Nov 11 2009
Generation Y women like social networking and sharing their thoughts on the products that they buy. This is, apparently, news. It is not something that ebook manufacturers have caught on yet, though. The current ebook reader enthusiast is a 47-year-old married man with a household income in excess of 6 figures. But! researchers believe that(…)
Sep 9 2009
Quartet Press closes. I know. I can hardly believe it either. I’m reeling from it all. On the one hand, it makes sense to close the doors before the Press takes on rights and opens itself up to the paying public. On the other hand, it’s like completely destroying my faith in digital publishing. For(…)
Sep 1 2009
Dear Author Recommended Reads for September are on sale at Books on Board for 20% off the list price (no coupon needed). Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs, recommended by Janine and Jane Pleasure and Purpose by Megan Hart, recommended by Janine How to Woo a Spinster by Kasey Michaels, recommended by Jayne Hunt her Down(…)
Jul 1 2009
Buy 2 or more Harlequin eBooks from Sony Store on Wednesdays & you’ll receive a code for a free ebook. Orbit’s $1.00 title is Hidden Empire by Kevin J. Anderson The following are Forever $1.99 titles from Grand Central. Grand Central makes these deals available to all etailers who carry the Forever ebooks but not(…)
May 31 2009
The Orbit $1 special for June is Midnight Never Come by Marie Brennan, original retail price $10.99. Warner Forever is launching its special $1.99 Sizzling Summer deals. The following titles are available in June for $1.99 A Hint of Wicked by Jennifer Haymore (a new release) My Wicked Enemy by Carolyn Jewel (this is a(…)
May 1 2009
Grand Central Publishing which houses Warner Forever, Hachette, Orbit and the like believe that low ebook publishing can seed more sales. I agree with this and want to publicize their efforts as much as possible. Grand Central offers these promotions to all etailers and its up to the etailer to pick it up and carry(…)
Feb 11 2009
Hachette and etailers have worked out their contractual issues and all Hachette books should be available at Fictionwise, eReader, Stanza powered by Fictionwise, Books On Board and Diesel eBook. In other news, Hachette is offering some pretty sweet deals to eBook Readers who have the Sony Reader. Hachette is offering the Carrie Vaughn Bundle which(…)
Jan 22 2009
First, a mini lesson in copyright and distribution. When authors sell the distribution rights to their book, they are actually selling the right to print, publicize, and sometimes digitally distribute the work in certain geographical territories. The author (via her agent usually) sells the right to publish the work in specific formats; sometimes one publisher(…)
Jan 15 2009
From Teleread.org comes this disturbing news: "Overdrive, Mobipocket Paris, and Ingram Digital have all told us Hachette is pulling them from the feeds," Bob told me in a 4:13 a.m. update. "All the resellers may not have completed all catalog updates yet. I know that we’re auditing our updates-to make sure all Hachette is gone-’at(…)
Jun 18 2008
A battle between the publishing side and the retail side is forming overseas. Amazon has stopped selling new copies of some Hackette Livre UK’s most popular titles such as books from Stephen King, James Patterson, and Alexander McCall Smith. Amazon lists the books but the only way to order the book is through the second(…)
Oct 26 2007
According to Publishers Weekly, Hachette Book Group USA (which includes Grand Central Publishing, the house of Elizabeth Hoyt and Karen Rose) will adopt the International Digital Publishing Forum’s new file format standard for ebooks. The format standard allows a publisher to create just one digital book file instead of the 6-10 previously required. This cuts(…)
Feb 6 2007
Apparently a much discussed topic at BookExpo America 2006 was the issue of foreign rights, particularly European ones. Most American publishers advocate an open European market but some UK publishers are contracting exclusive deals for distribution which means that many foreign rights deals aren’t getting accomplished. Hachette, one of the big six publishers, decided that(…)
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