Dec 31 2012
The Music They Made –NYTimes is experimenting with video, sound, and visual applications to move into the 21st century. This is a collection of music snippets celebrating artists who died in 2012. NYTimes.com NOOK Media Announces Strategic Investment by Pearson – Pearson is investing $89 million in Nook Media, the digital media arm of Barnes(…)
Aug 15 2012
Doubling Down on DRM – Last month, Tor’s entire catalog of ebooks went DRM free. You may have seen that if you went to purchase a Laura Florand backlist title after Sunita’s wonderful review of the Chocolate Thief. According to Cory Doctorow, Hachette UK wants its authors who are also published with Tor to ask(…)
Jul 30 2012
Future of Noble Romance uncertain with departure of manager – “At this moment, I do not know what the owner’s plans are, as far as the company’s immediate future is concerned. I’m pretty sure he’ll keep it up and running, in some form, so he can earn back some of his initial investment. I, on(…)
Jul 4 2011
Today is supposed to be a holiday but the news is coming thick and fast. I hardly know what to lead with. First up, though, is Pearson Australia striking a deal to buy REDGroup’s online book business and to partner to sell ebooks with Kobo. This is the first time we’ve seen a major publisher(…)
Apr 28 2011
Another self publishing author scores big. Stephanie McAfee, author of the NYT bestseller Diary of a Mad Fat Girl, sold a three book deal to Danielle Perez at NAL in a “preempt”. McAfee, who has almost no twitter presence and who started her blog only in December reports that sales of her book reached over(…)
Mar 4 2011
Funding has been eliminated for Reading is Fundamental. On March 2, President Obama signed a bill that eliminated funding for Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) the nation's largest organization providing free books and literacy resources to prepare and motivate children to read. RIF's ability to provide 4.4 million children with free books and reading encouragement from(…)
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