Publishing NewsAuthor-deaths / Barnes & Noble12 Comments
Barnes & Noble CEO William Lynch resigns – Barnes & Noble CEO William Lynch has resigned just three years after his appointment. There will not be a new CEO over the whole company, instead, “Michael Huseby, who was the company’s CFO, replaces Lynch as CEO of Nook Media and president ... more >
Publishing NewsAuthor-deaths / plagiarism27 Comments
The world is filled with terrible people and awful news. I’m sorry. New Yorker Writer Jonah Lehrer Fabricated Bob Dylan Quotes in His New Book, Imagine – “Over the next three weeks, Lehrer stonewalled, misled and, eventually, outright lied to me. Yesterday, Lehrer finally confessed that he has never met ... more >
UncategorizedAgency pricing / Author-deaths / Kindle Fire / piracy / Simon & Schuster12 Comments
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Publishing NewsAuthor-deaths / iPad / Kindle / Multifunction-Device18 Comments
Sometime yesterday, Monica Jackson passed away due to complications of surgery. Monica was a fierce defender of African American authors and multicultural books. Her voice will be missed in our community. News 7-inch iPad on track for October 2012 release, $200 to $250 price | iMore – “Apple will be ... more >
Publishing NewsAuthor-deaths / digital lending / Multifunction-Device / Overdrive / tablet16 Comments
OverDrive Data Shows Majority Still Like To Browse the Virtual Shelves — The Digital Shift – “Nearly 60 percent of readers browsed public library ebook collections to discover new content, rather than searching for a specific title. Among those, romance was the most popular genre, followed by all fiction, mystery ... more >
Publishing NewsAuthor-deaths / digital lending / digital rights management / dmca / Kindle8 Comments
As you will have heard, author Sandra Hyatt (Hyde) died suddenly a few weeks ago. A trust has now been set up in her memory, it’s aim to support a NZ-based romance writer going to a conference here or overseas. Link: http://www.sandrahyatt.com/sandra-hyde-memorial-trust/. ***** Someone is having trouble separating fact from ... more >