texto experimentará un incremento del 1 % de media para el próximo curso 2019-20, en el que existe una contención del …
‘Si Educal no liquida deuda, tendría que declararse en quiebra’: Juan Luis ArzozExcelsiorArzoz se refiere a la deuda de Educal, la FILIJ y sus aprietos, así como la Red Nacional de Bibliotecas, entre otros temas A cinco meses de asumir la presidencia de la Cámara Nacional de la Industria Mexicana
Sin editores ni distribuidores, apenas subsiste el cómic mexicanorazon.com.mx - Adriana Góchez En México el cómic pasa por contradicciones, por una parte hay una gran producción de éstos y dibujantes talentosos, pero por otra hay nula …
Amazon David Streitfeld's Orwellian Shopping List, and Amazon's Retortpublishingperspectives.com - Porter Anderson A hot summer's debate at The New York Times around 'fake and illegitimate' online book sales. Amazon asserts a remedy may take more industry …
Comic BooksIndia’s StoryWeaver introduces first comic book as platform exceeds 15,000 titles in 200 languages - The New Publishingthenewpublishingstandard.com - AuthorMark Williams Part of India’s Pratham Books, StoryWeaver is the largest of a number of open-source platforms dedicated to providing free content in multiple …
Primero el placer de las librerías y luego los libroskienyke.com - Por: New York Times IW En una ocasión, James Daunt pasó semanas en un debate sobre el ángulo de inclinación ideal para los estantes de librerías. Su oponente era un …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoOverDrive’s Sora digital reading app for schools had 5.5 million checkouts in its first year, and saw reading time doublethenewpublishingstandard.com - AuthorMark Williams This is a remarkable story that blows apart the faux narratives that smartphones are destroying the reading habit and that kids don’t read …
VKontakte Russian Publishers Say Social Media Users May Read Audiobooks on VKpublishingperspectives.com - Eugene Gerden The Russian social media service VKontakte's talks with publishers indicate that a first offering in audiobooks could come as early as next month.The …
¿Cómo ha de oírse un libro?lavanguardia.com - Magí Camps Los audiolibros son un formato emergente. En castellano, Estados Unidos es el mercado principal, después Hispanoamérica y finalmente España. Este año …
United Arab Emirates The UAE’s Manassah platform delivering results for Emirati publishers at the six month mark - The New Publishing Standardthenewpublishingstandard.com - AuthorMark Williams Back in early February I reported here on the January launch of the “Manassah” platform – an initiative by the Emirati Publishers Association (EPA) …
Nairobi Industry Notes: UK Postcode Lottery Helps Book Aid; F+W Fine Arts Sold to Peak Mediapublishingperspectives.com - Porter Anderson Lottery funds in the UK have generated more than £1.85 million for Book Aid International, and F+W Media's assets in arts and crafts go to Peak …
Tariffs AAP’s Maria Pallante Calls For Industry Input on Trump’s China Tariffs on Bookspublishingperspectives.com - Porter Anderson In a fast ramp-up of advocacy efforts, the Association of American Publishers chief is polling the membership to predict where Donald Trump’s China …
Latvia Latvian Publishers Association Demands a Cut in the VAT Rate on Bookspublishingperspectives.com - Jaroslaw Adamowski The publishers' association in Riga is mounting a new bid to ease the country's VAT rates on books, after enduring sharp hikes and only modest …
Penguin Random House Penguin Random House Children's Books to Publish Wattpad Books in UKpublishingperspectives.com - Porter Anderson The latest stage in Wattpad's rapid expansion, its own new line of books is to be published in the UK market by Penguin Random House UK.The post …
European Union UK's Publishers Association Leads 'Axe the Reading Tax' Campaignpublishingperspectives.com - Porter Anderson With Brexit looming larger as the UK's new government takes charge, the publishing industry steps up its drive to drop the VAT on ebooks and digital …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoBooks Delhi Book Store brings Medplus books in Indiaallaboutbookpublishing.com Delhi Book Store (DBS) is one of the leading book stores of medical and non-medical books in India. They offer books from various streams like …
